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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 6, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Opioid Advisory Committee Settlement Fund Use Recommendations <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> PowerPoint Presentation Quintana Stewart, Orange County <br /> Proposal Application Form Health Director, 919-245-2412 <br /> Application Scoring Criteria Rubric <br /> Piedmont Health Services Proposal <br /> EI Futuro Proposal <br /> Freedom House Proposal <br /> UNC Student Health Action Coalition <br /> (SHAC) Proposal <br /> Reintegration Support Network Proposal <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) receive an update on the Opioid Advisory Committee (OAC); <br /> 2) receive OAC recommendations for use of Opioid Settlement Funds that support Option A <br /> of the NC Memorandum of Agreement on the Allocation and Use of Opioid Settlement <br /> Funds in North Carolina; and <br /> 3) direct staff to present a final spending authorization resolution at the Board's May 20, 2025, <br /> Business meeting. <br /> BACKGROUND: In July 2021, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general announced the <br /> National Opioid Settlement — a historic agreement that provides desperately needed help to <br /> communities harmed by the opioid epidemic. The State of North Carolina and all 100 counties, <br /> including Orange County, joined the agreement. North Carolina is receiving $1,420,932,713 in <br /> opioid settlement funds from 2022 through 2038. Orange County is expected to receive <br /> $12,748,445 over an 18-year period. <br /> In September 2022, the BOCC approved the appointment of the Orange County Opioid Advisory <br /> Committee with the following charge: <br /> • Discuss opioid-related health concerns and issues impacting the residents of Orange <br /> County. <br /> • Advise the Board of Commissioners on options to expend funds to prevent opioid abuse <br /> and remedy opioid impacts. <br /> • Plan and host an annual meeting open to the public to receive input on proposed uses of <br /> the settlement funds and to encourage collaboration between local governments. <br />