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2 <br /> At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Opioid Settlement team, in consultation with Budget and <br /> Finance staff, reviewed the amount of available funds in each approved project along with the <br /> status of each projects spending authorization. Upon review, it was determined that multiple <br /> projects needed spending authorization dates extended to account for past spending and allow <br /> for the use of unspent funds from prior years. The attached spending authorization resolution <br /> extends the authorization date for each project until the end of FY 2025-2026, allowing each <br /> project to use all previously allocated funding until the end of the fiscal year. <br /> Additionally, it was determined that the Lantern Project and Harm Reduction Coordinator project <br /> needed additional funds to cover personnel costs in FY 2025-2026. The amendment below <br /> allocates unspent funds from the NC FIT project to account for those additional costs. It also <br /> reallocates the difference in costs for the revised Freedom House contract that was approved by <br /> the Board at the October 21, 2025 Business meeting, with the remainder falling to the unallocated <br /> project. <br /> The formal required resolution providing final opioid settlement fund spending authorization for <br /> FY 2026 is attached for Board approval. <br /> Budget Amendment #6-A amends the grant project ordinance as follows: <br /> Opioid Settlement Fund($0) - Fund#27 <br /> Revenues for this project: <br /> Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26 <br /> FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised <br /> Opioid Settlement Funds $4,654,294 $0 $4,654,294 <br /> Total Project Funding $4,654,294 $0 $4,654,294 <br /> Appropriated for this project: <br /> Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26 <br /> FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised <br /> Lantern Project $539,714 $24,345 $564,059 <br /> Freedom House $322,485 ($5,577) $316,908 <br /> NC FIT $218,224 ($49,629) $168,595 <br /> County Vending Machines $93,000 $0 $93,000 <br /> SHAC Syringe Exchange Program $101,800 $0 $101,800 <br /> Reintegration Support Network $40,000 $0 $40,000 <br /> Post-Overdose Response Team $582,370 $0 $582,370 <br /> Grow Your World $20,000 $0 $20,000 <br /> Harm Reduction Coordinator $218,886 $11,918 $230,804 <br /> CJRD Clinical Coordinator $108,191 $0 $108,191 <br /> Piedmont Health $50,400 $0 $50,400 <br /> EI Futuro $50,000 $0 $50,000 <br /> Transition Support and Recovery $20,000 $0 $20,000 <br /> Unallocated $2,289,224 $18,943 $2,308,167 <br /> Total Costs $4,654,294 $0 $4,654,294 <br />