Opioid settlement funds are one way communities are sustaining and expanding programs for people in the justice system who have substance use disorders. Opioid Settlement Works is a free library of case studies showing how communities have used settlement funds, including jail-based treatment, reentry, and community supervision programs, with the budget, the partners, and the steps to replicate each one.
HOW TO USE IT
The button opens the library already filtered to programs that serve people involved in the justice system. Each case study describes the program, its budget, its partners, and the steps another jurisdiction would take to replicate it, so a team can bring a concrete example to the county officials or opioid settlement committee that decides how local settlement funds are spent.
WHO MIGHT USE IT
COSSUP project directors, sheriff’s office and jail program staff, reentry coalitions, and county officials can use the library to see how other communities have paid for jail-based treatment, reentry, and community supervision programs with opioid settlement funds. It can be especially useful when a federal grant is ending and a program needs a source of continued funding, or when a program is ready to expand.