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NACo Brief: Opioids: How Settlement Dollars Advance City and County Opioid Abatement

Feb 28, 2024

Building on a strong history of collaboration, including the National City-County Task Force on Opioids, NACo and the National League of Cities examined preliminary data on the distribution of opioid settlement dollars across cities, counties and states.

This brief highlights how cities and counties are working together to abate the overdose crisis, including pooling opioid settlement funds to create a more comprehensive system of care for people with substance use disorder.

Download the brief to learn about the allocation of opioid settlement funds between cities, counties and states and how cities and counties are coordinating to maximize the impact of these funds.

See the NACo brief, “Opioids: How Settlement Dollars Advance City and County Opioid Abatement,” here.