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KFF Health News recently published a database that lets you look up how much settlement money your state, county, or city has received so far and expects in the future. You can watch a short video here on how it works here. We also held a webinar to teach local...

In order to continue the conversation on opioid abatement efforts, the WCA Ad Hoc Task Force on Opioid Abatement Strategies held their 4th Opioid Abatement Summit on March 20, 2024 in Wisconsin Rapids at Hotel Mead. See photos from the event here. For questions,...

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...

For information relative to reporting the expenditure of proceeds from the NOAT II revenues (Mallinckrodt bankruptcy) received in 2023, click here. The packet includes information surrounding the online portal for reporting, the amounts received by each entity and...

Overdose Aid Kits, or O.A.Ks, are boxes that include the lifesaving drug Narcan, information on how to administer the drug in an emergency, and other information and resources for those impacted by the opioid epidemic. In June 2020, Serve You Rx worked with a...

The 3rd Opioid Abatement Summit was held January 12, 2023 in Wisconsin Rapids. Presentation materials from the event are now online and can be found here. For questions, please contact WCA Government Affairs Associate Chelsea Fibert at 866.404.2700.

As abatement efforts begin in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Counties Association, along with WCA General Counsel Attolles Law, s.c., are maintaining a repository of information for counties on this important work. Recently updated information includes the WCA Ad Hoc Task...

On August 22, 2022, the Wisconsin Counties Association held their initial Summit on Opioid Epidemic Abatement, with over 150 county and local officials in attendance. The event, held at the Holiday Inn Stevens Point Convention Center, was the first opportunity for...

The Wisconsin Counties Association officially launched a new website recently to serve as a repository of information for county and local officials on opioid abatement efforts. The website, www.wisopioidabatement.com, includes a "resources" section of important...