The Cape Cod Chronicle | by Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – More than $100,000 in opioid abatement funding has tentatively been approved for four local organizations that applied through the town’s board of health.
The board on June 20 unanimously approved allocating $107,000 in abatement money, which came to the town by way of a federal settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors in 2022.
Four applications for funding were submitted to the health department ahead of the June 20 meeting. Those included a request for $40,000 from the Orleans Fire Department, $7,000 from AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, $9,000 from Behavioral Health Innovators and $50,000 over five years from the Community Development Partnership.
The funding was approved with the condition there will be administrative review of the requests before the money is allocated. The town currently has $43,000 in abatement funding available, with an additional $9,000 due to come to the town next month.