US EditionMaine Center Guiding Local Opioid Settlement Spending Says Data Will Be Public Early Next Year
The Maine Opioid Settlement Support Center assists 39 localities with spending $22 million received so far and tracks use to ensure funds support prevention, treatment, and recovery.
- Last year, the Maine Opioid Settlement Support Center launched with $2.5 million from the attorney general's office and began building public dashboards to track settlement spending.
- After local committees dissolved in April 2024 due to conflicts and delays, a law passed earlier this year requires subdivisions to submit first annual spending reports in January, which the MOSS Center will review.
- The center has assisted 27 subdivisions, fulfilled 123 requests for assistance, and helped award $457,000 in awards to five organizations.
- The spending dashboard would be the first statewide public disclosure of local settlement spending, and the center is urging subdivisions to use its reporting form for review and legislative sharing.
- Maine expects to receive an estimated $261 million in settlements, with payments distributed through 2038, and Dr. Lindsey Smith said the center's role will evolve over the coming years.
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Maine Center Guiding Local Opioid Settlement Spending Says Data Will Be Public Early Next Year
Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic, with nearly $54 million more expected over the next decade and a half.
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Maine center guiding local opioid settlement spending says data will be public early next year
Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic, with nearly $54 million more expected over the next decade and a half.
Maine center guiding, tracking local opioid settlement spending
The MOSS Center, housed at the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus, is working with local governments as they decide how to spend their opioid settlement funds. It will publish its first public report on local spending next year. Photo by Emily Bader.Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic, with nearly $54 milli…
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