The Region 5 Opioid Abatement Council has awarded a two-year contract including $100,000 in grant funding to OMNI Institute to establish a regional data dashboard.
Garfield County commissioners on Monday unanimously agreed to opt in to receiving further funds from opioid litigation settlements reached for Colorado. Per opioid litigation, the county originally participated in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) spearheaded.
Major funding from national opioid settlements with CVS and Walgreens is coming to Garfield County. One proposal is to direct part of the funds toward providing clean syringes and the overdose prevention drug Naloxone locally..
Local employers who fall under state or federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their workers, or who are requiring them voluntarily, are awaiting word on whether that should extend to booster shots.