About the Settlements
What are the Opioid Settlements?
In 2021-2022, Attorney General Ashley Moody announced a series of historic settlements between the State of Florida and the manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of opioids that will provide more than $3 billion to Florida over the next eighteen years.
- Establishing the Office of Opioid Recovery – $10.2 Million
- Improving access to treatment and recovery services – $92.5 Million
- Developing educational prevention materials – $39.4 Million
- Expanding the CORE Network – $26.8 Million
- Expanding recovery and peer support services – $25.3 Million
- Pioneering an integrated statewide database – $11.3 Million
- City/County Fund: receives 15% of all Opioid Funds, as determined by Negotiation Class Metrics
- “Qualified County”: population 300,000 or more
- “Non-qualified County”: pop less than 300,000. Can administrate through County Govt. Martin is a “non-qualified county”
- Municipality: cities, towns, or villages with a population >10,000
- Counties and Municipalities can commingle funds by formal agreement
- The State annually calculates the share of each County using the Sliding Scale, and Negotiation Class Metrics.
- Managing Entity: corporations who contract with DCF to manage behavioral health
Years 1-6: 40%
Years 7-9: 35%
Years 10-12: 34%
Years 13-15: 33%
Years 16-18: 30%
How much total funding will Martin County be receiving?
Martin County is considered a non-entitlement county based on population size. In this case, monies are received in two separate allocations. One allocation comes directly to the County and the estimate of funding is as follows:
- Amounts listed are projections until funding is received.
- Amounts listed include funds allocated from other subdivisions.
| Year | Estimated Distribution | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $166,450.36 | Received 12/22 |
| 2023 | $374,185.81 | Received 12/23 |
| 2024 | $196,244.53 | Awaiting |
| 2025 | $203,452.49 | Awaiting |
| 2026 | $142,907.24 | Awaiting |
| 2027 | $186,220.20 | Awaiting |
| 2028 | $201,313.03 | Awaiting |
| 2029 | $204,906.56 | Awaiting |
| 2030 | $204,906.56 | Awaiting |
| 2031 | $188,840.91 | Awaiting |
| 2032 | $172,326.66 | Awaiting |
| 2033 | $159,585.81 | Awaiting |
| 2034 | $173,399.14 | Awaiting |
| 2035 | $173,399.14 | Awaiting |
| 2036 | $173,399.14 | Awaiting |
| 2037 | $152,913.12 | Awaiting |
| 2038 | $152,913.12 | Awaiting |
| 2039 | $68,423.87 | Awaiting |
Since we are a non-entitlement county, funds will also be directed through our local Managing Entity, Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network. These funds will be disbursed to the county through an executed contract between Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network and Martin County Board of County Commissioners.
| Year | Estimated Distribution | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,473,407 | Received 12/23 |
| 2024 | $705,073 | Awaiting |
| 2025 | $763,637 | Awaiting |
| 2026 | $785,066 | Awaiting |
| 2027 | $605,050 | Awaiting |
| 2028 | $556,755 | Awaiting |
| 2029 | $526,292 | Awaiting |
| 2030 | $535,640 | Awaiting |
| 2031 | $535,640 | Awaiting |
| 2032 | $479,708 | Awaiting |
| 2033 | $437,559 | Awaiting |
| 2034 | $404,945 | Awaiting |
| 2035 | $426,894 | Awaiting |
| 2036 | $426,894 | Awaiting |
| 2037 | $426,894 | Awaiting |
| 2038 | $341,997 | Awaiting |
| 2039 | $341,997 | Awaiting |
| 2040 | $153,262 | Awaiting |
Direction from the settlement on how funds should be spent
Please refer to the Florida Opioid Allocation and Statewide Response Agreement (PDF), which outlines the agreement between the State of Florida Department of Legal Affairs, the Office of the Attorney General, and certain local governments in Florida. This document details the Core Strategies that opioid funds should be allocated towards.
Core Strategies for fund use:
- Prevention
- Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE)
- Treatment
- Recovery and Peer Supports
- Technology/Data Exchange
Martin County Preliminary Efforts
Funds to be awarded through a memorandum of agreement
This list is subject to change.
Support treatment and recovery courts that provide evidence-based options for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.
Support treatment and recovery courts that provide evidence-based options for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.
Engage non-profits and faith-based communities as systems to support prevention.
Provide the full continuum of care of treatment and recovery services for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, including supportive housing, peer support services and counseling, community navigators, case management, and connections to community-based services.
Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or recovery from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH condition.
Various treatment providers in the community $130,000.00 Provide counseling, peer-support, recovery case management and residential treatment with access to medications for those who need it to persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. Provide treatment and/or MAT to those who need it in the community.
Provide funding for staff training or networking programs and services to improve the capacity of government, community, and not-for-profit entities to abate the opioid crisis.
Engage non-profits and faith-based communities as systems to support prevention.
Address the needs of pregnant women and their families, including babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or recovery from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH condition.
Engage non-profits and faith-based communities as systems to support prevention.
Engage non-profits and faith-based communities as systems to support prevention.