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W.Va. Opioid Settlement Funds are Supposed to Reverse Years of Crisis. In Several Counties, They’re Being Used to Pay Regional Jail Bills.
Wyoming is one of at least 9 counties in West Virginia that have used their opioid settlement funds to pay off at least a portion of their regional jail bill, an analysis of FOIA documents by students ...
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W.Va. Counties Set the Rules for Opioid Funds — with No One Watching
County commissions -- without any oversight from the West Virginia First Foundation -- have been tasked with creating their own processes and distributing their 24.5% share of the opioid settlement ...
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‘Not in the Political Appetite’: Despite Decades of Research, W.Va. Counties are not Spending Their Opioid Settlement Millions on Harm Reduction
On a warm summer day in late May, about 100 people are waiting for their turn to go inside the Neighborhood S.H.O.P., located in the annex of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church on the West Side of ...
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Politically-Connected W.Va. GameChanger Program Receives Opioid Funds Amid Doubts from Experts
So far, GameChanger has received $310,000 from three counties – more than any other existing prevention program – and Boczak says they intend to ask other counties to fund their work from this source ...
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The Price of Recovery
As millions in opioid settlement funds reach West Virginia, counties are making high-stakes choices about how to spend it — ...