Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds allocates $17.5M in federal pandemic relief funds for opioid prevention and treatment projects due to state lawmakers' impasse on Opioid Settlement Fund spending.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds directs $17.5M in federal pandemic relief dollars to fund opioid use prevention and treatment projects after lawmakers failed to agree on spending from the state's Opioid Settlement Fund this year. The funding will go to projects including a $500K opioid use prevention campaign, a $1M Opioid Prescription Prevention Program, and $10M for building grants for recovery providers.

May 16, 2024
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