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Forsyth County to host info session on applying for opioid settlement funding

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Matt Rourke
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AP

Forsyth County is hosting an information session next week for groups interested in applying for behavioral health and opioid settlement funding.

The county is expected to receive more than $37 million over 18 years as part of the national opioid settlement.

That money is intended to fund evidence-based strategies that support residents impacted by addiction. That could include things like recovery services, Naloxone distribution and community education programs.

The county will be requesting project proposals later this month. Organizations can learn more about the process at an information session on Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Partners Health Management suite at The Highland Avenue Center in Winston-Salem.

County Behavioral Health funding is also available. That’s for groups looking to address mental health, substance use and developmental disability needs.

More details about the information session are available on the county’s website.

Amy Diaz began covering education in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and High Country for WFDD in partnership with Report For America in 2022. Before entering the world of public radio, she worked as a local government reporter in Flint, Mich. where she was named the 2021 Rookie Writer of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Diaz is originally from Florida, where she interned at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and freelanced for the Tampa Bay Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, but truly got her start in the field in elementary school writing scripts for the morning news. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.