/tags/opioids-settlement Opioids Settlement en-US Copyright Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:50:00 GMT /2025-02-17/why-is-hamilton-county-getting-so-much-opioid-settlement-money Hamilton County has already received upwards of $7 million in opioid settlements, with millions more to come. How is the county spending its payout? Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:50:00 GMT /2025-02-17/why-is-hamilton-county-getting-so-much-opioid-settlement-money Erin Gottsacker /2025-01-23/nearly-half-of-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-is-untraceable-according-to-new-database A new database tracks how state and local governments across the country are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. In Ohio, about half of those funds are untraceable. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:24:00 GMT /2025-01-23/nearly-half-of-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-is-untraceable-according-to-new-database Erin Gottsacker /2024-12-16/as-ohios-opioid-settlement-funds-get-dispersed-families-who-lost-loved-ones-feel-left-behind Keys 2 Serenity, a Summit County nonprofit, is one of hundreds of grant applicants who didn’t get funding from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation this round. The group wants to build a support group for teens and young adults who lost a parent to the opioid crisis. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:33:15 GMT /2024-12-16/as-ohios-opioid-settlement-funds-get-dispersed-families-who-lost-loved-ones-feel-left-behind George Shillcock /2024-10-24/cuyahoga-has-more-opioid-settlement-funds-than-most-ohio-counties-is-the-money-making-a-difference Cuyahoga and Summit counties were the first in Ohio to sue opioid makers and distributors. Now, they have to decide how distribute the payout. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:34:00 GMT /2024-10-24/cuyahoga-has-more-opioid-settlement-funds-than-most-ohio-counties-is-the-money-making-a-difference Taylor Wizner, Ideastream Public Media /2024-09-26/the-opioid-crisis-disproportionately-impacts-black-ohioans-so-why-arent-more-of-them-on-the-board-dispersing-settlement-funds The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is charged with distributing 55% of the state’s opioid settlement funds. But some families and harm reduction groups are concerned the board lacks racial diversity. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:16:00 GMT /2024-09-26/the-opioid-crisis-disproportionately-impacts-black-ohioans-so-why-arent-more-of-them-on-the-board-dispersing-settlement-funds Ngozi Cole, WYSO /2024-08-22/ohios-tobacco-deal-went-up-in-smoke-its-shaping-how-opioid-settlement-dollars-are-distributed Ohio is getting more than a billion dollars in settlement money to compensate for the harm of opioids. The state is taking lessons from past mistakes with an even larger drug settlement decades ago. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:15:00 GMT /2024-08-22/ohios-tobacco-deal-went-up-in-smoke-its-shaping-how-opioid-settlement-dollars-are-distributed Kendall Crawford /2024-07-25/your-questions-about-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-answered Ohio and its communities are expected to receive about $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies over the course of 18 years to compensate for harm caused by opioids. But there’s not much oversight over how the money will be spent. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:56:32 GMT /2024-07-25/your-questions-about-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-answered Taylor Wizner, Ideastream Public Media, Erin Gottsacker /2024-03-04/ohio-foundation-begins-process-to-distribute-millions-in-opioid-settlement-money The OneOhio Recovery Foundation, who has been tasked with distributing over $860 million of settlements reached with drugmakers and pharmaceutical companies for their roles in the national opioid crisis, plans to release its formal request for proposals Monday. Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:04:28 GMT /2024-03-04/ohio-foundation-begins-process-to-distribute-millions-in-opioid-settlement-money Samantha Hendrickson /2023-07-13/a-private-group-is-handling-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-what-does-that-mean-for-transparency A last minute addition to the Ohio Senate’s two-year state budget included a provision to allow the OneOhio Recovery Foundation — which is in charge of giving out $1.1 billion of the state’s opioid settlement money — to bypass public meetings rules. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:03:00 GMT /2023-07-13/a-private-group-is-handling-ohios-opioid-settlement-money-what-does-that-mean-for-transparency Taylor Wizner, Ideastream Public Media /politics-government/2023-07-10/heres-who-controls-the-50-billion-opioid-settlement-funds-in-each-state As money is funneled to states, opioid councils wield significant power in determining how it gets spent. They face concerns about conflicts of interest and lack of representation by affected groups. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:49:06 GMT /politics-government/2023-07-10/heres-who-controls-the-50-billion-opioid-settlement-funds-in-each-state Aneri Pattani