Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry is asking the City Council to distribute more than $1.2 million in Opioid Settlement Funds to a half dozen organizations. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:
The organizations include the YMCA, Evansville Rescue Mission, Vanderburgh County Mental Health Court, and the Women’s Hospital.
The largest allocations would go to the Evansville Police Department and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.
Mayor Terry says the city sees opportunities to reach the homeless population, as wells as those in the criminal justice system.
Terry says the committee that considered requests for the funding saw the choices as “real opportunities to make a difference in people’s lives,” and she agrees.
One group that did not make the list was the Evansville Recovery Alliance. That led to feedback from the alliance’s supporters on the mayor’s Facebook page.
The city council may consider the allocations at its September 23rd meeting.