Opioid Settlement Case Studies: Real Programs, Budgets & Outcomes
This library documents how communities across the country are using opioid settlement and abatement funds to expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and overdose prevention services. Each case study profiles a single program in a single jurisdiction and details its funding, partners, design, and outcomes, from same-day buprenorphine care in Burlington, Vermont, to a rural walk-in recovery center in Walker County, Alabama.
Use the filters to sort by settlement category, service type, population served, community type, state, and budget range, then open any profile to review the budget, results, and lessons learned. Each model is presented as a reference point rather than a prescription, so you can adapt the elements that fit your community's needs and capacity.
Prenatal Care and Addiction Medicine on One Team
10 to 12 pregnant clients at a time get prenatal care, addiction medicine and peer support from one team in Reno, Nevada, on $445K a year in settlement funds.
Walk-In Recovery Centers Across Seven Rural Counties
More than 6,000 people walked into a Lee County, KY recovery center since 2022, and the model now runs across seven rural counties on $865K in settlement awards.
EMPOWERED: Care From Pregnancy to Two Years Postpartum
117 women in Las Vegas got counseling, peer support, and care coordination through pregnancy and two years postpartum, not six weeks, on $594K in settlement funds.
Practical Needs First at a Peer-Run Recovery Hub
622 people reached detox, treatment and sober living in one year, sent by peers at a Jonesboro, AR drop-in center built on a $250,000 settlement award.
Recovery-Friendly Workplace Certification for Employers
124 employers across 25 Colorado counties signed on to a recovery-friendly certification, built on a $500,000 opioid settlement infrastructure award.
Training Community Members for Frontline Behavioral Health Roles
Five cohorts drew trainees from 13 Kansas counties, teaching community health workers the mental health and addiction skills other courses leave out.
Rural Treatment Court Built on Existing County Capacity
Danville and Pittsylvania County, VA run a five-phase treatment court on $209,000 a year, using the court, probation and clinic capacity they already had.
Peer Support Inside the Public Defender's Office
Six settlement-funded peers work inside Maryland's public defender offices, moving clients from jail into vetted treatment under attorney-client privilege.
Free Take-Home Naloxone at Emergency Departments
54 Virginia emergency departments now hand patients a free naloxone kit at discharge, with settlement funds covering the one cost no payer reimburses.
Peer Support Across Jails, Probation, and Recovery Courts
227 justice-involved people in New Hampshire got peer support in 2025 from staff who had lived recovery and incarceration, on $287K a year in settlement funds.
Peer-Led Jail Recovery with Free Outpatient Handoff
80% of participants in a rural northwest Kansas jail class were still in recovery a year later, on $500,000 in opioid settlement awards across two cycles.
Free App for Naloxone Response and Overdose Reporting
A free Arkansas app walks bystanders through naloxone in English, Spanish, and Marshallese and logs the save, built for $296,000 and $8,750 a year to run.
Shared Overdose Response Team for Small Police Agencies
Pulaski County, AR shares one overdose team with five small police agencies, pairing a source investigator with a peer, on a $369,824 settlement award.
Same-Day Buprenorphine Care for Justice-Involved Adults
A walk-in clinic in Burlington, VT reached 170 new patients in year two, more than triple its target, on $150,000 a year to each of the two partner agencies.
Police + Peer Post Overdose Response Team
In Hot Springs, AR, a peer specialist and a police investigator visit overdose survivors together, reaching people in the hours when they are most open to help.
The Recovery Den: Rural Walk-In Center
Peer mentors in Walker County, AL logged 2,498 service visits in 2025 at a walk-in recovery center that runs on a $150K settlement award, no appointment needed.
Project Upstream: Prevention and Community Navigation
Project Upstream reaches 500+ residents a year across 8 Greater Manchester, NH communities, pairing prevention with navigation before problems deepen.
Continuum of Care Recovery for Justice-Involved Adults
The Shoulder runs an Alabama continuum that carries justice-involved adults from residential treatment through recovery, housing, and employment.
Rise Recovery: Youth Addiction Services
Rise Recovery has served 1,538 participants this grant period across a Bexar County, TX youth continuum of school-based recovery, treatment, and peer support.
Jail-Based Recovery and Reentry Program
Recidivism sits near 18% for Sevier County, AR's sheriff-led RSAT program, against a roughly 42% state average, on about $372K a year in settlement funds.