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 program type, population served, community type, and state, 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.
Centralized Tracking for Multi-Department Settlement Spending
Santa Clara County, CA puts every internal request for its $89M in opioid settlement funds through a grant-style review, tracked in one shared system.
Gap Analysis and Competitive Bids for Settlement Funds
Sacramento County, CA asked residents where to spend, ran its own gap analysis, and put $1.86M in opioid settlement funds out to bid across ten programs.