Planning Principles Toolkit

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Reports & ToolkitsTools, templates and strategic guidance for maximizing the impact of opioid settlement funds on your community’s opioid abatement priorities.Planning Principles ToolkitMarch 6, 2023March 6, 2023, 11:30 am
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Planning Principles Toolkit
The Principles for the Use of Funds From the Opioid Litigation are nationally recognized guidance for states, counties and cities receiving money from the lawsuits against entities that contributed to the opioid epidemic. Coordinated by faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Johns Hopkins), the Principles are designed to help governments of all levels lay the foundation to effectively invest opioid settlement funds to save lives from overdose.
Principles for the Use of Funds from the Opioid Litigation
- Spend the money to save lives
- Use evidence to guide spending
- Invest in youth prevention
- Focus on racial equity
- Develop a fair and transparent process for determining where to spend the money
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To apply the Principles in the county context, NACo is partnering with Johns Hopkins to create a series of Quick Guides illustrating how the Principles can inform and support county administration of opioid settlement funds.
THE PRINCIPLES QUICK GUIDE TO CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The Principles encourage communities to use settlement funds to supplement existing opioid abatement work (Principle 1) and invest in effective evidence-based interventions (Principle 2). Conducting a local needs assessment is an important early step in determining how to disburse these limited resources for maximum impact.
- ACCESS THE QUICK GUIDE
COUNTY SOLUTIONS
Counties are hard at work planning how best to invest the settlement funds, using key tools such as community surveys, strategic plans and requests for proposals. Examples and templates can help inform planning efforts in other jurisdictions. Some recent examples:
Eau Claire County, Wis.
The Board of Supervisors in Eau Claire County, Wis. recently approved a resolution to establish an Opioid Settlement Task Force. The Task Force will recommend uses of the settlement funds based on the Principles for the Use of Funds from the Opioid Litigation.
- VIEW THE RESOLUTION HERE
Iowa State Association of Counties
The Iowa State Association of Counties has developed Sample Resolutions for counties that are pursuing regional approaches. The sample resolutions include 1) language for a county interested in distributing settlement funds to a neighboring county and 2) language for a county interested in receiving settlement funds from another county.
- VIEW THE SAMPLE RESOLUTIONS HERE
NACo would love to feature the planning tools your county has developed on the Opioid Solutions Center. Submit your county’s planning tools to research@naco.org.
Tools, templates and strategic guidance for maximizing the impact of opioid settlement funds on your community’s opioid abatement priorities.2023-03-06Reports & Toolkits2023-03-06
The Principles for the Use of Funds From the Opioid Litigation are nationally recognized guidance for states, counties and cities receiving money from the lawsuits against entities that contributed to the opioid epidemic. Coordinated by faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Johns Hopkins), the Principles are designed to help governments of all levels lay the foundation to effectively invest opioid settlement funds to save lives from overdose.
Principles for the Use of Funds from the Opioid Litigation
- Spend the money to save lives
- Use evidence to guide spending
- Invest in youth prevention
- Focus on racial equity
- Develop a fair and transparent process for determining where to spend the money
To apply the Principles in the county context, NACo is partnering with Johns Hopkins to create a series of Quick Guides illustrating how the Principles can inform and support county administration of opioid settlement funds.
THE PRINCIPLES QUICK GUIDE TO CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT The Principles encourage communities to use settlement funds to supplement existing opioid abatement work (Principle 1) and invest in effective evidence-based interventions (Principle 2). Conducting a local needs assessment is an important early step in determining how to disburse these limited resources for maximum impact. |
COUNTY SOLUTIONS
Counties are hard at work planning how best to invest the settlement funds, using key tools such as community surveys, strategic plans and requests for proposals. Examples and templates can help inform planning efforts in other jurisdictions. Some recent examples:
Eau Claire County, Wis.
The Board of Supervisors in Eau Claire County, Wis. recently approved a resolution to establish an Opioid Settlement Task Force. The Task Force will recommend uses of the settlement funds based on the Principles for the Use of Funds from the Opioid Litigation.
Iowa State Association of Counties
The Iowa State Association of Counties has developed Sample Resolutions for counties that are pursuing regional approaches. The sample resolutions include 1) language for a county interested in distributing settlement funds to a neighboring county and 2) language for a county interested in receiving settlement funds from another county.
NACo would love to feature the planning tools your county has developed on the Opioid Solutions Center. Submit your county’s planning tools to research@naco.org. |
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