By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor September 23, 2023 Taking a different — and more efficient — approach than many other recipients of what will eventually amount to more than $235 million in opioid settlement money, Franklin County is just weeks away from reviewing applications for its first round of grant awards. “We want to make sure that that money is getting spent to combat the opioid addiction crisis that we have,” county administrator Amy Bernard said. In February, the county commissioners approved Bernard’s proposal to create an advisory committee that would develop a grant process to disburse the first…
More
