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Bailey II said the county received approximately $750,000 from a lawsuit against various pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Settlement funds will be disbursed to counties in phases over the next 15 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bailey said the funds come in sporadically, but generally speaking, about half of the funds are disbursed with no restrictions; others are earmarked toward substance abuse prevention, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators disbursed the following amounts to the associated organizations:<\/p>\n<p>A New Hope Center, $105,125 toward non-medical transport for underserved populations with substance use disorders; CASA Trinity, $50,000 toward the same goal; HeaHea LLC, $150,000 toward youth integrated prevention services; Partnership to End Addiction, $100,000 for prevention and stigma reduction; and Tioga Opportunities, $25,000 for substance use disorder treatment navigation.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>(Matt Freeze is a Senior Staff Writer for The Morning Times.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Freeze, The Morning Times &#8212; The Tioga County Legislature voted unanimously Tuesday to disburse over $430,000 in funds received from an opioid lawsuit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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