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Arkansas’ Opioid Settlements

This Community Guide will describe how Arkansas is spending its opioid settlements, and whether Arkansas is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.

Total Funds

$227.70 million[1]


[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.

Allocation

2/3 to local governments and 1/3 to the state

2/3 Local Share

1/3 State Share

Ultimate Decisionmaker

Leadership of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) (i.e., ARORP’s director, Association of Arkansas Counties’ executive director, and Arkansas Municipal League’s executive director)

Decision-making Process

Leadership of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) ultimately approves funding requests with input and recommendations from the ARORP Advisory Board.

The Arkansas Attorney General’s office decides how to allocate this share.

Supplantation

Prohibited (in practice)

Not prohibited

Grant Funding

Yes. See the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership’s Funding Opportunities page.

No

Public Input

Up to each locality (not required) No opportunities available as to the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (not required)

No opportunities available (not required)

Advisory Body

Yes (required). See the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership’s Advisory Board.

There are no published rules requiring the Advisory Board to include a member with lived and/or living experience.

No (not required)

Expenditures

Neither intrastate nor public reporting required, but see the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership’s Funded Projects Table.

Neither intrastate nor public reporting required

Updates

For updates on the local share, visit the Arkansas Municipal League’s and Association of Arkansas Counties’ Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership website.

A single resource containing state share updates could not be found.

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