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.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
of the (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 .
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 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 ’s .
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 .
Neither intrastate nor public reporting required
Updates
For updates on the local share, visit the Arkansas Municipal League’s and Association of Arkansas Counties’ website.
A single resource containing state share updates could not be found.
$227.70 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
2/3 to local governments and 1/3 to the state
State-Local Agreement (Arkansas Opioids Memorandum of Understanding); Local Distribution Agreements (Cities Distribution Agreement and Counties Distribution Agreement); Court Order (Order Establishing the Arkansas Opioids Qualified Settlement Fund)