Total Funds
$236.35 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
Allocation
50% to the Maine Recovery Fund, 30% to local governments, and 20% to the state
Total Funds | $236.35 million[1] [1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024. |
Allocation | 50% to the Maine Recovery Fund, 30% to local governments, and 20% to the state |
Mechanism | State-Local Agreements (Amended Maine State-Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds; Maine State-Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Regarding use of Settlement Funds-2023; Maine School Administrative Units’ Inclusion in Maine’s Recovery Fund-2022; Maine School Administrative Units’ Inclusion in Maine’s Recovery Fund-2023); Legislation (Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, Secs. 203-B, 203-C); Bylaws (Bylaws of the Maine Recovery Council) |
50% Maine Recovery Fund Share | 30% Local Share | 20% State Share | |
| Ultimate Decisionmaker | Maine Recovery Council | Local officials for towns, cities, and counties | Maine Attorney General |
| Decision-making Process | The Maine Recovery Council independently decides how to spend funds from this share after considering input and recommendations from its Program/Grants Committee, a biennial needs assessment, and public meetings. | Localities decide autonomously | Maine Attorney General decides autonomously |
| Supplantation | Prohibited | Discouraged but not prohibited | Discouraged but not prohibited |
| Grant Funding | Yes. See the Maine Recovery Council’s website. | Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary) | No |
| Public Input | Yes (Maine Recovery Council is required to host an annual public forum and consult the public on its needs assessment) | Up to each locality (not required) | No opportunities available (not required) |
| Advisory Body | Yes (required). See the Maine Recovery Council. It is unclear whether the Council is required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience. The Attorney General is required by MOU to appoint an individual or family member “impacted by the Opioid Crisis,” as well as an individual with “substance use disorder and recovery community experience.” There is no further elaboration on how “impacted by” and “experience” are understood or defined. | Up to each locality (not required) | No (not required) |
| Expenditures | Public reporting required. View the Maine Attorney General’s Recovery Fund reports here. | Neither public nor intrastate reporting required | Neither public nor intrastate reporting required |
| Updates | For updates on the state share, visit the Maine Recovery Council’s website and subscribe to its email notifications. The Maine Attorney General’s Opioids website also contains a calendar of the state’s opioid settlement-related meetings and events, and a linked FAQs page directs questions about the Council to info.RecoveryCouncil@maine.gov. | The Maine Attorney General suggests that the “best way to find out about what your community is doing with its settlement funds is to call your county administrators, or if your city or town is a participating subdivision[,] … the city or town office” and provides a list of participating subdivisions and contact information. See also individual localities' opioid settlement-specific websites, e.g., Cumberland County and Franklin County. | A single resource containing updates specific to the state share could not be found. For general updates, See the Maine Attorney General’s Opioids website. |