Total Funds
$2.01 billion[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
Allocation
85% to local governments and 15% to the Commonwealth[2]
Total Funds | $2.01 billion[1] [1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024. |
Allocation | 85% to local governments and 15% to the Commonwealth[2]
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Mechanism | Court Order (Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust Order); Legislation (72 Pa. Stat. Sec. 1792-A.1) |
70% County Abatement Account Share | 15% Litigating Subdivision Account Share | 15% Commonwealth Share | |
| Ultimate Decisionmaker | County officials | Local officials for counties, cities, townships, and boroughs, along with District Attorneys for Berks, Bucks, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Northampton, and Westmoreland counties | Pennsylvania General Assembly |
| Decision-making Process | Counties decide autonomously but must certify approved uses to the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust. | Localities and specified district attorneys decide autonomously but must certify approved uses to the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust. | The Pennsylvania General Assembly directly appropriates funds from this share. |
| Supplantation | Not prohibited | Not prohibited | Not prohibited |
| Grant Funding | Up to each county (availability and processes will vary) | Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary) | Yes. For live opportunities, see Opioid Settlement Tracker’s Community Grant Tracker. |
| Public Input | Generally, yes (public comments required at public meetings) | Generally, yes (public comments required at public meetings) | No opportunities available (not required) |
| Advisory Body | Up to each county (not individually required). But see Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s Board of Trustees. The Trust is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience. | Up to each locality (not individually required). But see Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s Board of Trustees. The Trust is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience. | No (not required) |
| Expenditures | Public reporting required. Bookmark the Trust’s Payment, Spending & Reporting page and view its interim reporting. | Public reporting required (for counties and Philadelphia). Bookmark the Trust’s Payment, Spending & Reporting page and view its interim reporting. | Neither public nor intrastate reporting required |
| Updates | For updates on the County Abatement Account share, visit the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s website. See also counties’ websites listed here, e.g., Delaware County and Philadelphia. | For updates on the Litigating Subdivision Account share, visit the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s website. See also individual localities’ websites listed here, e.g., Delaware County and Philadelphia. | A single resource containing updates specific to the Commonwealth share could not be found. |