Wisconsin’s Opioid Settlements
This Community Guide will describe how Wisconsin is spending its opioid settlements and whether Wisconsin is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Local officials for cities and counties
Localities decide autonomously
The submits an expenditure proposal to the Wisconsin state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance for approval.
The Joint Committee can take no action on the proposal (effectively approving it), decline to approve it and schedule a meeting to discuss, or unilaterally change proposed expenditures.