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.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
Local officials for cities and counties
Decision-making Process
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.
Supplantation
Prohibited
Not prohibited
Grant Funding
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Yes. For live opportunities, see Opioid Settlement Tracker’s .
Public Input
Up to each locality (not required)
Depends on future programming (recurring opportunities not required)
Advisory Body
Up to each locality (not required)
No (not required)
Expenditures
No public reporting required (only intrastate)
No public reporting required (only intrastate), but see the Department of Health Services’ publication of quarterly and annual reports .
Updates
To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your county board of supervisors, city council, or local health department. See, e.g., , , , , . See also the Wisconsin Counties Association’s website.
For updates on the state share, visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ website.
$746.58 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
70% to local governments and 30% to the state
State-Local Agreements (2022 Wisconsin State-Local Memorandum of Understanding and 2023 Wisconsin State-Local Government Memorandum of Understanding for the Allocation of Opioid Settlement Proceeds); Local Agreement (Local Government Memorandum of Understanding); Legislation (Wis. Stat. Ann. Sec. 165-12)