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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.

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70% Local Share

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30% State Share

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.

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Total Funds

$746.58 million[1]


[1] Total is rounded. See . Accessed September 1, 2024.

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Allocation

70% to local governments and 30% to the state

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Mechanism

State-Local Agreements ( and ); Local Agreement (); Legislation (Wis. Stat. Ann. )

Wisconsin state legislaturearrow-up-right
Joint Committee on Financearrow-up-right
Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesarrow-up-right
Community Grant Trackerarrow-up-right
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Eau Claire Countyarrow-up-right
Iowa Countyarrow-up-right
Marinette Countyarrow-up-right
Milwaukee Countyarrow-up-right
Vernon Countyarrow-up-right
opioid abatementarrow-up-right
Dose of Reality: Opioid Settlement Fundsarrow-up-right
The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tallyarrow-up-right
2022 Wisconsin State-Local Memorandum of Understandingarrow-up-right
2023 Wisconsin State-Local Government Memorandum of Understanding for the Allocation of Opioid Settlement Proceedsarrow-up-right
Local Government Memorandum of Understandingarrow-up-right
Sec. 165-12arrow-up-right