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Schuylkill to get $430K for mental health

Schuylkill County Finance Director Paul Buber said the Mental Health/Development Services Agency will receive $430,944.

He said about 95 percent of the funding the agency gets comes from federal and state grants.

The extra money the department received comes the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services which increased federal funding in the amount of $226,026. A Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Violence Prevention Grant and System of Care Grant of $204,918 is the other source.

Commissioners also approved the execution of the Pennsylvania Intrastate Allocation Form for the allocation of the settlement proceeds from the national opioid settlement. An amount the county will receive has not been determined.

Opioid treatment will account for a large portion of the spending.

At least 45 states have already signed on to the agreement, with Oregon on the verge of signing.

The agreement calls for Cardinal, McKesson and Amerisource Bergen, the top three pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and delivered opioids, to pay up to $21 billion over 18 years. Johnson & Johnson will pay up to $5 billion.

The commissioners announced their reorganization and first work session meeting Wednesday.

Commissioners will hold the reorganization meeting 10 a.m. Jan. 3. The first meeting of 2022 is 10 a.m. Jan. 5 in the board room.