Mar 7, 2025 By Mike Jones 3 min read

Washington County is allocating $2.69 million in the nationwide opioid settlement money this year to two dozen local nonprofit organizations and government agencies working to fight drug addiction.

The county commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve the list of 24 entities to receive this year’s round of settlement money, which will be used on a variety of initiatives, such as sober living houses, resource officers, drug prevention courses and teen outreach programs.

This allocation is more than three times the amount handed out in September during the county’s first round of distributing the opioid settlement money. The county had asked for applications late last year and selected the programs following a review by the Human Services department.

During Tuesday’s workshop meeting where the list was revealed for the first time, Commissioner Larry Maggi asked how the process is handled for selecting which groups receive the money.

“How are these decided?” Maggi asked

Human Services Director John Tamiggi said eligible groups submit applications that are reviewed by a committee to see what would be the best fit for the grants. They are then forwarded to the commissioners for final review.

During Thursday’s voting meeting, Maggi and fellow Commissioners Nick Sherman and Electra Janis formally approved the list of grants.

The county will be able to allocate these grants annually for 18 years as part of the settlement, with the money being sent to individual states and then filtered to the counties to determine how it should be used.

The list of grants for Washington County from the Opioid Settlement Fund can be found below:

$650,000 – Focus MD “Washington Wellness & Recovery Initiative”

$300,000 – Department of Human Services Software

$277,140 – Serenity Farms “Sequoia House”

$218,000 – Penn Highlands Mon Valley “Wrap Around Services”

$132,849 – Resurrection Power – Recovery House Renovation

$125,000 – LOYAL “After School Programming”

$87,123 – North Strabane Resource Officer

$80,494 – DHS Supportive Services

$80,000 – WHS Teen Outreach “Common Ground Teen Center”

$80,000 – District Attorney Training

$75,000 – Blueprints “The HOPE Pilot”

$75,000 – LeMoyne Center “After School Program and Financial Literacy”

$75,000 – A Nickol’s Worth Consulting “Success in Life Program”

$75,000 – The Childcare Group – Predevelopment

$50,000 – Champion Christian “Bridge to Life Recovery Center”

$50,000 – Recovery House Renovation Fund

$45,000 – Jeff Hancher Enterprises “Success Readiness Framework”

$45,000 – Washington STEAMworks

$42,500 – Peters Township Police Social Worker

$36,000 – Regola Consulting “Grant Management”

$35,000 – Leadership Training (911)

$25,000 – DHS Training and Continuing Education

$21,600 – Turiya Holistic Health “Well Recovery Initiative”

$10,000 – The Road to Recovery Symposium