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New Jersey Roadmap for Opioid Settlement funds 2025
The New Jersey Opioid Settlement Advocacy Group is a peer-driven initiative that brings together individuals impacted by the opioid crisis, including people with lived experience, stakeholder organizations, family members, and allies. This proposal demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that opioid settlement funds are allocated to critical areas that promote recovery and community resilience. These areas include recovery housing, transportation, family support, grassroots recovery initiatives, harm reduction, employment, and the establishment of a statewide Office of Recovery. The New Jersey Opioid Settlement Funds, managed by DMHAS as the fiduciary agent, originates from litigation settlements distinct from traditional DMHAS funding. As such, it is essential that the allocation of these funds prioritizes the voices of those most impacted by the opioid crisis, including individuals in recovery, family members, and allies. The funds must not supplant existing funding sources or address budgetary shortfalls but should instead ensure equitable and impactful resource utilization.
To contact us please email: NewJerseyOSAG@gmail.com
Press release & link to sign on to the roadmap
Our NOT ONE MORE campaign to end overdose and crush stigma.
WE BELIEVE people who use drugs and who struggle with addiction have a right to access healthcare that meets them where they are, is evidence-based, affordable, and empowers them to live healthier lives.
WE BELIEVE there should be transparency, accountability and oversight of addiction treatment, recovery houses and drug courts receiving state & federal funding. They should center around providing dignity and compassionate care to people who struggle with substance use.
WE BELIEVE in community leadership, meeting people where they are, and not leaving anyone behind. When it counts, we come together as good neighbors - across rural, urban and suburban - and fight for equity in health and human dignity.
