Opioid Settlement Fund Awards
Below is a chronological listing of awards made with Cass County Opioid Settlement Funds to date (expenditures may be less than actual awards):
Woodlands/Cass County Courts — $2,535.00
Drive-in Movie event during Recovery Month (September 2023). Matching funds included $525 from Cass County CASA and $1,000 from Woodlands Behavioral Healthcare Network.
Cass County Sheriff/Jail Division — $13,216.90
Naltrexone (medication) beyond free sample doses available to jail for persons in jail with substance use disorders.
Woodlands SUD Prevention — $1,021.34
Naloxone (Narcan) distribution boxes to provide free Narcan to attempt to prevent death from overdose.
Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee — $4,455.07
Attendance of Chair & Vice Chair at National Opioid Congress from September 30 to October 1, 2024.
Cass Family Clinic — $13,071.00
Naloxone (Narcan) vending machines (3)
Cass County Courts — $30,000.00
Unmet needs for Problem-Solving Court participants for housing, transportation, drug testing, training and unmet participant needs.
Woodlands Substance Use Disorder Prevention — $2,042.66
Additional Naloxone (Narcan) distribution boxes to provide free Narcan to attempt to prevent death from overdose.
Bronson Health Foundation — $10,000.00
Paying for $100 gift card for each provider who attends Medication Assisted Treatment Training (with training funded through a different grant source).
C.A.S.S./Woodlands — $30,050.00
Opioid Summit sponsored by C.A.S.S./Woodlands & Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians with separate specialized training track for doctors and other providers.
C.A.S.S./Woodlands — $7,346.00
Additional Naloxone (Narcan) distribution boxes
Preston Collett/Federated Covenant Church — $16,299.00
Roof for Celebrate Recovery House
Cass County Sheriff's Office — $81,333.00
TruNarc machines
Cass Family Clinic —$250,000.00
Mobile Clinic
C.A.S.S./Woodlands — $4,450.80
Additional Naloxone (Narcan) distribution boxes
Cass County Sheriff's Office — $50,000.00
K9 for community education and prevention activities, and vehicle for Cass County Drug Enforcement Team
Cass County Sheriff's Office — $13,500.00
Opioid overdose kits
Cass County Sheriff's Office — $10,000.00
K9 for jail for community education and prevention activities
Woodlands BHN by Candyce Buysse — $15,000.00
Therapy for individuals incarcerated in Cass County Jail
YMCA of Greater Michiana — $5,000.00
Swim lessons for fourth graders at Sam Adams Elementary
Woodlands BHN by Kelley Nickel — $4,000.00
Community recovery event to be held September 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cass County Jail — $1,379.66
Ten doses of Vivitrol, purchased for $137.96 each, will be available to our prescriber for any detainee that meets diagnostic criteria and is interested in this long-acting injectable medication.
SWMI FAN Chapter — $2,180
Trauma-informed yoga services
Ontwa/Edwardsburg Police Department — $75,000
K9 unit and associated police vehicle used for community education and prevention activities