Council may add $250,000 for opioid recovery counseling through 2028

Austin Public Health is asking the City Council to extend its agreement with Communities for Recovery for 12 months, through March 31, 2028, to provide peer recovery counseling and opioid overdose prevention services. The proposed amendment would add up to $250,000 from the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Opioid Settlement Fund, bringing the agreement’s total to $750,000. Staff say the program addressed an identified community need and recommend approval.

Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Communities for Recovery to provide peer recovery counseling services for community intervention to prevent opioid overdoses by using evidence-based practices in opioid stewardship, opioid use disorder, and opioid harm reduction, to extend the agreement for a 12-month term through March 31, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $750,000. Funding: $250,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Opioid Settlement Fund Budget of Austin Public Health Department.

Nov 19, 202626-3095: Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Communities for Recovery to provide peer recovery counseling services for community intervention to prevent opioid overdoses by using evidence-based practices in opioid stewardship, opioid use disorder, and opioid harm reduction, to extend the agreement for a 12-month term through March 31, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $750,000. Funding: $250,000 is Source documentPDF