Elected officials with Wichita and Sedgwick County want to speed up the process of getting $15.5 million in opioid settlement dollars into the community. The city and county decided in 2023 to pool their funds after they signed on to a national settlement agreement with opioid manufacturers and distributors for their role in the opioid crisis. But that money has largely been sitting untouched as the governments waited for guidance on how to spend it from a local needs assessment and strategic plan that were completed earlier this year.
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