Delaware’s Opioid Settlements

This Community Guide will describe how Delaware is spending its opioid settlements and whether Delaware is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.

Total Funds

$197.36 million[1]

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[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.

Allocation

100% to the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund

Mechanism

State-Local Agreement (Remediating Opioids Across Delaware through State-Municipal Abatement Partnership (‘ROADS MAP’) Agreement); Legislation (Del. Code Ann. tit. 16, Secs. 4808B, 5195, 5196, 5196A, 5196B); Commission Resolutions (Resolution Nos. 2022-1 and 2023-1)

	100% Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund
Ultimate Decisionmaker	Delaware Behavioral Health Consortium
Decision-making Process	The Delaware Behavioral Health Consortium distributes settlement funds based on recommendations from the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission (POSDC).
Supplantation	Prohibited
Grant Funding	Yes. See the POSDC’s Open Public Opportunities page.
Public Input	Yes (public input and public hearings required)
Advisory Body	Yes (required). See the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission (POSDC). The POSDC is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Expenditures	Public reporting required. See the Prescription Opioid Settlement Tracker and view grant awards on the PSODC’s website.
Updates	For updates on the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund, visit the POSDC’s website and subscribe to receive emails. To view and subscribe to the POSDC’s calendared public events, including the meetings of its various committees, click “Subscriptions” here.