This Community Guide will describe how Ohio is spending its opioid settlements and whether Ohio is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
Local officials for counties, cities, townships, and villages
Decision-making Process
The ’s decides expenditures across regional grants, statewide programming, and investments, with support from the Board-created .
For regional grants, Regional Grant Review Committees, the Expert Panel, and OneOhio Grant Oversight Committee provide review and input before the OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board of Directors makes the final decision.
Localities decide autonomously (but must pass local resolutions for reimbursement uses)
Ohio Attorney General decides how to spend this share on approved uses
Supplantation
Partially prohibited (grant funds only)
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Grant Funding
Yes. See the Foundation’s for regional grants.
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
No
Public Input
No opportunities available (recurring opportunities not required).
Up to each locality (not required)
No opportunities available (not required)
Advisory Body
Yes (required). See the ’s , , and 19 regional boards.
The Foundation’s Board of Directors, Expert Panel, and most regional boards are not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Up to each locality (not required)
No (not required)
Expenditures
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required, but see OneOhio Recovery Foundation’s page
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Updates
For updates on the OneOhio Recovery Foundation’s share, visit the Foundation’s , which includes Foundation , upcoming Board and Expert Panel , and an . You can also sign-up for the Foundation’s email updates .
To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your board of county commissioners, city council, or local health department. See, e.g., .
A single resource containing updates specific to the state share could not be found. See the OH Attorney General’s general page.
$1.84 billion[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
55% to the OneOhio Recovery Foundation, 30% to local governments, and 15% to the state
State-Local Agreement (One Ohio Memorandum of Understanding)