High Impact Abatement Activities
City and County Spending of Opioid Settlement Funds
Cities and counties will receive 85% of California’s opioid settlement funds, and 60% of funds from Mallinckrodt. These funds are intended to be used for opioid remediation purposes. A list of allowable opioid remediation activities can be found in Exhibit E of the settlement agreements. Additionally, California set its own list of High Impact Abatement Activities (HIAAs), and cities and counties must spend no less than 50% of Abatement Account funds on HIAAs. California’s HIAAs include:
| No. | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 | Provision of matching funds or operating costs for substance use disorder facilities with an approved project within the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) |
| 2 | Creating new or expanded substance use disorder (SUD) treatment infrastructure |
| 3 | Addressing the needs of communities of color and vulnerable populations (including sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations) that are disproportionately impacted by SUD |
| 4 | Diversion of people with SUD from the justice system into treatment, including by providing training and resources to first and early responders (sworn and non-sworn) and implementing best practices for outreach, diversion and deflection, employability, restorative justice, and harm reduction |
| 5 | Interventions to prevent drug addiction in vulnerable youth |
| 6 | The purchase of naloxone for distribution and efforts to expand access to naloxone for opioid overdose reversals. |