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South Burlington Redirects Opioid Funds to Mental Health | Montpelier News
South Burlington is reinventing how it uses opioid settlement funds—shifting from scattered small grants to a focused, strategic investment in mental health and addiction treatment. With rising property taxes and a tighter budget, the city is channeling over $200,000 since 2021 toward expanding services like those at the Turning Point Center, training first responders, and hiring a head clinician to connect residents with critical social services. Police say more calls involve unmet needs like homelessness and mental health crises, which often lead to crimes—so the plan is to intervene early…
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