Boulder County announced $3.95 million in funding for 21 community, city and county programs addressing opioid use in a Dec. 16 press release from county officials. Funding was available for programs in five different goal areas: substance use prevention and education, overdose prevention and response, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. The county awarded $2.96 million in funding from opioid settlement dollars from 2023 to 2024. Award recipients include the City of Longmont’s REWiND program, Boulder County Public Health’s Youth Opioid Overdose Response program and recovery facilities across the county. The funding also provides dollars for harm reduction vending machines, stocked with overdose-reversing Naloxone, to CU Boulder Boulder and Boulder Community Health.