One Washington Opioid Settlement

In May 2022, Lynnwood City Council authorized the Mayor to sign an MOU to join the One Washington Opioid Settlement, split between Washington state, counties and cities. As a term of the settlement distribution, participating parties must allocate funds towards addressing the opioid crisis and its symptoms in their communities.

The One Washington Opioid Overdose Settlement Fund provides a resource to help address the growing need for opioid recovery and prevention services in our region. Allowable uses for these funds include:

  • Treating opioid use disorder
  • Supporting people in treatment and recovery
  • Connecting people who need help to the help they need (connections to care)
  • Addressing the needs of criminal-justice involved persons
  • Addressing the needs of pregnant or parenting women and their families, including babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome
  • Preventing over-prescribing and ensure appropriate prescribing and dispensing of opioids
  • Preventing misuse of opioids
  • Preventing overdose deaths and other harms
  • First responders and outreach
  • Leadership, planning and coordination
  • Training
  • Research

Overview of Funds

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Approved Projects and Initiatives

March 24, 2025: Lynnwood Police Department requested $42,330.50 of Opioid Settlement funds to support the funding of a embedded social worker from Snohomish County Outreach Team (SCOUT), approved by City Council. You can read more about the position and proposalhere.

Additional Information

Click here(PDF, 8MB) to read the MOU between One Washington Opioid Settlement and City of Lynnwood.

Click here to follow Snohomish County's Opioid Overdose Prevention Project dashboard.

Click here to visit Snohomish County Public Health's website.

Click here to visit Washington State Department of Health's Opioid and Drug Use Data dashboard.

 

 

We want to hear from you!

Resident input is critical to address the needs of those harmed by the opioid crisis in our community. If you have thoughts, questions or suggestions, reach out to us at humanservices@lynnwoodwa.gov.

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