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Opioid Settlement Funds

Every year by November 1, any local government in New York that gets money from a statewide opioid settlement must post on their website how the funds were spent during the prior year. Below, you will find a summary of how Lewis County’s funds have been spent.

2025 (Updated 11/10/2025)

Regional Abatement Funds

  • Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council of Jefferson County, Inc. dba Pivot
    $25,000
    To support the implementation of primary and other prevention services.
  • No Wrong Roads, LLC
    $9,000
    To produce Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaigns that are focused on housing and substance use disorder.
  • Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council of Jefferson County, Inc. dba Pivot
    $13,500
    To host a community substance use and emerging trends summit, featuring the renowned speaker Jermain Galloway aka “Tall Cop”.
  • The Village of Constableville
    $7,600
    To host 10-12 monthly prevention-focused activities for the adults and children in the Town of West Turin or Village of Constableville
  • The Lewis County Youth Bureau
    $8,000
    To continue to implement and promote the Screenagers Project through its second year. This includes assisting Lewis County schools with utilization of their memberships, hosting a summit with a youth panel and the development of a campaign ad.
  • The Lewis County Suicide Prevention Coalition
    $8,536
    To provide Gizmo’s Pawesome Guide to Mental Health to every third-grade student enrolled in a Lewis County school. This program offers education on feelings and emotions, trusted adults, healthy activities and coping tools.
  • No Wrong Roads, LLC
    $17,000
    To create a documentary style video designed to spark meaningful conversations, first in classrooms between students and teachers, and then at home with their families, about the choices that shape their future and how to avoid the detours that opioids can create.

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Unrestricted)


  • Northern Regional Center for Independent Living (Bridges Out of Poverty Lewis County)
    $30,000
    To support two cohorts of Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World (GA). GA is a 20-session workshop series that provides people motivated to get out of poverty with the tools and support necessary to ‘Get Ahead’ in today’s world. While not exclusive to individuals in recovery from opioid use disorder, GA empowers individuals to build resources for success for themselves and future generations, integrate with the community and take (or regain) control of their lives.
  • Walmart
    $196
    Supplies for the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.
  • Mariya E. Clemons
    $200
    Music at the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Restricted)

  • No Wrong Roads, LLC
    $9,000
    To produce Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaigns that are focused on housing and substance use disorder.

2024

Regional Abatement Funds

  • Lowville Academy and Central School
    $11,135
    To purchase a universal screener for social-emotional wellness that will proactively identify and provide immediate and actional support for at-risk students.
  • Lewis County Youth Bureau
    $10,000
    For implementation of The Screenagers Project, which will provide Lewis County schools with access to films, curriculums and lesson plans that are designed to help youth safely navigate the digital world.
  • Copenhagen Central School
    $20,000
    To help families cover the costs of school-based mental health services and train staff in trauma-informed practices.

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Unrestricted)

  • Walmart
    $343.00
    Supplies for the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.
  • Mariya E. Clemons
    $125.00
    Music for the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.
  • jeb’s Restaurant
    $210.00
    Provisions for the Foundations of Restorative Practices & Circles training hosted by NRCIL.

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Restricted)

  • N/A

2023

Regional Abatement Funds

  • N/A

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Unrestricted)

  • Walmart
    $269
    Supplies for the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.
  • Town Hall Theater
    $20
    Advertising for the Overdose Awareness Day event hosted by NRCIL.

Direct Share Opioid Settlement Funds (Restricted)

  • NaloxBox
    $8,100
    NaloxBox Siren x 23, NaloxBox Standard x 3