Management of Boulder County Region Opioid Settlement Dollars

Opioid Settlement Dollars are managed by the Boulder County Region Opioid Council. The Council is supported by staff from the Community Services Department as well as an advisory board made up of local subject matter experts.

Meetings

Boulder County Region Opioid Council meetings take place on the third Friday of each month from 11:30 AM. – 1 PM.

The next meeting is scheduled for October 18.

These meetings can be accessed through the the Video Meeting link at: Join the Zoom webinar.

Boulder County Region Opioid Council

As stipulated in the Colorado MOU, each region is required to establish a formal council to oversee its share of Opioid Settlement Dollars, including development of the two-year plan.

Staff from the County facilitate the Boulder County Region Opioid Council (BCROC), the formal decision-making body for use of Opioid Settlement Dollars across the Boulder County region.

The BCROC is made up of elected officials, city managers, and department directors from across the county.

The BCROC was formed through an intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”), which outlines the council’s membership, bylaws, and requirements.

The BCROC hosts monthly public meetings discussing the regional use of Opioid Settlement Dollars.

The current BCROC roster includes:

Claire Levy – Boulder County Commissioner
Robin Bohannan – Boulder County Community Services Department Director
Lexi Nolen – Boulder County Public Health Department Director
Susan Caskey – Boulder County Human Services Department Director
Curtis Johnson – Boulder County Sheriff
Anjali Nandi – Chief Probation Officer, 20^th Judicial District
Harold Dominguez – City Manager, City of Longmont
Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde – City Manager, City of Boulder
Jonathan Cain – Town Administrator, City of Nederland

Boulder County Opioid Operations Board

To establish local funding priorities based on the approved uses for Opioid Settlement Dollars, staff from the Boulder County Community Services Department tasked with managing the funds, with guidance from the BCROC and in accordance with the IGA, established an advisory group known as the Boulder County Opioid Operations Board (“Ops Board”).

The Ops Board is made up of local subject matter experts and professionals working across the substance use continuum of care as well as community members with direct lived experience related to the opioid crisis.

Members of the Ops Board serve 2-year terms. Ops members may serve multiple terms.

View the Charter for the Ops Board.

The Ops Board reviews local data and brings together the cumulative expertise of its members to develop recommendations for uses of Opioid Settlement Dollars, which are presented to the Boulder County Region Opioid Council (BCROC) for consideration.

The current Ops Board includes members representing:

City of Boulder;
City of Longmont;
Boulder County Department of Human Services;
Boulder County Community Services Department;
Boulder County Public Health, Harm Reduction;
Boulder County Public Health, Substance Use Prevention;
Boulder County Drug Task Force and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office;
Boulder County Jail;
Boulder County District Attorney’s Office;
University of Colorado, Boulder;
Boulder Valley School District;
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention;
Mental Health Partners;
Clinica Family Health;
Youth in Recovery; and,
People with lived experience including youth & young adults, adults, people in recovery, and individuals representing the rural mountain region of the county.