Michigan governments are slated to receive $1.8 billion in opioid settlement funds by 2040, with approximately half directed to the state government and half to local governments.
Key Informational Resources
Michigan Opioid Settlements
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
This state website provides information about how Michigan opioid settlement funds are being invested as well as public funding opportunities.
Michigan Opioid Settlements
Opioid Settlement Resource Center
The Michigan Association of Counties
This website includes information on settlement tracking (estimated payments), spending recommendations, and technical resource providers. It also has a resource library.
Opioid Settlement Resource Center
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Michigan Opioid Advisory Commission
This website will document the activities of the nascent Commission. Members and meeting minutes can be found on this site.
Michigan Opioid Advisory Commission
Opioid Solutions: Approved Strategies
The National Association of Counties (NACo)
NACo identified 25 high-impact strategies that are under county authority, and is developing briefing documents for each strategy, which will be added to this website.
Opioid Solutions: Approved Strategies
Principles for the Use of Funds
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
This JHSPH collaborative developed planning- and process-level guidance for state and local policymakers on how to effectively spend money from the opioid settlements.
Principles for the Use of Funds
Guide for Community Advocates on the Opioid Settlement
Vital Strategies
This Michigan fact sheet provides information on Michigan’s opioid settlement allocation, decision-making process, and information on how to engage in the process.
Guide for Community Advocates on the Opioid Settlement
Opioid Settlement Tracker
Vital Strategies and Christine Minhee
A groundbreaking set of comprehensive guides on opioid settlement funds for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Opioid Settlement Tracker
Partnering with Community Foundations
Community Foundations have a longstanding history of managing funds and partnering with local and state government. Local and state government can consider partnering with local community foundations to leverage their expertise and core functions, including:
- Creating an endowment to complement an immediate allocation of the funds and ensure a long-term investment in evidence-based programs and strategies.
- Raising awareness and communicate information to partners and the public to increase transparency around how money is being spent, how organizations can access funds or share input, and where to learn more.
- Convening community members, nonprofits, funders, government, and/or other stakeholders in a neutral setting to increase opportunities for engagement, listening, and feedback.
- Connecting entities, like local community leaders, nonprofit partners, funders, and government agencies, to broaden networks and increase knowledge of what others are already doing in the opioid space.
- Assisting with developing and managing requests for proposals or holding pooled funds from multiple entities (e.g., counties, cities, townships, foundations, etc.) for joint work on a collaborative project.
Michigan Opioid Partnership Received Opioid Settlement Funds for ED MOUD
In 2024, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) awarded the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Michigan Opioid Partnership $1 million in opioid settlement funds. With support from the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center, New Detroit, Public Sector Consultants, and our Clinical Consultant team, we utilized this funding to further the work around the ED MOUD Initiative in three ways:
- Offered free technical assistance to all hospitals and emergency medicine providers across Michigan.
- Developed and provided written materials and free trainings, including Just Care®: Opioid, to over one hundred providers.
- Convened a stakeholder workgroup and developed policy and procedural recommendations to improve the long-term financial model and practice of ED MOUD.
In 2025, the Michigan Opioid Partnership received carry forward approval from MDHHS to use remaining funds. The funds were used to:
- Continue free technical assistance, training, and on-demand resources to support hospitals with implementing best practice opioid use disorder care processes.
- Collaborate with MDHHS to implement the policy and procedural recommendations identified in 2024 to drive long term, system improvements.
- Wrap-up the work at the Community Foundation and transition resources to a more sustainable entity to ensure expert support remains available to hospitals and providers.
If you or someone you know is struggling with opioid use disorder, visit Michigan.gov/opioids.
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