Opioid-related overdose deaths in North Carolina have doubled in the past ten years alone. In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, then NC Attorney General Josh Stein helped negotiate more than $50 billion in national settlements and bankruptcy resolutions with opioid companies. North Carolina is receiving $1.4 billion in the national opioid settlement funds. The Community Opioid Resources Engine (CORE-NC) is a collaborative partnership between the North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ), the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC), the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC), and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) that aims to ensure transparency of and accountability for the use of opioid settlement funds by local governments in North Carolina.
NCDOJ: Enforces the North Carolina Memorandum of Agreement (NC MOA) between the State and local governments, directing how opioid settlement funds are distributed, used, and reported in our state.
NCACC: Provides technical assistance to all participating local governments across North Carolina to help them determine how best to use opioid settlement funds.
IPRC: Collects and processes data from local governments and maintains the CORE-NC website that visualizes how opioid settlement funds are used in our state, along with the impact of those dollars.
NCDHHS: Provides technical assistance to participating local governments who seek further guidance on how best to use opioid settlement funds, while collaborating with other CORE-NC partners in developing strategy resources.
