The Mercer County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council is a County-based planning, advisory, and coordinating council dedicated to helping the community by providing input, advice, and recommendations to the County of Mercer and participating municipalities regarding the use of opioid settlement funds.

The Mercer County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council was established pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement between the State of New Jersey and Local Governments on Opioid Litigation Recoveries dated 2022, which establishes binding terms for the distribution and spending of funds from any National Opioid Litigation Resolution that is a settlement agreement or bankruptcy plan. The Mercer County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council is responsible to the Mercer County Board of Commissioners.

It is the intention of the Mercer County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council to facilitate and enhance the delivery of opioid use disorder (OUD), and subsequently substance use disorder (SUD), services through collaborative relationships in the community and between local, county, state, and federal agencies. The Mercer County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council seeks to use these relationships to identify high-priority needs and improve access for target populations through its planning, coordinating, enhancing, and implementation of initiatives at the county level. Mercer County’s functional network of agencies and organizations are dedicated to delivering strong programs and services to the community and its most-vulnerable residents.

For more information, please contact Jackie Cornell, Deputy Director of the Mercer County Department of Human Services, at opioidsettlement@mercercounty.org or 609-278-4828.