Mississippi’s Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council has finalized and expects to soon release grant applications for the tens of millions of dollars it oversees, moving the state closer to using its settlement money to address addiction.

The council held a make-up meeting in Jackson late Friday afternoon after a virtual session was derailed by hackers last week. Many committee members, including council chair Attorney General Lynn Fitch, were not in attendance.

One of Fitch’s special assistants, Caleb Pracht, and her Chief of Staff Michelle Williams provided the council members draft versions of committee rules, funding priorities and materials for applicants before the meeting started.

The new draft documents included some changes the members suggested from the last completed meeting

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