ALBERT LEA, Minn.-The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners approved 3 new projects using opioid settlement money from Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

This latest batch of funding was around $34 thousand of the $503 thousand that has been given to the county so far.

According to Sue Yost, director of Freeborn County Public Health, those include an $18 thousand investment in new youth engagement programs from Encouraging Excellence meant to provide support and prevent substance abuse for local youth.

Another $6 thousand would fund education programs through STARS Mentoring.

Recovery Is Happening in Austin, says it was also approved for around $9 thousand to help cover the cost of $12 thousand Narcan vending machine meant to provide easy access to the medicine needed to prevent a

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