Dismas House Harm Reduction Grant

At a glance

What: RS2026-2163 appropriates $750,000 from the Metropolitan Board of Health to Dismas, Inc. to operate the Dismas House and Harm Reduction Initiative, which expands linkage to harm-reduction services for men returning from incarceration who face elevated risk of opioid use disorder and overdose.
Where it stands: Adopted August 4, 2026, 34 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Kimbrough).
Related: Opioid Settlement Funds Oversight (the bill governing how opioid settlement money is overseen, also before the Council that night).

The Budget and Finance and Public Health and Safety Committees approved it. Toombs moved adoption.
The minutes do not name the funding source or record discussion.

Adopted 34-0-1.