The Helios Alliance displays a $500,000 check given to the organization to develop a system aimed at combating the opioid epidemic during a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Innovation Portal in downtown Mobile, Ala. Pictured from left to right: Lori Myles with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office; Dr. Steve Lloyd, an expert in public health policy around addiction and addiction treatment who is based in Tennessee; and Robert McGhee, vice-chairman of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.John Sharp/jsharp@al.com
The city of Mobile took one more step toward distributing more than $2 million in settlement funds from lawsuits related to the opioid crisis.
On Tuesday, the Mobile City Council approved a $154,000 contract with The Helios Alliance, a nonprofit collaborative of organizations that works to model opioid abatement planning.
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