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What is the Opioid Impact Fee Fund?

Established under Delaware law (16 Del. C. § 4803A), the Opioid Impact Fee Fund (OIFF) is funded by annual impact fees assessed on pharmaceutical manufacturers, rather than legal settlements. Unlike the state-directed Opioid Settlement Fund, the OIFF has been specifically established as a community-driven fund — giving local residents direct power to decide how these dollars are spent.

Help Decide How Funds Are Used. Take Our Brief Survey.

We are hosting listening sessions with the general public to gather feedback from communities across Delaware on how OIFF dollars should be spent.

If you can’t make it, there’s still a chance to make your voice heard. Complete our brief, anonymous survey to share your top priorities and tell us where funding is needed most. It takes less than two minutes, and your input will directly shape upcoming grant decisions

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Putting community input into action.

Our 2026–2027 strategy for successfully implementing the OIFF.

Part 1: 2026

The Listening Tour

DOSC staff and members of the Public Outreach and Community Input Committee are traveling across Delaware to host informal community listening sessions. We are visiting treatment centers, recovery houses, community centers, faith-based organizations, correctional facilities, schools, and other public forums to hear directly from those impacted most by the opioid epidemic. See Tour Highlights.

Part 2: 2026

Community-Led Discussions

These sessions are simple, informal, and accessible: We gather, pull up a chair, and listen. We answer questions, take notes, and collect feedback to identify key priorities, common challenges, and innovative ideas.

Part 3: Late 2026

Identifying Priorities

As we gather community insights, staff and committee members will synthesize the findings to identify core funding priorities and service gaps across our state.

Part 4: Early 2027

Grant Launch

In 2027, DOSC will officially open the OIFF Grant Program — inviting organizations, community providers, and agencies to submit proposals that directly address the specific needs identified by the public.

Highlights from the Listening Tour

Showing 3 highlights.

Listening Session with Face the Facts

The Delaware Opioid Settlement Commission (DOSC) participated in a well-received 90-minute listening session hosted by Face the Facts Delaware at Redemption Addiction Treatment Center. Attended by roughly 30 individuals — including treatment participants, impacted family members, and other community members — the meeting featured executive director Brad Owens, who shared his personal story of loss and led an open dialogue on how OIFF dollars should be disbursed. Attendees expressed strong appreciation for DOSC’s direct engagement and highlighted critical service gaps across Delaware. Key priorities included expanding support and navigation services for relatives caring for children of individuals in active addiction or lost to overdose; funding dental care; transportation; job-related documentation; and upgrading public resource directories like DE 211 to help families access care effortlessly.

Harm Reduction Conference

The DOSC team tabled at the Impact Life Harm Reduction Conference, engaging with an audience of several hundred community members and practitioners. Feedback gathered at the event underscored a clear consensus: Affordable long-term housing is foundational to sustainable recovery and human stability. Participants called for a “housing first” approach, flexible housing stabilization funds, and extended residential treatment options so that housing does not disappear once short-term programs end. Additional community priorities included expanding employment opportunities; creating a single, easily accessible resource navigation hub; and increasing public transportation options in southern Delaware. These priorities established housing and basic stability as the essential baseline that allows individuals to engage in treatment, maintain recovery, and work.

Listening Session with Phoenix Family Resources

DOSC participated in a community listening session hosted by Phoenix Family Resources at the Spirit Center in New Castle, with approximately 15 people in attendance. Participants voiced urgent community needs and offered innovative recovery solutions, including expanding access to dental care, emergency hotel vouchers, parent housing resources, and transportation. Attendees also highlighted workforce and educational priorities such as covering gaps in Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) services, funding peer support testing fees and training stipends, providing GED and workforce training, and exploring employer wage-subsidy models inspired by Portugal’s recovery framework. Additional community priorities included summer sports and recovery programs for youth, a “What’s Your Why?” initiative, and emergency pet care/boarding for individuals entering residential treatment.