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April 18, 2022
Media contact: Aria Seligmann, 503-910-9239, ari.l.seligmann@dhsoha.state.or.us
The Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council (OAC) voted Wednesday, April 13, to approve the Behavioral Health Resource Network (BHRN) applications for Morrow and Baker counties and the funding formula it will use to award approximately $265 million in funds to substance use treatment providers across Oregon.
The funding formula is based on a set of weighted factors:
- 30% for population of Medicaid recipients
- 30% for houseless population
- 20% for arrests
- 20% for drug overdose deaths
Oregon’s five smallest counties – Grant, Wallowa, Sherman, Wheeler and Gilliam – will instead receive a base amount of $750,000.
Oregon Health Authority sent letters of intent to award to Baker and Morrow counties on Friday, April 15. On Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15, two newly formed OAC subcommittees met to approve other counties ready to move forward: Curry, Benton, Lake, Grant, Harney and Umatilla. More counties will be ready for approval next week.
Out of 666 reviews needed, 429 have been completed.
Oversight and Accountability Council tri-chair Blue Valentine says, “This week, we have resumed reviewing applications for BHRNs, and I am hopeful that we will review each request with care, while still moving as quickly as possible. OAC members want to get funds into the community without further delay. “
After the letters of intent to award are sent out, providers within a county must work cooperatively to establish MOUs to complete establishment of a BRHN. OHA will work to facilitate that process, while also working with each entity to finalize grant agreements for scopes of work and funding.
The funding timeline will depend upon the time it takes local awardees to negotiate contracts with the other providers and sign the MOUs.
 Because some counties will be approved earlier than others, they will begin the negotiation process sooner and the grant agreements will be made on a rolling basis until all approved applicants have been funded.
OHA will provide frequent updates on the application review, approval and agreement process.
Read more about Measure 110
Background: In November 2020, Oregon voters passed Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020, which became effective on Dec. 4, 2020, to better serve people actively using substances or diagnosed with a substance use disorder. In July 2021, the Legislature passed SB 755, which amended the act and made it more feasible to implement.
People who provide drug treatment and recovery services and advocates for criminal justice reform wrote Measure 110 in response to the high rate of drug addiction and overdoses in Oregon, and the disproportionate impact of those outcomes on Oregon’s communities of color.
Their goal was to establish a more equitable and effective approach to substance use disorder. Oregon Health Authority is working with the Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council to develop a first-in-the-nation health-based approach to substance use and overdose prevention system, which is more helpful, caring and cost-effective than punishing and criminalizing people who need help.
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