In 2022, the Arkansas Municipal League and the Arkansas Association of Counties came together to create the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP), which represents an unprecedented, united front between the representatives of local government against opioid misuse in Arkansas. Using the Arkansas Opioids MOU, settlement agreements, and court orders approving settlements and bankruptcies, ARORP is funding evidenced-based programs and strategies to abate the opioid epidemic in Arkansas’s cities and counties.

In partnership with CADCA, the nationwide association of more than 5,000 community coalitions leading community-based efforts to create safer, healthier cities and counties, ARORP has created a streamlined training for city and county officials in Arkansas to help you understand more about the opioid epidemic and, most importantly, how to engage with your residents to fund and lead efforts that are proven to reduce the spread of opioid and other substance use disorders.