Firsthand Strategies

Where Wisconsin's opioid settlement dollars actually go.

Every Wisconsin county reports its opioid settlement receipts and spending each year. This tracker turns those reports into one clear picture — what's been received, what's been spent, and what it bought.

$145.7M
received by counties, 2022–2025
$41.6M
spent so far — 28.5%
$109.8M
sitting in county balances
11
counties yet to spend a dollar

Spending progress by county

Hover for numbers · click any county for its full picture — spending by year, what it bought, and what the county says is working. Dashed outlines mark counties that have not yet spent settlement funds.

Percent of receipts spent

0% — not yet spent
Under 10%
10–20%
20–30%
30–40%
40%+
Not yet spent: Buffalo, Dodge, Door, Green Lake, La Crosse, Lafayette, Pepin, Polk, Portage, Rusk, Washburn

What the money bought

Every spending item counties described in their reports, classified into a continuum-of-care framework. Click a bar to light up the counties spending in that pillar. Dollar figures are floors — only items counties itemized with amounts.

Treatment $18.61M · 185 items · 46 counties Foundations (planning, staff, data) $5.85M · 47 items · 21 counties Primary Prevention $2.87M · 84 items · 31 counties Harm Reduction $1.02M · 52 items · 27 counties Recovery $0.61M · 66 items · 27 counties First Responders & Public Safety $0.47M · 22 items · 15 counties
The recovery gap: counties itemized just $0.6M for recovery supports — peer services, sober housing, employment help — less than identified spending on law-enforcement equipment and administration combined. As balances grow, recovery is the pillar with the most room to act.