SouthWest Opioid Response District (SWORD)

The SouthWest Opioid Response District (SWORD) is the Regional Council formed as a requirement of the Colorado Opioid Settlement Memorandum of Understanding. The SWORD administers opioid settlement funding in the region. All Southwest Colorado municipal and county governments signed onto the Colorado MOU to receive settlement funds and as part of the SWORD shall determine ways to address opioid misuse and other co-occurring substance misuse and behavioral health using these settlement monies. SWORD shall identify viable, sustainable, substance treatment solutions to fill existing gaps in our rural region.

The SWORD Council includes government voting members and non-voting advisory members that fit the following areas of experience:

Behavioral health and health care providers
Recovery/treatment experts
Tribal representatives, and
Community representative(s), preferably those with lived experience of the opioid crisis

Meetings occur on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom. For other materials not listed below and for additional information, please contact the Project Manager, Claire West.