ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a series of measures, including the creation of a scholarship program funded through opioid settlement dollars.
The body voted to approve a measure authorizing the district attorney’s office, which has coordinated with the Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation to create the Lehigh County District Attorney Career Pathway Scholarship Program.
Through the program, the foundation will receive up to $150,000 from the DA’s opioid settlement fund to provide educational resources and training for county residents who have experienced personal hardships and/or incarceration resulting from opioid use, including access to GED, ESL, certificate and degree programs, to help participants obtain meaningful employment…