A state grant of $6.2 million will go toward fighting addiction in Clatsop County.

The Behavioral Health Resource Networks grant will address the need for housing, harm reduction, drug and alcohol treatment, overdose prevention, employment support and other services.

The county’s Public Health Department, Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, Clatsop Community Action, Helping Hands Reentry Outreach and Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation will receive funds. The organizations collaborated on the application, the county said.

Monica Steele, the assistant county manager, noted at a Public Safety Coordinating Council meeting this month that because grant funding is frequently tied to population, rural communities don’t often receive funding in amounts that can make a difference.

The grant, available this biennium because of Oregon’s Measure 110, is “a good step forward,” Steele said.

“This is really positive, to receive an amount of money that we can actually work with and do something with,” she said.