Local nonprofits Samaritan Recovery Community and Mental Health Cooperative have been chosen to head up a 15-month pilot program using some of Metro's opioid abatement funds. 

Pending Metro Council approval, Samaritan Recovery will receive $1.6 million and Mental Health Cooperative has been allotted $2.4 million, Anidolee Melville-Chester, Metro Health Department Behavioral Health and Wellness Division director, announced during a Thursday Board of Health meeting.Â