reporter: jackie lewis is now raising her granddaughter, ava. ava's mother also died of a likely overdose three years ago. jackie's now sharing her family's story these days with anyone who'll listen. >> unfortunately, sean died at a very young age of 34. reporter: that includes the members of this board known as , the one ohio recovery foundation. about once a month, this panel of state and local government leaders, addiction treatment experts and others gather in columbus. their task? to distribute 55% of ohio's opioid settlement funds, expected to be about $2 billion over the next 18 years. the rest will go directly to the state and local governments. the foundation plans to start getting money out the door next year. >> ohio will have the ability to preserve and deploy the resources to save lives in ways we never have in the past. reporter: this money comes at a critical moment for ohio a state , that's losing about five thousand people a year to drug overdoses. >> it's torn up families all over the state of ohio. we have communities that ha

jackie lewis tells me she has seen the crooks in action. >> i've seen five in a row one day.:0 in the morning. >> reporter: as far as solutions, lewis says police patrols in her neighborhood didn't exactly work. >> it was a good deterrent. the second after they would take off, there would be another couple break-ins. >> you power the device down, it doesn't have -- doesn't from the ability to broadcast out. and when in doubt, remove the battery. when the battery is gone, it's not doing anything. >> reporter: and at the top of lombard street, she knows she's not in kansas anymore. >>> a concord family is in mourning after a tragic death in lake tahoe. bill is a father of four and a coach at east bay. he drowned on saturday. it was the family's first trip to tahoe. they went out on a jet ski. when the weather began to turn, they decided to go back to shore and were hit by a wave that knocked them into the water. a boat nearby quickly picked them up. despite efforts of first responders, bill didn't make it. his wife describes her husband as her soul mate, a disney enthusiast, an

. >> shawn lewis was 34 years old when he passed away from a fentanyl overdose. jackie has come to bring new pictures and to clean the grave of a son she says was her best friend. >> he was always a prankster and a risk taker. he had a very kind, loving heart. he was very smart. he had ambitions when he was young. he struggled with pain from scoliosis and was diagnosed with depression. >> the doctor put him on four different pain medications, which i didn't know were addictive. >> a 20 year battle with opioids followed >> i heard eric come out and it was the last breath coming out of him. she is raising her granddaughter, whose mother also died of a likely overdose. she is sharing her family story with anyone who will listen. >> that includes the members of this ward. their task is to distribute settlement funds. >> ohio will have the ability >> the state is losing 5000 people year from overdoses. >> ohio's governor mike dewine was one of the first to sue companies. he says it was designed as a private nonprofit largely because of what happened that money has been used