$750,000 in grants awarded to help fight Indiana’s drug epidemic

$750,000 in grants awarded to help fight Indiana’s drug epidemic

Friday, February 22, 2019

The opioid-abuse epidemic continues to take a toll on our state and local communities.

To further support communities across the state in their fight against the drug crisis, Gov. Eric Holcomb recently announced Indiana will award $750,000 in grants to support local coalitions.

These grants will allow the coalitions to help more Hoosiers by providing stronger treatment and recovery support by funding transportation, housing and childcare to people engaged in treatment.

Substance-use coalitions in the following 10 counties will each receive a $75,000 grant to develop, improve and enhance their collaborative, evidence-based treatment and recovery initiatives:

  • Bartholomew County: Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress in Bartholomew County;
  • Cass County: Four County Counseling Center;
  • Clark County: Clark County Cares
  • Dearborn County: One Community One Family and Dearborn County Recovery Oriented System of Care;
  • Hancock County: Hancock Health;
  • Howard County: Turning Point;
  • Knox County: Samaritan Center;
  • Marion County: INSTEP;
  • Scott County: Scott County Partnership and Get Healthy Scott County; and
  • St. Joseph County: St. Joseph County Health Improvement Alliance, and Partnership for the Education and Prevention of Substance Use.

Grant recipients were selected from applications received in response to a request for funding announcement from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.

The one-year grants are effective March 1.

Visit Recovery.IN.gov to learn more about Gov. Holcomb’s Next Level Recovery initiative.