FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Opioid Settlement Committee is accepting applications for grant funding from the opioid settlement funds received by Franklin County.
Franklin County has received first-round funding of $73,344.59 in settlement funds from a lawsuit related to the over-prescribing of opioid medications. More information is available on the Maine Attorney General’s website maine.gov.
Applicants must complete an application that the committee will review. The committee is made up of healthcare and behavioral professionals, the OPTIONS liaison for Franklin County, and community stakeholders. Applications must support one or more of the following goals: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery, and must support work in Franklin County, according to a news release from the committee.
Private parties and community groups, government agencies, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations can apply.
Applications should be returned to the county commissioners’ office by Oct. 15.
For applications, visit franklincountymaine.gov/bids or the County Commissioner’s office at the Franklin County Courthouse.
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