The city of Evansville is seeking proposals on how to spend the city’s Opioid Settlement money. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:
Mayor Stephanie Terry is inviting community organizations and service providers to submit proposals.
The fund was created through national legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors, and is intended to support programs and strategies that address the ongoing opioid crisis.
Mayor Terry says each two-page proposal must align with the guidance outlined in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s recommendations for settlement spending.
Each request should identify which of the recommended categories it supports, and explain how the proposed program meets the objective.
Mayor Terry will convene a small panel of local experts and officials to review proposals and make recommendations for the funding.
Requests should be sent to mayor@evansville.in.gov with the subject line: “Opioid Settlement Fund Request 2025.”
The deadline is October 28th.
More: Mayor Terry's Communications Director Joe Atkinson says the City of Evansville has $376,930 available in unrestricted funds, and $718,809 in restricted funds, for a total just short of $1.1 million. It does not all have to be awarded this year.