Category: News
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Georgia to distribute $30 million in opioid grant funds
Read more: Georgia to distribute $30 million in opioid grant fundsThe Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust is rolling out new applications for a $30 million dollar grant fund to tackle the opioid crisis and reduce fentanyl related overdoses.
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How Georgia community groups are looking to use $70M of opioid funds — and what challenges lie ahead
Read more: How Georgia community groups are looking to use $70M of opioid funds — and what challenges lie aheadOver the past decade, fatal opioid overdoses have prematurely ended the lives of over 10,000 Georgia residents. National lawsuits have directed much of the blame for this state and U.S. epidemic at dangerous marketing practices by companies within the pharmaceutical supply chain — which have responded by agreeing to pay tens of billions of dollars…
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Which Georgia programs will receive money from national opioid lawsuit settlements?
Read more: Which Georgia programs will receive money from national opioid lawsuit settlements?The list of Georgia programs funded by the first year of the state’s opioid settlement money has been released after final approval by the state trustee, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Kevin Tanner. Programs range from research to addiction prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery.
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State panel steering Georgia opioid settlement money recommends initial round of projects
Read more: State panel steering Georgia opioid settlement money recommends initial round of projectsA state panel has made its recommendations for how the first round of funding from a major $638 million settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors should be spent, backing a wide range of projects.
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Last day to apply for Georgia opioid settlements. Here’s what to know.
Read more: Last day to apply for Georgia opioid settlements. Here’s what to know.Friday is the last day to apply for hundreds of millions of dollars in new grants to address opioid addiction. The money is being made available through a grant program created by the state from an opioid settlement.
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Georgia sets up new grant fund for fighting epidemic of opioid deaths
Read more: Georgia sets up new grant fund for fighting epidemic of opioid deathsDozens of local government and nonprofit officials filed into a downtown Atlanta conference room Monday so they could learn how to apply for hundreds of millions of dollars in new grants for opioid addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services.