The town of St. Petersburg, Florida, is allocating $1 million from an opioid settlement to nonprofit organizations working to deal with the opioid disaster by means of remedy and restoration assist providers.
As a part of the settlement, St. Petersburg will obtain $6 million over 18 years.
The town is trying to fill useful resource or service gaps in the neighborhood and plans to make use of the cash to supply grants for brand new and progressive proposals that aren’t already being funded by current sources, town stated in a information launch.
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The town of St. Petersburg, Florida, is allocating $1 million from an opioid settlement to nonprofit organizations working to deal with the opioid disaster by means of remedy and restoration assist providers. (iStock)
Grants will probably be awarded to proposals that supply respite housing, overdose prevention, substance use prevention and schooling, hurt discount and peer assist, with precedence given to proposals that concentrate on respite housing, hurt discount and peer assist.
“There’s never enough help for addiction as rates continue to increase,” Matthew Schaefer, the director of operations for Actual Restoration Options, informed Fox 13.
Actual Restoration Options, which runs sober residing amenities in Pinellas County and across the Tampa Bay area, isn’t eligible for the grant cash however does work with non-profits that may use the funds to sponsor somebody, the outlet reported.
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As a part of the settlement, St. Petersburg will obtain $6 million over 18 years. (REUTERS/George Frey/File Picture)
“[Non-profits] will fund maybe two to three weeks of sober living. And give that recovering addict a chance to go find a job and start paying their own rent,” Schaefer stated.
One of many largest wants within the area, in response to Schaefer, is making detox remedy extra accessible and inexpensive. Many detox facilities are privately funded and require full cost or insurance coverage, however others have lengthy wait lists to get a mattress.
Grants will probably be awarded to proposals that supply respite housing, overdose prevention, substance use prevention and schooling, hurt discount and peer assist. (AP)
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“[Addicts] are told, ‘hey, you know, we’re three to five days out from a bed.’ There’s a lack of resources for our underfunded or noninsured community. I think that that could be a big help. Unfortunately, that three to five days could really, truly be life or death,” Schaefer stated.
Nonprofit teams got till October 20 to use for grant cash by means of town of St. Petersburg.
