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Bulloch County opens opioid‑settlement grant round and staff report $2.2 million in reimbursements
Summary
County staff announced an opioid‑settlement grant program for local nonprofits (awards up to $50,000; applications due Nov. 3; awards announced Dec. 5) and Emergency Management Director Corey Kemp reported picking up roughly $2.2 million in reimbursement checks.
Bulloch County staff told the Board of Commissioners Tuesday that the county is accepting applications for opioid‑settlement grants and that emergency management staff collected several large reimbursement checks earlier this week.
Christy King (staff) announced that, beginning Monday, Sept. 15, Bulloch County opened an application round for opioid‑settlement grants. Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations in Bulloch County that provide opioid addiction treatment, prevention and recovery services; applicants may request up to $50,000 in this first round. King said applications are due Nov. 3, 2025, and grant awards will be announced by Dec. 5, 2025. King directed interested parties to the county website and the Hope page for application materials.
Emergency Management Director Corey Kemp reported that he travelled to Atlanta and picked up seven reimbursement checks totaling about $2,200,000. "It sums about $2,200,000," Kemp said, and told the board the checks are present and accounted for. Staff did not provide a detailed ledger in the meeting; Kemp said one additional GSAR check was not in the envelope shown.
Why it matters: those grants provide local nonprofit providers with funding to deliver addiction‑related services, and the reimbursements increase county cash flow for eligible emergency management or recovery expenses. The announced application timeline gives nonprofits roughly seven weeks to prepare submissions.
Board action: the announcements were informational; no formal vote was taken. Staff said further details and application materials are available online and that grant awards will be posted after the selection process.
