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Committee reviews unused opioid settlement grant dollars; staff proposes reallocations to open next grant round
Summary
County staff reported several grantees left funds unspent from the first grant cycle and described plans to reallocate those dollars into later grant cycles and to increase future award sizes. Members discussed advertising, billboards and sustainability of settlement revenue streams.
At the July 18 Sumner County Opioid Abatement Committee meeting, staff told members that some first-cycle grantees did not exhaust awarded funds and that staff plan to reallocate those unspent amounts into later grant cycles to preserve overall funding availability. Staff reported that Cumberland Heights Foundation and another provider submitted partial invoicing or limited reporting and left funds unspent; staff said one grantee left approximately $12,000 unspent and another left about $44,736 unspent because of trouble locating county residents who met program criteria. Staff said those unspent amounts…
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