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MSD Martinsville accepts $57,310 Morgan County opioid settlement grant to fund student supports
Summary
The board accepted a $57,310 Morgan County opioid settlement grant. The district plans to use the funds for vaping and attendance initiatives, family support services and expanded YMCA summer programming, officials said.
MSD Martinsville accepted a $57,310 grant from Morgan County’s opioid settlement funds at the board meeting to support school‑based and community programs.
Assistant Superintendent Susie Lipps (referred to in the meeting as Susie Lipps) led the district’s application and credited a team of staff who helped design the proposal. Lipps told the board that the district intends to allocate grant funds to strengthen the district’s SAVE initiative (vaping prevention), the HYPE program (attendance), Youth First for Family services, YMCA summer programming, and other wraparound supports through the district Health Task Force.
"We were a recipient of this grant and we'll utilize it for the... SAVE initiative, which is the vaping, the Hype program, which is dealing with attendance, then we have Youth First for Family, and the YMCA summer programming," Lipps said. A board member moved to accept the Morgan County opioid settlement grant; the motion passed by voice vote.
Lipps said the grant opportunity included a three‑year window and the district may apply again for funds in the following two years. The board did not attach additional conditions to the acceptance but asked staff to coordinate with community partners to deliver the programs described in the application.
Trustees collectively described the award as sad evidence of ongoing local substance‑use impacts but said they were grateful for partners and staff who assembled the application.
