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Committee permits nonprofits to use leftover opioid-abatement funds for AEDs, naloxone and stop-bleed kits
Summary
Sumner County's Opioid Abatement Committee approved allowing nonprofit grantees with available funds to buy emergency kits (AEDs, naloxone, stop-bleed kits) as an allowable contract amendment while requiring a report back before purchases begin.
Sumner County's Opioid Abatement Committee on Jan. 16 approved a motion allowing nonprofit grantees with available opioid-abatement funds to purchase emergency-response kits'including automated external defibrillators (AEDs), naloxone and stop-bleed kits'as an amendment to their grant contracts.
The change was proposed as a way to use unspent funds designated for infrastructure; staff said the County had combined leftover award money to begin a pilot that would supply AEDs, naloxone and stop-bleed kits in county buildings and could be offered to nonprofits that have matching or available funds. Grant accountant…
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