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EPIC board votes to apply for opioid abatement grant to distribute naloxone and testing supplies
Summary
The EPIC board approved an application for opioid abatement grant funds to deploy naloxone and fentanyl testing strips via vending machines in partnership with the Department of Mental Health.
The EPIC Blended Learning Charter Board voted to apply for opioid abatement grant funds under the Opioid Abatement Grants Act to deploy naloxone (Narcan) and fentanyl testing supplies in communities served by the charter.
Sarah (staff member) described the opportunity as originating several months earlier and said the Attorney General’s office had engaged the provider community to encourage school districts and local governments to apply for funds to expand services. She told the board a partnership with the Department of Mental Health would allow vending machines that dispense naloxone and testing supplies to be deployed statewide through the charter rather than district by district.
A motion to apply for the opioid payment grant passed with one recorded abstention: Miss Berry was recorded as abstaining; Miss Casper, Miss Myers and Mister Vela voted yes; Mister Hammonds was absent.
Sarah said the approach was intended to broaden access to overdose reversal medication and testing tools where students and their families live. The board took no further programmatic action beyond approving the application.
The vote record shows the board authorized filing an application only; any grant award, vendor agreements and program deployment would require subsequent approvals and implementation steps.
