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City to request $5 million Oklahoma opioid grant; $4.3M proposed for housing‑first recovery services
Summary
City staff told the Urban Economic Development Committee on June 4 they will submit a joint application with Tulsa Public Schools for a $5 million Oklahoma opioid grant, proposing $4.3 million for housing‑first recovery supports and about $700,000 for prevention and continued response teams.
The committee reviewed a resolution authorizing a joint application with Tulsa Public Schools for an Oklahoma opioid grant. Presenters said the city is asking for $5 million in total, with about $4.3 million proposed for housing‑first supports through the local continuum of care and about $700,000 for prevention, outreach and the fire department’s opioid response team.
Presenters framed the request as a continuation of earlier opioid work with Tulsa Public Schools and other community partners. The housing component would fund rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing and related wraparound services for people who are experiencing homelessness and have substance‑use or mental‑health issues. Staff said roughly 20–22% of the city’s homeless population has an opioid or co‑occurring mental‑health condition and that the grant, if awarded, would follow clients into housing and provide supportive services.
Committee members pressed staff on scale and timing. Presenters said the grant period is three years and that the program could serve roughly 200–400 individuals over that window, depending heavily on whether recipients can pair grant dollars with existing housing vouchers; presenters said the program assumes vouchers will be available but also budgets to fill gaps when vouchers are not sustained. The application deadline cited in the discussion was June 13.
Other items in the proposal: the request would continue prevention and school‑based work carried out with Tulsa Public Schools and sustain the fire department’s opioid response team, including peer recovery specialists and a paramedic. Staff also noted the city is accepting private matching donations and that some philanthropic support has been sought as part of the overall plan.
Formal action: the committee discussed the resolution to authorize submission of the joint application; no final award was recorded in the meeting transcript (award decisions are made by the state grantor).
