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Greenville County committee backs EMS application to SC Opioid Relief Fund to expand hepatitis C and MAT outreach
Summary
Committee voted to submit an application to the South Carolina Opioid Relief Fund to fund expanded EMS opioid-response work. Presenters described program outcomes—80 hepatitis C tests, 32 RNA positives, 26 linked to treatment—and requested roughly $505,000 for two community paramedic FTEs, three vehicles and training.
Greenville County’s Committee on Finance voted to approve submission of an application to the South Carolina Opioid Relief Fund (SCORF) to expand EMS work linking people with opioid use disorder to treatment and hepatitis C care.
Miss Paris introduced the request and said the application would support EMS efforts to connect people released from the detention center with medication-assisted treatment and continuity of care. "This is a grant application EMS division would like to submit for funds from the South Carolina opioid relief fund," she said.
Lindsay Sloan, director of grants and donor engagement,…
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