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Committee approves $200,000 in Drug-Free Marion County grants for prevention, treatment and law enforcement programs
Summary
The committee approved Proposal 11-20-26, awarding $200,000 from the Drug-Free Community Fund and opioid-abatement sources across prevention, treatment, law enforcement and administrative categories, including specific awards to Ambassadors of Hope, Decatur Township Drug Free Coalition, John Bonner Community Center, Pathways Recoveries and the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
The Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday approved Proposal 11-20-26 to award public-purpose grants totaling $200,000 from the Drug-Free Community Fund and related opioid-abatement and LCC funds.
Michael McClendon, identified in the transcript as executive director for Drug Free Marion County and the local coordinating council, presented the coalition’s oversight structure and the funding breakdown. He said the total package includes allocations from Local Coordinating Council (LCC) funds and the Opioid Abatement Fund, and cited categories for prevention and education, treatment and intervention, law enforcement and criminal justice, and administration/advocacy.
The transcript lists named awards and amounts as presented by McClendon: Ambassadors of Hope — $16,661 (opioid abatement) to run a teen-led peer support program; Decatur Township Drug Free Coalition — $16,678 (opioid abatement) for a mobile education trailer for overdose education and Narcan distribution (primary service Decatur Township but available countywide at events); John Bonner Community Center — $16,089 (LCC funds) to support an EDGE program for ages 6–12; Pathways Recoveries — $16,661 (opioid abatement) for an intensive residential supportive-housing program; Marion County Sheriff's Office — $25,000 (LCC) to support a gun-lock distribution program. McClendon also described continued funding for the Marion County Drug Treatment Court and reentry case managers under LCC funding.
Councilors asked whether the application process remained open; McClendon said the coalition reopens applications if needed and that, for this cycle, the applications have been closed and the money allocated. Councilor Crystal Lee Wells commented that the additional opioid funds are doing good work in the community. The committee approved the grant awards by voice vote; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
The committee packet and McClendon’s presentation contain more detailed budgets and ZIP-code targeting for prevention programs (Ambassadors of Hope primary ZIP codes: 46218, 46219, 46226, 46201, 46235) and reporting requirements tied to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) standards.
