Opioid Abatement Authority updates grants portal, extends FY27 renewal deadline to April 1
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The Opioid Abatement Authority said FY27 renewal applications must be submitted via its grants portal by 11:59 p.m. April 1, outlined major budget and reporting changes in the portal, and said a failed demo in the test environment will be followed by a recorded walkthrough and a Feb. 5 webinar.
The Opioid Abatement Authority told local governments on a webinar that Fiscal Year 2027 renewal applications must be submitted through the OAA grants portal and are due by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. Charlie Linticum, director of operations for the OAA, and staff described interface changes to the direct distribution report and a rewritten budget workflow intended to make carry-forward and new-year requests more transparent.
"Those renewal applications are to be submitted through the OAA grants portal, and they are due by 11:59PM on Wednesday, April 1," said Sharika Bridges, the OAA senior manager for grants operations. Bridges emphasized that applications must be electronically signed by a city or county executive or an authorized signatory and advised applicants to coordinate with local finance teams because inaccurate FY26 expenditure reporting "can and possibly will impact your FY27 award amounts."
During a demonstration in the OAA user-acceptance (UAT) environment, the test application failed to accept edits for some fields. Matt Terrell, the OAA senior business analyst leading the demo, said the problem appears to stem from a recent backend update. "I think something we updated on the back end has messed with our UAT environment," he said, and staff postponed further live demonstration steps. The agency said it will provide a recorded walkthrough, post the slide deck and recording on the Abatement Academy web page, and repeat the demonstration during a Feb. 5 webinar.
The webinar also clarified how the agency will communicate settlement-feed updates. Linticum told attendees the public dashboard and the portal’s lookup tool are being updated more regularly and that OAA will issue a news blast when new settlement distributions, including anticipated Purdue payments, are available.
The OAA said the board-approved terms and conditions will take effect for awards with start dates on or after July 1 and that liaisons remain available for one-on-one technical assistance as applicants reconcile budgets and carry-forward calculations.
What happens next: OAA will post the recording and slide deck to the Abatement Academy page, follow up with a news blast when settlement-data updates are available, and run a Feb. 5 webinar to replay the portal walkthrough and cover terms and conditions changes.