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Wilson County committee approves opioid-settlement grant awards; grantees to report back in January
Summary
The budget committee approved awards from opioid-settlement funds, granting 16 of 20 applicants roughly $905,528 in total so far, with about $94,000 remaining; grantees must return in January–February to report spending and outcomes.
The Wilson County budget committee approved a set of grants funded by opioid-settlement payments, awarding a total of about $905,528 to 16 organizations and leaving roughly $94,000 in the opioid fund, Speaker 2 said.
Speaker 2 told the committee that the county received about 20 applications requesting approximately $2,700,000 and that the committee began with roughly $1,000,000 available in the account. "We granted 16 of those," Speaker 2 said, and the awards will come before the County Commission for final approval before funds are disbursed.
Committee members discussed the review process. Speaker 2 listed members of the grant-review panel as Robert Verra, Judge Kane, Dr. Morse, Health Department Director Alvaro Valdez, ER specialist Brandon Warren, Jenny Bennett from Cumberland, Aaron Maynard (finance), and Kathy Vaughn (medical specialist). Speaker 2 described a scoring process that ranks applications and allocates funds down the list until available funds are exhausted; the committee may reassign funds if adjustments are needed.
Speaker 3 asked whether grantees will report on how they used the money. Speaker 2 said the committee will require grantees to return in January or February to show "how they spent their money, how it went, what kind of difference it made," and that the committee will review those reports.
The committee approved the grants by voice vote during the meeting. The transcript does not show final dollar amounts for each grantee or individual award descriptions; those are "not specified" in the record and will require review of County Commission files for allocation details.
What happens next: awards will be routed to the County Commission for formal approval and grantees will be asked to provide follow-up reports to the review committee in January–February.
