Greenwood County approves $338,400 application to expand school-based GoodLife prevention and opioid support services

Assistant County Manager for Finance Stephanie Dorn asked the council to approve a grant application to the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund (SCORF) totaling $338,400. Dorn said the request covers recurring services that include a peer-support specialist (previously funded), marketing (including billboards advertising the opioid coordinator phone line), Narcan and test strips, and an expansion of the GoodLife prevention program.

Dorn described GoodLife as an evidence-based prevention curriculum that the county piloted in one middle school and one high school; she said staff and program partners reported more than 1,500 student engagements in the current school year. The proposed expansion would deploy GoodLife to all middle schools (targeting sixth-grade classes), all high schools (targeting ninth-grade classes) and pilot limited programming in elementary grades, with estimated coverage of 3,000 children and ongoing support for 1,600 individuals (the presentation characterized this as roughly 77 engagements per day).

Council asked clarifying questions about current program locations, school-district approvals and timelines; Dorn said the county already has district 50's support and that the application deadline required submission now so funding would be in place before the next school year. A council motion to approve the submission passed unanimously.

What happens next: staff will submit the SCORF application; if awarded, the council will return to accept the grant and adopt the required budget resolution to implement the program expansion.

Sources: Stephanie Dorn (presentation to Greenwood County Council, April 21, 2026).