The Public School Districts’ Opioid Recovery Trust aims to provide grants to help public school districts recover from the opioid epidemic and develop responses to enhance educating students harmed by the opioid epidemic — especially students born with neonatal opioid withdrawal symptoms, many of whom require special education supports. The trust can also assist students who have suffered traumatic family loss and educational interruptions because of the opioid epidemic.
Funding from the trust will go where it will have the greatest help, whether classroom services, school-based behavioral and mental health supports, instructional innovations, or other district and school-based supports that directly affect students harmed by the opioid epidemic, according to the Public School Districts’ Opioid Recovery Trust webpage.
The grants will be awarded to independent public school districts who demonstrate a clear need for opioid recovery and support services and a plan to integrate these services into their existing support frameworks. The grants cannot supplant funding for legally mandated or existing services. The trust will consider grant applications from districts applying in partnerships with external civic and community partners or with partner districts, but in all cases grant funds will be awarded directly to the districts.
Types of Grants
Districts can apply for funding for up to three types of grants, each with a maximum grant value of $500,000, which must be drawn down and used over a period of three fiscal years after the grant has been distributed.
For more information about the types of grants, please refer to the request for proposal and the frequently asked questions pages of the trust’s website.
Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. All costs incurred in preparing an application, responding to the RFP, and/or participating in any interview process will be the responsibility of the applicant. Costs of applying will not be reimbursed.
