City in Florida providing $1M in opioid settlement money to nonprofits fighting opioid epidemic
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The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, is allocating $1 million from an opioid settlement to nonprofit groups working to tackle the opioid crisis.
The city is looking to fill resource or service gaps in the community and plans to use the money to offer grants for new and innovative proposals that are not already being funded by existing sources, the city said in a news release.
Grants will be awarded to proposals that offer respite housing, overdose prevention, substance use prevention and education, harm reduction and peer support, with priority given to proposals that focus on respite housing, harm reduction and peer support.
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