Georgia Opioid Trust Grant Portal Now Open

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities has opened the Georgia Opioid Trust Grant Portal.  To get to the portal, click here: https://www.gaopioidtrust.org/ and go to the For Applicants tab at the top.

The Applicants tab includes the Notice of Funding Opportunity, the Scoring Rubric, the Georgia Opioid Resource Toolkit and the Risk Assessment Instructions (the Risk Assessment Instructions are only applicable for grants over $500,000).

If you are interested in applying for a grant, you will have to click on Apply for Funds Here and register to create an account.

Please note that grant applications are due by May 17, 2024 for this first round of funding.  Selected projects will be notified in September 2024 and funded projects are expected to begin in December 2024.  It also states that DBHDD intends to announce grants on an annual basis, contingent upon the availability of funds within the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust. 

The Notice of Funding also lists Project Categories and Approved Uses starting on page 12.  Many counties have reached out asking about eligible uses for your direct allocation opioid settlement funds – this information should provide some additional insight on how you can use those funds.