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Attorney General Mike DeWine
Applications Now
Available for Grants to Address Opioid Epidemic
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the
application process is now open for Ohio law enforcement teams to apply
for $3 million in new state grant money that will replicate or expand
Drug Abuse Response Teams (DARTs) and Quick Response Teams (QRTs) to
address the opioid epidemic in Ohio.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office will distribute the $3 million over
FY 2018 and 2019, as designed by a budget amendment sponsored by
Senator Randy Gardner (R-Bowling Green) and signed into law last month.
The grants will be awarded to local law enforcement agencies and must
include a partnership with a treatment provider. Preference will
be given to applicants that include other partners such as a mental
health recovery board, peer specialists, fire department, emergency
management system agency, faith-based organizations, children’s
services organizations or other appropriate agencies.
“The goal of Drug Abuse Response Teams and Quick Response Teams is to
save lives by getting those addicted to opioids into treatment and
leading them to resources so they can stay clean,” said Attorney
General DeWine. “The teams established now have a collaborative
partnership in their community to address addiction and help Ohio
families. That’s what we will see more of with this grant money,
and it’s something Ohio desperately needs.”
Specifically, the grant funding will support efforts similar to the
QRTs in Colerain Township (Hamilton County) and Summit County, as well
as the DART in Lucas County.
Lucas County DART provides 24-hour assistance to overdose survivors and
their families. Since 2014, DART has assisted nearly 2,300 opioid
survivors and has had a 74 percent success rate in getting survivors
into detox and linked to treatment programs.
Colerain Township in Hamilton County estimates that their Quick
Response Team has conducted 250 investigations with nearly 80 percent
of the overdose survivors they have encountered entering treatment.
Summit County’s QRTs are based on the Colerain Township model and are
now operating in Cuyahoga Falls, Green, Barberton, Norton, Tallmadge,
Stow, Munroe Falls, Akron, Coventry, and Hudson.
The application process for this law enforcement grant program can be
found on the Ohio Attorney General’s website at
www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/LawEnforcementGrants. The application
deadline is 5pm EST on Friday, August 18, 2017. For
technical assistance with any requirements, contact
HeroinUnit@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov.
Grant recipients will be notified on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
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