The City of Florence is hosting a competitive grant process to disseminate the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Funds, in the form of a Community Action Plan. This process is designed to bring stakeholders and community partners together in partnerships that can address a continuum of needs identified by the SC Opioid Recovery Fund Board and will benefit persons and families affected by or potentially affected by the opioid epidemic. The continuum of needs are: a. Prevention b. Treatment c. Recovery d. Harm Reduction The City of Florence is prioritizing innovative approaches for the Target Population that have the capacity to address opioid abatement in ways that respond to the unique needs of our community, with the recognition that the community may be impacted by one or more of the abatement strategies in different ways. The City of Florence will review submitted proposals, and one applicant will receive a 6-month Community Action Planning grant from the City. This 6- month Planning grant will provide up to $25,000 to formulate and hone the proposed approach, culminating in the development of a Plan for Implementation that addresses the unique impact of the opioid epidemic to the entirety of the City of Florence. At the conclusion of this process the selected vendor will provide an action plan that details the highest and best use of current and future of use SC Opioid Recovery Funding awarded to the City of Florence.
