Hogan Announces $10 Million In Grants To Fight Heroin, Opioid Epidemic

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Gov. Larry Hogan announced grants that total $10 million to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic in Maryland in fiscal year 2020.

The grants are a part of a $50 million, 5-year initiative from Hogan's administration to combat the drug epidemic across the state.

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"Our administration continues to be committed to using every resource possible to ensure our local jurisdictions have access to life-saving resources such as programs aimed towards prevention, treatment, and recovery," said Hogan. "These grants are a powerful tool for our local communities in our fight against the opioid epidemic."

The money will fund local Opioid Intervention Teams for each jurisdiction and $5.6 million will be dedicated to prevention and education, enforcement and public safety, and treatment and recovery.

Here's a list of who received a grant:

Prevention & Education

• $440,000 to provide training and mentorship in a stress and trauma-relief model to educators, healthcare workers, and addiction and detention programs across Allegany County
• $184,000 to expand law-enforcement-assisted diversion (LEAD) to treatment programs
• $47,000 to provide prevention-focused programming in two Carroll County high schools, four Carroll County middle schools, as well as 4th and 5th grade students from five Westminster-area elementary schools
• $14,000 to support mental & behavioral health counseling for children and families who are surviving victims of the opioid crisis.
• $56,000 for Carroll County public school's opioid abuse prevention project
• $295,000 to support statewide EMS education initiative for treating opiate overdoses
• $8,000 to support Lower Shore Addiction Awareness Visual Arts Competition
• $137,000 to support informational campaign, education and training, and enhanced data collection in Queen Anne's County
• $59,000 to support a multi-faceted campaign for opioid prevention and awareness in the St. Mary's County public school system
• $62,000 to provide a licensed social worker for students in the Bay Hundred area of Talbot County
• $87,000 to support Washington Goes Purple activities to increase awareness of opioid addiction and to encourage students to get/stay involved in school
• $49,000 to support Worcester Goes Purple awareness campaign
• $66,000 to provide support for children whose parent(s) and other close relatives have experienced a fatal or nonfatal overdose in Anne Arundel County/Annapolis
• $60,000 to provide health curriculum in Calvert County public school system focusing on mental- and emotional-health supports and substance-abuse prevention
• $56,000 to support substance abuse prevention groups in the Calvert County public school system
• $97,000 to support prevention efforts in the Cecil County public schools system
• $94,000 to support prevention programming for Cecil County youth
• $59,000 for parenting and family training sessions in Harford County to increase resilience and reduce risk factors
• $49,000 for an anti-stigma campaign in four counties across each region of the state that will create awareness of opioid-use disorder and related stigma
• $50,000 to provide harm-reduction materials at Maryland senior centers
• $20,000 to support opioid-education programming in Talbot County
• $13,000 support drug-disposal boxes in Washington County
• $15,000 to support high-intensity services for justice-involved youth and family members in Washington County

Enforcement & Public Safety

• $580,000 to increase monitoring and regulatory oversight of controlled substances prescribers and dispensers
• $57,000 to support the Washington County Sheriff's Office day reporting center
• $205,000 to support the Sheriff's Office efforts to educate the community on opioids, etc. in Allegany County
• $62,000 to support a Heroin Coordinator in Caroline County, which helps to make the link between law enforcement and treatment

Treatment & Recovery

• $380,000 to improve access to naloxone statewide, specifically EMS
• $53,000 for peer-support services at the Jennifer Road Detention Center in Anne Arundel County
• $59,000 to reduce barriers to treatment services in Baltimore City
• $97,000 to help women access treatment and recovery services in Baltimore City
• $20,000 to expand behavioral health services (addressing both substance use and mental health issues) in the Calvert County public school system
• $9,000 for trauma-informed training for therapists and counselors in Caroline County
• $97,000 to support three certified peer-recovery specialists in Carroll County
• $109,000 to support recovery housing and support services in Harford County
• $37,000 to support peer counselor in Howard County detention center
• $74,000 to support expansion of Mission House in Kent County, MD certified recovery residence
• $41,000 to develop an integrated process for planning, policy development, and services for inmates with addiction and mental-health issues in Kent County
• $88,000 to support a Family Peer Support Outreach Specialist for Maryland families who are struggling with substance-use disorders
• $20,000 to train women who are incarcerated as certified peer-recovery specialists
• $61,000 to support a care coordinator and peer outreach associate to help individuals and families suffering from a substance-use disorder
• $12,000 to provide alternative pain-management training to clinicians in St. Mary's County
• $209,000 to support a sober-living facility for women in Washington County
• $532,000 to support a regional substance-use crisis-stabilization center for Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties
• $70,000 to expand recovery services in Anne Arundel County/Annapolis with Serenity Sistas
• $66,000 to expand recovery services in Calvert County
• $118,000 to support a psychiatrist in Caroline County
• $178,000 to provide behavioral-health services in the Charles County detention center
• $94,000 to expand outreach to families after an overdose death in Frederick County
• $126,000 for a certified peer-recovery specialist in Harford County who will partner with EMS
• $98,000 to support families impacted by substance use statewide
• $46,000 to provide peer-recovery support in Wicomico County

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• Opioid Epidemic