OneOhio Recovery Foundation announces final grant awards totaling $3.4M for initiatives supporting children and families impacted by addiction
This week, the OneOhio Recovery Foundation announced its final grant awards for the 2024 Regional Grant Cycle, awarding $3.4 million to seven projects, all of which fund youth-focused prevention initiatives and supports for children and families impacted by substance use disorder.
“Investing in supportive services for children and families affected by addiction isn’t just compassionate — it’s essential. Healing starts with stability, and every resource we provide strengthens the foundation for recovery, resilience, and brighter futures,” said Alisha Nelson, OneOhio executive director. “These final seven grant awards represent just a portion of the significant resources made available for children and families in our earlier grant announcements. While there is still much work to be done, I’m proud of OneOhio’s commitment to helping those most directly impacted by the opioid epidemic and look forward to supporting more innovative initiatives in the future.”
New OneOhio Grantees:
These seven final grant awards are part of more than $45.4 million awarded in the 2024 Regional Grant Cycle and were selected from 1,442 funding requests totaling $581 million from organizations statewide. Grantees were chosen in a collaborative process that included input from the OneOhio Regions, Expert Panel, Grant Oversight Committee and Board of Directors.
The OneOhio Recovery Foundation’s Board of Directors has given preliminary approval for a small number of additional grant awards. This approval authorizes Foundation staff to negotiate grant agreements with recipient organizations, and awards are publicly announced once grantee organizations complete the grant verification process.
With all 2024 Regional Grant Cycle awards now announced, a complete list of recipients can be found at OneOhioFoundation.com/GrantAwards. Additional details of all funded awards will be posted online in the coming days.
The 2024 Regional Grant Cycle is just the first of several grant opportunities to come. Organizations and leaders seeking to submit applications in the future can sign up on the Foundation’s website here to receive updates.
The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation created under the leadership of Governor Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost, and other state and local leaders, with the mission advancing Ohio’s addiction prevention, treatment and recovery efforts now and into the future.
The Foundation is governed by a 29-member board from across Ohio and is funded by 55 percent of settlement funds that Ohio is receiving from the pharmaceutical industry as a consequence of its role in the national opioid epidemic. Funds support local efforts to prevent and combat addiction and are also invested to support those efforts for the long term. Visit OneOhioFoundation.com for more information.
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