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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 21, 2024

The Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council has announced its first round of community grant recipients with $81 million set to be distributed throughout the state, the Nashville Post reports. Treatment programs received the highest subset of money: $32.8 million. The next highest was recovery support at $19 million. The remaining categories were primary prevention at $12.2 million, around $8 million each for education and training and harm reduction, and $752,508 for research and evaluation. Out of 396 proposals, the council approved 116 grants.