There are several categories of proposals you can submit. The general proposal allows you to submit any project related to opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery. We want you to assess your community’s needs, then develop a project that addresses those needs. Apply to be a naloxone community hero to bring naloxone and training on its use to families in your community. (Please note that naloxone from ARORP cannot be distributed or sold to first responders or harm reduction groups.) Community coalitions can apply for extra training through CADCA with a coalition partnership empowerment proposal. If you are in law enforcement, the overdose response team application can improve your agency’s response to overdose. Rural hospitals can apply to the Life Care Specialist proposal, open till April 19, 2024, to hire two Life Care Specialists for their organization. The Sentinel Project provides selected partners with a TruNarc Handheld Analyzer to conduct field-based presumptive exams of suspected narcotics, precursors, and cutting agents.
Arkansas governments (the state, counties and cities) began receiving settlement funding from opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in 2022, and Arkansas governments will continue receiving settlement funding for over a decade. In Arkansas, opioid settlement funding is split evenly among Arkansas cities (1/3), counties (1/3), and the state (1/3). The cities (represented by the Arkansas Municipal League) and the counties (represented by Association of Arkansas Counties) came together to create the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership to administer and distribute the counties’ and cities’ settlement funding for opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery projects that will abate the opioid epidemic in Arkansas counties and cities.
The funding must be used for projects in opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery. The money is not meant to replace or supplant existing funding. More specific guidelines are provided on the Funding Opportunities page. Exhibit E, found on the Funding Opportunities page, specifies exactly how settlement funds must be used. The ARORP Advisory Board will use Exhibit E to evaluate your proposal.
No, applications are designed to be user-friendly.
The Life Care Specialist and Coalition Partnership Empowerment applications have deadlines. To view deadlines visit the Funding Opportunities page. All other applications do not.
There is no limit to the amount of applications an organization can submit. The funding will be available for over a decade, so we encourage you to give each project the attention and focus it needs to be successful.
Yes, multiple projects may be funded in a single city or county.
No. Each time you apply for a project, you will need to present it before your mayor(s) and county judge(s).