Rutherford County Opioid Settlement Funds Project Proposals Requested

Rutherford County -- January 4, 2024: Rutherford County Government Announcement: Opioid Settlement Funds Project Proposals Requested

signed onto the national opioid litigation lawsuit in 2017, which resulted in a national settlement agreement worth over $50 billion nationwide of which Rutherford County is currently slated to receive approximately $10,810,488 over an eighteen-year period. 

Any agencies, firms, etc., interested in offering or expanding services to combat and address opioid substance use disorders are invited to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to describe your project/program. Finalists selected by the County’s Opioid Settlement Funds grant review team will be invited to complete a full Request for Application proposal. Applicants must complete the LOI form to be invited to complete and submit the Request for Application (RFA) and to be considered for full funding. Each applicant must request a minimum of $25,000 with a maximum of $500,000 available for all 2024-2025 projects. 

The County’s Opioid strategic planning committee hopes to recommend to the County Commissioners that the County fund multiple projects for this fiscal year. If your qualifying organization is interested in submitting a Letter of Intent, please complete the PDF found via the link below with answers to all questions and submit via email with "Opioid Settlement Funds Letter of Intent" in the subject line OR send via mail as a single packet to the address noted in the instructions in the PDF below or simply drop your LOI packet off by our County Administration Building by 5:00 pm Wednesday, January 31st, 2024.

To access and download the LOI template click: Rutherford County News