The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board awards $11 million in grants to cities, counties, and school districts across the state. 

 

 The purpose of the Opioid Abatement grants is to fund treatment and recovery programs, assist with mental health issues, support opioid abuse education and prevention, among other efforts to decrease the supply of narcotics across the state.

 

Area groups set to receive funding include Mayes and Pontotoc counties, the city of Bartlesville, and the school districts of Bartlesville, Union, Pawhuska, and South Coffeyville. According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs In 2022, there were nearly 800 opioid-related deaths in Oklahoma,. Of those, fentanyl was responsible for 619 fatal overdoses.

 

Grants are to be distributed as soon as recipients return their award agreements.