Pinellas County is now accepting applications for Regional Opioid Abatement Funding Leadership, Planning and Coordination.
Donor Name: Pinellas County
State: Florida
County: Pinellas County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/07/2023
Details:
The County is seeking proposals from qualified consultants/experts to guide and execute an evaluation and gap analysis of the current state of the opioid epidemic and abatement programming in Pinellas County to include specific recommendations, guidance, and examples of best practices for use in competitive solicitations for opioid abatement services.
The funds distributed through the Opioid Abatement Funding Program are intended to increase access to opioid and substance use education, treatment and other related programs and services. Pinellas County strives to fund services and programs that are available to and equally benefit all residents of Pinellas County.
Leadership, Planning & Coordination is a statewide, regional, local, or community regional planning to identify root causes of addiction and overdose, goals for reducing harms related to the opioid epidemic, and areas and populations with the greatest needs for treatment intervention services; to support training and technical assistance; or to support other strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list.
Criteria
- Each applicant organization must be registered with the Florida Division of Corporations, as per Florida Statute §607.1501, prior to engaging in business transactions with Pinellas County, a subdivision of the State of Florida. A foreign corporation (foreign to the State of Florida) may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Department of State.
- The applicant organization must be the legal entity entering into the contract. Any proposed subcontracts must be discussed and integrated in the application scope. The applicant organization is responsible for the oversight and completion of any work proposed in the application.
- The proposed programs and services must be dedicated to the residents of Pinellas County.
- The mission and proposed services of the applicant organization must be consistent with Priority Plan and the Interlocal.
- The applicant organization shall not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment or against any client because of age, sex, race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
- The applicant organization must not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, sex, race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, and activities.
- Programs proposed by faith-based organizations must have a secular purpose, neither advance nor inhibit religion, and must not require worship or religious instruction activities as a condition of participation. Services provided by faith organizations must be available to all Pinellas County residents, not solely for congregation members.
- It is recommended that a representative from the applicant organization attend at least one (1) pre-application technical assistance meeting.
- The applicant organization must agree to the terms and conditions contained in the Pinellas County Regional Opioid Abatement Funding Agreement. NO EXCEPTIONS to the terms and conditions of the agreement will be permitted.
For more information, visit Pinellas County.
