The Delaware Opioid Settlement Commission is seeking applications for its General Grants.
Donor Name: Delaware Opioid Settlement Commission
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/12/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The General Grant is the cornerstone funding mechanism of the Opioid Abatement Community Grant Program, awarding investments or more to qualified, experienced organizations dedicated to addressing opioid and substance use disorders. Designed for initiatives requiring medium-to-high funding levels, these grants empower impactful, evidence-based programs over a performance period of up to two years. Eligible applicants must possess a minimum of two years of operational history, a proven track record of executing similar initiatives, robust organizational management capabilities, and a demonstrated readiness to provide comprehensive financial and performance reporting documentation.
By satisfying these rigorous institutional standards, the proposed project directly aligns with the Commission’s mandate for responsible resource allocation and sustainable, community-focused interventions within Delaware. Funding through this General Grant will be instrumental in enabling this project to advance the state’s overarching objectives: expanding access to clinical care, implementing large-scale harm reduction and prevention strategies, and strengthening statewide recovery networks.
Funding Information
$30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations applying for General Grant support must satisfy the following institutional and programmatic eligibility requirements:
- Organizational Capacity & Governance
- Legal Status: Applicants must be formally registered, legally incorporated entities (e.g., nonprofit, for-profit, or governmental) operating within the State of Delaware.
- Operational History: Organizations must possess a minimum of two years of consistent program delivery and documented operational stability, free of significant legal or functional liabilities.
- Prior Performance & Compliance: For previous Commission grantees, past performance, contract fidelity, and strict compliance with prior grant requirements will be heavily factored into the eligibility determination and evaluation process.
- Governance & Leadership: Governance structures must be transparent, accountable, and possess verified leadership expertise directly relevant to the proposed program.
- Staffing Capacity: Applicants must maintain a qualified, well-organized professional team with the operational capacity required for effective, large-scale program execution.
- Financial Management & Sustainability
- Financial Stability & Health: Applicants must demonstrate a documented history of sound fiscal management, healthy financial positioning, and the internal controls necessary to manage significant grant funds effectively.
- Financial Readiness: Organizations must present detailed financial planning documents, including a comprehensive, math-verified project budget worksheet.
- Sustainability Planning: Applicants must articulate long-term financial viability and strategic plans to sustain program impact beyond the lifecycle of the grant.
- Programmatic Alignment & Evidence-Based Design
- Strategic Priority Alignment: Proposed initiatives must directly align with the active funding cycle’s core priorities and address clearly identified community needs utilizing localized data and stakeholder input.
- Service Delivery Approach: Programs must utilize evidence-based practices, promising practices, or highly justified innovative methods supported by peer-reviewed research and data.
- Strategic Collaboration: Organizations should demonstrate existing or planned partnerships with cross-sector stakeholders to broaden program reach, prevent duplication, and maximize community impact.
- Accountability, Equity, & Technical Engagement
- Reporting Standards: Applicants must formally commit to rigorous, regular reporting schedules covering program activities, quantitative outcomes, and detailed financial expenditures.
- Commitment to Equity: Organizations must actively prioritize diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in their program design and outreach workflows, specifically targeting historically underserved or marginalized populations.
- Technical Cooperation: Grantees must remain open and willing to actively engage in capacity-building technical assistance to optimize program implementation and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Settlement Fund Statutory Restrictions
- Non-Supplantation: Opioid settlement funds must strictly supplement, not supplant (replace), existing funding or resources earmarked for the proposed project.
- Exhibit E & OARS Compliance: The proposed scope of work must align explicitly with one or more of the approved uses outlined in Exhibit E of the Final Distributor Settlement Agreement and the Delaware Opioid Abatement and Remediation Strategies (OARS) framework.
- Commission Strategic Priorities: In alignment with statewide data and identified intervention gaps, the Commission prioritizes investments directed toward underserved populations, innovative prevention/treatment modalities, and long-term recovery support systems.
- Pre-Award Costs: Grant funds may not be used to reimburse operational or administrative costs incurred prior to the official execution date of the grant term.
For more information, visit DOSDC.
