This is a Request for Applications (RFA) from Wayne County, North Carolina, for organizations to implement high-impact strategies to address the opioid overdose epidemic using opioid settlement funds. The RFA focuses on five eligible Option A strategies: Recovery Support Services, Early Intervention, Addiction Treatment for Incarcerated Persons, Reentry Programs, and Criminal Justice Diversion Programs. Applicants must be licensed to do business in North Carolina and demonstrate experience with individuals with opioid use disorder and a commitment to evidence-based strategies. Proposals are due by May 15, 2026. Key requirements include addressing community needs, incorporating equity, planning for sustainability, and adhering to monitoring and reporting requirements. Funds will be distributed on a reimbursement basis, with potential for advance startup funds in extenuating circumstances. Indirect costs are not allowed, and no more than 25% of the total grant award can be used for administrative costs. A bidders pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 16, 2025. Questions are due by April 30, 2025.
The bid deadline for submitting applications is May 15, 2026, by 2:00 PM.
The bid notice states that funds will be distributed to contracted agencies on the basis of reimbursement of actual expenses. The county, in its sole discretion, may award successful applicants advance startup funds when extenuating circumstances exist.
The bid notice indicates that qualified applications will be evaluated and awards made to the agency(ies) or organization(s) whose combination of budget and service capabilities are deemed to be in the best interest of the funding agency. Funding, if awarded, will be awarded to the highest scoring applications.
Proposals will be accepted from nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, hospital systems, and private behavioral health and mental health providers including providers of office-based opioid treatment and opioid treatment providers, federal qualified health centers, colleges and universities, and k12 schools, and other community-based organizations that are licensed to conduct business in North Carolina. Applicants must clearly demonstrate experience working with individuals with opioid use disorder and a commitment to evidence-based strategies addressing opioid use disorder.
The QA period ends on April 30, 2025, at 5:00 PM, with answers to questions released as an addendum by May 7, 2025.
