Opioid Settlement Funds Awards

Application and Award Timeline

  • Applications available: January 1, 2026  

  • Application workshops: January 13-January 22, 2026

    • Tuesday, January 13: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
      Southern Human Services Building, Board of Commissioners Meeting Room (Google Maps)
      2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Thursday, January 15: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
      Whitted Human Services Building, Donna Baker Meeting Room (Google Maps)
      300 West Tryon, Street, Hillsborough, NC
    • Tuesday, January 20: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
      Online workshop. A Teams link will be sent to you when we receive your registration form.
    • Thursday, January 22: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
      Online workshop. A Teams link will be sent to you when we receive your registration form.

      If you would like to attend a workshop, complete the registration form.

  • Open question period: January 27-February 13, 2026

    • FAQs 
      Is there a limit to the amount of funding that can be requested?
      There is not a limit to the amount that can be requested, however, the amount that will be awarded to the chosen programs will depend on the number of applications received, the number of applications chosen, and the amounts requested.  The total amount of funds available for community funding is $200,000.

      Please contact Tonya Stancil, Orange County’s harm reduction coordinator, if you have questions about the application. (Contact information is at the bottom of this webpage.)

  • Applications due via email: February 20, 2026, 5 p.m.

    • Use this as the subject line: – RFA: Opioid Settlement Funds – [Organization name]
    • Email the completed application to tstancil@orangecountync.gov
    • You will receive an email to confirm that we received your application.

  • Application review period: February 23-March 30, 2026 

    • The Committee will use this scoring rubric when reviewing grant applications. Link to rubric.

  • Recommendations go to the Board of County Commissioners: April

  • Contracts finalized: May-June 2026  

  • Contracts begin: July 1, 2026 

Contact

Tonya Stancil, Harm Reduction Coordinator
(919) 245-2429
tstancil@orangecountync.gov