At the recommendation of the Oversight Commission on Alabama Opioid Settlement Funds, the Legislature has appropriated opioid settlement dollars for ADMH to administer prevention, treatment, and recovery grants. The purpose of this grant program is to prevent, reduce, treat, or mitigate the effects of opioid substance use. Thus far, the Legislature has appropriated two rounds of grants:

  • Round 1: Act 2023-384 appropriated $8.5 million in prevention, treatment, and recovery grants.
  • Round 2: Act 2024-426 appropriated $8,060,000 in prevention, treatment, and recovery grants.
    • RFP Process: The RFP submission period closed September 23, 2024.

Selection Process

For the Selection Processes (Round 1 and Round 2), the Alabama Department of Mental Health convened a diverse, multidisciplinary team of stakeholders, community leaders, providers, and state agency personnel.

The Selection Committee comprised professionals with prevention, treatment, and recovery backgrounds. No Selection Committee member submitted a proposal, nor was employed by an organization that submitted a proposal. No Selection Committee member was compensated for their time.

For Round 1, ADMH received 52 submissions to the Request for Proposal. Of the proposals submitted 33 were funded. For Round 2, ADMH received 69 submissions, and 41 were funded.

Awards were offered in order of final score - in amounts determined by proposed budgets - until funding in each category was no longer available. This process resulted in a diverse pool of awardees across the state.