(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson has awarded more than $2.5 million in grants for the current fiscal year to help communities connect survivors of opioid addiction to treatment and recovery.
“Overdose survivors need urgent, hands-on support to break the cycle of addiction,” Wilson said. “These grants empower local law enforcement and healthcare partners to meet people where they are in their most vulnerable moments and guide them toward lasting recovery.”
The funding, awarded to 38 law enforcement agencies and local governments through the Drug Abuse Response Team (DART) grant program, will help communities establish or expand specialized outreach teams across the state. The money funds DART activities for the year ending June 30, 2027.
The response teams bring together local law enforcement and behavioral health providers to offer 24-hour assistance to overdose survivors and their families. Services can include connections to immediate treatment, recovery support and other resources designed to reduce the risk of future overdoses.
The Attorney General’s Office administers the DART program, which began in 2017. For fiscal year 2027, grants range from $20,280 to $149,037. The office supplemented $1.5 million in General Assembly funding with $1 million in settlement funds to bolster this year’s funding pool.
The grant recipients are:
- Akron Fire Department: $47,294
- Ashtabula County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board: $20,280
- Athens County Sheriff’s Office: $38,880
- Auglaize County Sheriff's Office (Grand Lake Task Force): $44,140
- City of Chillicothe: $61,100
- Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board: $126,198
- Columbus Division of Police: $149,037
- Community Action Commission of Fayette County: $75,349
- Cuyahoga Falls Police Department: $52,630
- Defiance County Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force: $65,214
- East Palestine Police Department: $24,315
- Findlay Police Department: $75,668
- Franklin County Sheriff’s Office: $67,251
- Hamilton County Heroin Task Force: $74,000
- Hamilton Police Department: $100,000
- Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (PORT): $50,000
- Kettering Police Department: $60,000
- Lake County Sheriff’s Office: $31,000
- Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office: $69,626
- Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office: $144,942.91
- Marysville Police Division: $42,278
- Medina County Sheriff's Office: $59,576
- Middletown Police Department: $42,636
- Monroe County Sheriff’s Office: $100,000
- Morrow County Sheriff’s Office: $49,893
- Ottawa County Major Crimes Unit/Prosecutor’s Office: $100,000
- Parma Heights Police Department: $30,000
- City of Parma: $80,000
- Pike County Probation Department: $46,865
- Portage County Sheriff’s Office: $85,824
- Village of Russells Point: $77,000
- Sidney Police Department: $36,215
- South-Central Ohio Major Crimes Unit (Project FORT): $88,936
- Strongsville Police Department: $89,043
- Summit County Sheriff’s Office: $84,015
- Troy Police Department: $34,478
- Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office: $56,381
- Wood County Addiction Response Collaborative (ARC): $94,122
Many of this year’s recipients have previously received DART grants.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Dominic Binkley: 614-728-4127
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