Philadelphia was recently awarded $3 million through the city’s Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund, writes the NBC 10 Philadelphia staff.

As a result of the new funding, 43 local nonprofit groups were awarded, primarily serving Kensington and North Philadelphia.

According to city officials, the grants were divided up into 14 organizational support grants of $20,000 each, and 29 program grants of $100,000 each.

“The funds from the national opioid settlement cases coming to Philadelphia must be put to work in the most strategic way since every single penny should be used to address the effects of thousands of lives that have been lost or damaged because innocent people became addicted to opioids handed out in such a reckless way,” said Adam Geer, chief public safety director, in a statement.

Organizational support grants recipients include support organizations that are “working to advance overdose prevention, community and family healing, and substance use prevention,” city officials said.

This is the second round of Overdose Prevention and Community Healing grants.

The Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund was launched in December 2022, with the first round of $1.9 million in grants awarded in June 2023.

Read more about the dozens of organizations awarded in NBC 10 Philadelphia.

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