Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry today announced the recipients of the City of Evansville’s 2025 Opioid Settlement Fund allocation, an investment aimed squarely at prevention, treatment, recovery, and support services for residents affected by the opioid epidemic.
A total of 26 organizations submitted applications, requesting more than $4.7 million, for the $1 million available in funding. To review those applications, Mayor Terry convened a committee comprised of:
- Cedalia Ellis, LCSW, MSW
- Lisa Seif, LCSW
- City Councilman Paul Green
- Suzanne Draper, retired CASA Director
- Bonnie Rinks, LCSW
The committee’s work was facilitated by Communications Director Joe Atkinson, who did not vote on recommendations. Committee members recused themselves from reviewing or discussing any proposal from an organization with which they had a direct affiliation.
Using the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health best-practice framework as evaluation criteria, the committee provided funding recommendations to Mayor Terry, who reviewed and finalized the list below…