Latest city opioid prevention program awards funds to select Kensington groups, leaves some past grantees out

This story has been update to reflect additional information from the City of Philadelphia.

A new batch of organizations will receive $2.2 million in grants from the city’s 2025 Opioid Prevention and Community Healing Fund (OPCH), after what some groups called delayed and unclear communication. This year’s list of 22 organizations looks different from last year’s, as only some grantees were reinvited to apply.

In the past, the fund included both $100,000 grants and $20,000 grants. The Office of Public Safety said that only groups that formerly received the larger amount were invited to reapply for this round…

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