Op-Ed: New Grant Opportunities for Ohioans

OneOhio Recovery Foundation board member Daphne Ayers authored the following op-ed in the Mansfield News Journal about the exciting opportunity for organizations to apply for grant funding. You can read an excerpt below and read the full op-ed (here):

As someone with more than 20 years of recovery, I’ve seen what does and does not work when it comes to helping people take back their lives from substance use and move forward.

People need safe housing. Families need practical help. People involved with the justice system need a way back. Kids need trusted adults and healthy outlets.

In short: people need communities with the will, ideas and resources to help them. The result is more than just a single life transformed; it is communities made stronger and more resilient.

The OneOhio Recovery Foundation exists to help communities get access to those resources and put them to work for lasting change. Created by our state’s leaders to distribute and manage 55% of Ohio’s opioid settlement funds, the Foundation does its work in partnership with 19 regions. I’m the representative from our region serving Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and Wayne counties, and serve on the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

In our area, we’ve invested in work people can see.

Read the full column on the Mansfield News Journal's website (here).