The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, which supports causes to improve global health, launched a grant program April 26 that aims to curb opioid abuse across the U.S.
The Opioid Resource Grant Program expands the foundation's efforts to advance innovations from nonprofit, grant-funded organizations in fighting the opioid epidemic.
For organizations to receive funding, the foundation will prioritize proposals that address how to safely dispose of opioids and education around prevention.
"The AmerisourceBergen Foundation is deeply committed to collaborating with all stakeholders to find ways to combat opioid abuse, while also identifying and devoting resources to creating new action-oriented solutions through which we can affect positive change," said Gina Clark, president of the AmerisourceBergen Foundation.
"With the creation of our Foundation's grant program — led by a team universally recognized as experts in treating opioid abuse — we will be better equipped to support and partner with likeminded organizations that share our desire to stop opioid abuse, now and in the long-term," Ms. Clark added.