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Iowa Attorney General Opioid Crisis Grant

Iowa Attorney General Opioid Crisis Grants – 2026 Rolling Applications

FundingApproximately $20 million expected to be available to the Iowa Attorney General through June 30, 2030; no universal per-applicant ceiling verified in currently accessible controlling sources.
DeadlineRolling applications; no fixed closing date or time published in the current Iowa Attorney General announcements. Applications were confirmed still open September 3, 2026.
Last verifiedOctober 6, 2026
Required next actionParse the controlling IntelliGrants NOFO; verify applicant classes, request ceiling, eligible costs, procurement, and non-duplication/continuation rules before advancing any applicant package.

Broad Eligibility

Iowa opioid-abatement projects must comply with the National Opioid Settlement and Iowa Opioid Allocation MOU. Detailed applicant classes and cost rules remain subject to the controlling Iowa DOJ IntelliGrants NOFO.

Atlas Analysis

Applicant-centered Iowa opioid-settlement funding opportunity. The Iowa Attorney General is accepting applications on a rolling basis for projects responding to the opioid crisis. Projects of varied size and scope may be considered, and funded activities must comply with National Opioids Settlement requirements and the Iowa Opioid Allocation Memorandum of Understanding.

The Iowa Attorney General’s Opioid Crisis Grant program is accepting applications on a rolling basis for Iowa opioid-abatement projects. The Attorney General announced the program on March 2, 2026 and confirmed on September 3, 2026 that applications remain open while first-wave awards are being issued.

The Attorney General states that approximately $20 million in state opioid-settlement funding is expected to be available through June 30, 2030. Projects of different sizes and scopes are encouraged, but they must comply with the National Opioid Settlement and the Iowa Opioid Allocation Memorandum of Understanding. The first announced awards ranged from $6,660 to $919,480; those awards are examples and should not be treated as a universal applicant ceiling.

Applications are administered through the Iowa Department of Justice IntelliGrants portal. The portal links the controlling Notice of Funding Opportunity. Atlas has verified that the grant remains available, but the linked NOFO document is not currently machine-readable through the available retrieval path, so detailed applicant classes, cost rules, procurement requirements, continuation/non-duplication rules, and any applicant-specific funding ceiling must be confirmed from the controlling NOFO before an applicant package is finalized.

Atlas analysis: High-priority Iowa substance-use and behavioral-health funding. UCS Healthcare is one strong potential implementation candidate because it is an Iowa nonprofit SUD/MAT provider with integrated medical, behavioral-health, telehealth, and mobile-clinic services. UCS also publicly states that its mobile clinic already receives Iowa Attorney General opioid-settlement funding, so any new pursuit must be structured as a distinct allowable project and must clear non-duplication/continuation rules. N9+ fit is conditional only where the final approved opioid-abatement workflow legitimately uses guided examinations, vitals, and telehealth-enabled clinical encounters and the controlling NOFO permits the associated costs and procurement pathway.

Source verificationOfficial government source · www.iowaattorneygeneral.govAtlas last verified this record October 6, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗