Opportunity Overview
Pendleton County Fiscal Court maintains a local opioid-settlement funding process for projects that comply with Kentucky Association of Counties acceptable-use guidance. The county states that applications are reviewed monthly and that applicants advancing in review may receive technical assistance to develop goals and objectives before a final Request for Proposal submission.
Funding
Pendleton County states that the Fiscal Court will award a maximum of $35,000 annually in total across all recipients. This is not a per-project ceiling. Awards are described as first come, first served until the annual allocation is exhausted.
Eligibility and Allowable Uses
The county requires every application or project proposal to fall within the KACo National Opioid Settlement Acceptable Uses framework. The live county page does not publish a complete applicant-type eligibility list, so Atlas will not infer nonprofit, governmental, provider, or individual eligibility beyond what the county expressly states.
Current Application Status
The county page links to an online application survey and says the portal will close once the annual cap has been met and will reopen January 1, 2027. As of September 22, 2026, the linked survey itself displays as closed. The county page does not state whether the current closure is because the 2026 cap has been reached or for another administrative reason. Atlas therefore treats the opportunity as Verification Hold and will not perform applicant-specific outreach until availability is authoritatively confirmed.
Atlas Fit Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. N9+ Fit: 15/100 because this is an opioid-remediation funding channel rather than a remote physical-examination or equipment program. QC Healthcare fit is conditional for a locally eligible behavioral-health, treatment, recovery, harm-reduction, or care-coordination project that directly satisfies allowable opioid-settlement uses. N9+ should not be introduced unless a specific clinical use is independently allowable and justified.
Next Action
Monitor the official Pendleton County page and linked application portal. Before any ORIGINAL outreach, confirm that the portal is open, identify the current remaining annual allocation, verify applicant-type eligibility, map the proposed project to KACo acceptable uses, and clear all CRM Contact, opt-out, bounce, duplicate, and authoritative prior-send gates.