Opportunity Overview
Green Lake County, working with the Green Lake County Opioid Task Force, is accepting proposals for opioid settlement funding to support evidence-informed prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, criminal justice, enforcement, community programs, evaluation, communication, and stigma-reduction work serving Green Lake County.
Funding and Deadline
Applicants are encouraged to request no more than $25,000 per request, with smaller requests encouraged. The next published quarterly application deadline is December 1, 2026. Green Lake County’s Request Instructions do not publish a clock time or time zone, and late requests are not considered. Applicants should submit early and confirm any timing question directly with the County.
No mandatory match or cost-share requirement is stated in the County’s published Request Instructions or application preview. The application does ask whether other funding can be leveraged and allows the total project budget to exceed the County request.
Eligibility
Applicants must be Wisconsin-based organizations serving Green Lake County and fall within an eligible class identified by the County, including a 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(6) organization, nonprofit or public 4K-12 school or school district, or Tribal, state, or local government entity.
Eligible Uses and Material Restrictions
Projects must align with opioid-settlement approved uses and Green Lake County priorities. The County directs applicants to Exhibit E and the OSPRI tool when designing projects. Eligible strategies include prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, criminal justice, enforcement, community-based programs, evaluation, communication, and stigma reduction.
Exhibit E expressly includes expanding telehealth to increase access to treatment for opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance use or mental health conditions, including medication treatment, counseling, psychiatric support, and other treatment or recovery support. This does not by itself establish that any particular technology, device, or equipment purchase is allowable. Applicants should justify each cost against the approved-use framework and the County’s application requirements.
The County states that applicants should not replicate Wisconsin DHS efforts in which Green Lake County already participates, such as County-supported naloxone or drug-checking-strip distribution and certain EMS leave-behind efforts. Supplanting activities already budgeted or normally funded by the organization is prohibited, as is lobbying. Awardees must participate in biannual reporting, and funded work is expected to be completed within one year.
Application and Submission
Applications must be submitted through the County’s online application form. Paper applications are not accepted. Applicants must upload the required budget template. The application asks for the proposed project’s goals, approved-use strategy, target population and geography, anticipated reach, impact, evaluation, sustainability, organizational capacity, partners, leveraged funding, and budget. Letters of support are strongly encouraged but are not identified as mandatory.
The County also publishes a scoring rubric evaluating evidence base, feasibility, organizational capacity, cost, legality, scalability, sustainability, fit with Green Lake County needs, equity, reach to vulnerable populations, and alignment with prevention, harm reduction, treatment, or recovery priorities.
Atlas Strategic Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. This is a well-defined, currently open local Wisconsin behavioral-health and public-health funding opportunity with clear applicant classes, a manageable request ceiling, official application materials, and explicit support for telehealth-enabled access to opioid treatment and related services.
N9+ Fit Score: 60/100 conditional. Exhibit E expressly permits telehealth expansion for opioid-use-disorder and co-occurring behavioral-health treatment, but the public RFP does not specifically authorize remote physical examination equipment or identify a clinical-exam requirement. Atlas does not recommend forcing a device purchase into the project. A technology role should be considered only if an eligible applicant can document a genuine clinical workflow need and the proposed cost is consistent with the County’s approved-use framework.
QC Healthcare Fit: 25/100 conditional. A clinical-support role may be relevant in an applicant-led treatment-access project, but the public materials do not establish a QC-specific scope.
Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: not cleared. The County requires a Wisconsin-based eligible organization serving Green Lake County. The public materials do not establish that Dr. Miltie independently satisfies that local applicant requirement, so no direct application is being advanced.
Official Source
Controlling source: Green Lake County Opioid Settlement Funding. Applicants should use the County’s live Request Instructions, Exhibit E, application preview, budget template, scoring rubric, and reporting form when preparing a proposal.