This Community Guide will describe how South Carolina is spending its opioid settlements, and whether South Carolina is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
Local officials for counties, cities, and towns
Decision-making Process
Localities and their approved entities apply for funding from this share, and the must approve applications if made for approved abatement strategies.
The scores proposals and approves funding.
Supplantation
Prohibited
Prohibited
Grant Funding
Yes. See the SCORF Board’s page.
Yes. See the SCORF Board’s page.
Public Input
Up to each locality (not required)
No opportunities available (not required)
But see SCORF Board’s
Advisory Body
Up to each locality (not individually required). But see , which exercises only ministerial authority over this share.
The SCORF Board is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Yes (required). See , which exercises discretionary authority over this share.
The SCORF Board is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Expenditures
Public reporting required. View the SCORF Board’s annual reports .
Public reporting required. View the SCORF Board’s annual reports .
Updates
To find updates on the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your board of county commissioners or city council. You can also visit the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board’s , which hosts an of funding awards from both subfunds.
For updates on the Discretionary Subfund, visit the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board’s , which hosts an of funding awards from both subfunds.
$622.41 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See . Accessed September 1, 2024.
49%-79% to local governments and 19%-49% to a statewide fund
State-Local Agreement (); Legislation ()