The Geary County Health Department has applied for a grant dealing with opioid crisis response.

According to information revealed at the Health Board ( County Commission ) meeting on Monday if the grant is received the Department would be partnering with Geary Community Hospital, the schools, Fort Riley, the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation, and Central Kansas Foundation to develop and improve the local health system capacity for opioid crisis response.

The grant application is seeking $62,155 with no matching fund requirement. Officials should know if the grant has been awarded by the end of November.

The Health Department has also applied for the Syndromic Surveillance Regional Pilot Mini-Grant. That will involve Geary County taking the lead over five counties in disease surveillance and training.  There will be an effort to work with other counties to help improve everyone’s use and and understanding of the system.