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June 8th, 2023, The City of Philadelphia announced the first round of grantees for the Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund – Managed by the Thomas Scattergood Behavior Health Foundation. From the national opioid settlements, the Prevention Fund invests in community-based organizations as trusted messengers and provides prevention resources to areas of the city most impacted by the overdose crisis. It is estimated that Philadelphia will receive $200 million over 18 years from multiple pharma companies, which is part of the settlement of the nationwide lawsuit distributing funds to communities around the country affected by the opioid crisis. The first payout brought $20 million to the city. This event awarded $1.9M out of the $20M to 27 nonprofit organizations. One of USALA’s hosts, Britt Carpenter’s nonprofit “Philly Unknown” was one of the organizations awarded! Read more from the City’s press release: https://www.phila.gov/2023-06-08-city-awards-1-9-million-in-overdose-prevention-community-healing-grants/
In this short segment of Having Juice with OJ, Oliver and Yerm get out of the studio and into the woods to learn how to play Disc Golf. They met up with local Pro Harry Chace at Sedgely Woods Disc Golf Course in Philadelphia. This 27 basket course is a part of the Fairmount Park system. It is a heavily wooded course and free to play. Harry shows the guys how to throw what is called a Hammer toss or […]