Greenville’s Challenges Inc. awarded grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)
June 25, 2026
The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) has awarded a grant to Challenges Inc. in Greenville as part of its latest round of funding to support community-based organizations working on the front lines of the opioid and overdose crisis. Challenges Inc. is one of 25 organizations selected nationwide for the new grants.
The grants will help trusted local organizations build the infrastructure needed to sustain and expand practical, compassionate, lifesaving support for people and families affected by opioid use disorder and overdose. The grantees include peer-led recovery organizations, prevention and treatment providers, transitional and recovery housing programs, youth and family service organizations, rural health clinics, reentry and diversion programs, and organizations serving communities disproportionately affected by the overdose crisis.
With these latest grants, FORE has now awarded grants totaling more than $7 million to 47 community-based organizations through its Community-Driven Responses to Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Mortality Program since 2023.
Across the cohort, FORE’s support will help organizations:
- Expand overdose prevention, peer recovery coaching, and connections to medications for opioid use disorder.
- Strengthen recovery housing, family reunification supports, youth mentorship, reentry services, transportation to treatment, and rural telehealth.
- Improve data systems, evaluation capacity, billing infrastructure, financial management, communications, fundraising, and organizational sustainability.
- Build stronger partnerships with health care, housing, social service, behavioral health, and legal system partners.
The grantees are located across the country, including organizations serving communities in Alaska, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
