The Kalamazoo County Opioid Remediation Mini Grants is designed to allocate funds swiftly and effectively, supporting existing community-based projects and organizations dedicated to opioid use disorder.
Donor Name: Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF)
State: Michigan
County: Kalamazoo County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: up to $30,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Kalamazoo Board of Commissioners and the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, recognizing the urgent need for a localized response to the opioid crisis, formed a strategic partnership to distribute resources from the opioid settlement funds to where they are needed most.
Kalamazoo County aims to utilize opioid settlement funds for opioid remediation, defined as care, treatment, and other programs designed to:
- Address the misuse and abuse of opioid products,
- Treat or mitigate opioid use or related disorders, or
- Mitigate other alleged effects of, including those injured by the opioid epidemic.
Funding Information
- Available funds: $231,250.00
- Applicants can request up to $30,000. Partial awards may be offered to applicants.
- The grant term is one year or less, with a one-time lump sum payment at the start of the grant term.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, governmental agency, educational institution (public school, college, university), or an organization with a Fiscal Sponsor, in good standing with the IRS. Fiscal sponsors will not be negatively impacted by sponsoring other organizations or projects.
- Applicants must be proposing work that benefits residents of Kalamazoo County.
- Applicants must be currently serving people impacted by opioid use disorder.
- Applicants may use funding for existing programs; The budget must clearly show how the awarded funds will expand Opioid-related services within the organization.
Priority Points
- Priority points will be awarded to applicants who serve populations experiencing gaps and disparities in access to services. These may include organizations serving rural communities, people involved in the legal system, delivering culturally specific services, folks experiencing homelessness, and supporting individuals with multiple oppressed identities (including LGBTQ+, disabled, race/ethnicity).
- Priority will be given to applicants that demonstrate program strategy/ services filling an urgent gap or critical need in addressing issues related to substance use in Kalamazoo County.
- Priority will be given to applicants that include evaluation metrics, such as quantifiable figures indicating the number of individuals to be served or impacted, and target success rate data and statistics.
- Priority will be given to applications that reflect collaboration between multiple partners to increase efficiency, impact and/or reach.
For more information, visit KZCF.
