The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Behavioral Health Services Commission Prevention Team, in partnership with the Kansas Prevention Collaborative (KPC), is seeking applications for its Substance Use Prevention Planning Grants (Cohort X).
Donor Name: Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
These one-year planning grants will allow eligible tax-exempt community-based organizations to receive funding, training, and technical support to engage their communities in a prevention planning process utilizing the nationally proven Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
The Kansas Prevention Collaborative Community Initiative (KPCCI) enriches community prevention efforts across the state by implementing sustainable, culturally competent, evidence-based, proven prevention strategies. KPCCI partners across Kansas collaborate to produce sustainable, prosocial changes at the individual, community, and system levels. Local community prevention coalitions are key partners in this statewide initiative to prevent substance misuse and abuse. Kansan Prevention Collaborative (KPC) partners are dedicated to supporting citizens, agencies, and organizations in selecting, planning, and implementing evidence-based strategies for the prevention of behavioral health challenges to enact lasting change and build a better future for their communities. KPC partners provide training, technical assistance, prevention tools, and resources to community coalitions awarded prevention grants. In partnership with the Kansas Prevention Collaborative, Coalitions are doing the important work of prevention in their communities across Kansas.
Funding Information
These one-year planning grants will be $35,000.00 per awarded grantee for Fiscal Year 2026 with the 12 months starting July 1, 2025, ending June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- KDADS is inviting grant applications from established community coalitions and organizations for a prevention planning grant. To be eligible, these coalitions or organizations must have been operating for at least six months prior to the release date of the Request for Applications (RFA) in March 2025.
- An “existing community organization” can include a coalition, task force, or similar group. Coalitions within a community work together to create a safe, healthy, and drug-free environment. They differ from traditional human service organizations because they are led by community residents and representatives from various sectors who devise strategies to tackle local issues using evidence-based approaches.
- The eligible Existing Organization and/or their eligible Existing Fiscal Agent must then:
- Currently hold approved IRS tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) charity or nonprofit organization.
- Have obtained a current Kansas Certificate of Tax Clearance.
For more information, visit KDADS.
