The Elevate Youth California is seeking applications for its Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention Grant.
Donor Name: Elevate Youth California
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/26/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The required goal of this funding opportunity is to address SUD prevention by investing in youth leadership and civic engagement for youth of color and 2S/LGBTQIA+ youth ages 12 to 26 living in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. DHCS is seeking applications from 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, Tribal organizations (including 638s and urban clinics), collaboratives/coalitions, and county behavioral health organizations that: California county behavioral organizations that are the sole provider of prevention services in their respective county may apply for Elevate Youth CA funding.
- Support youth engagement that focuses on youth civic engagement, specifically in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
- Possess cultural humility and responsiveness with staff and organizational leadership who reflect the racial, ethnic, and cultural community they intend to serve.
- Prioritize harm reduction and public health solutions that focus on positive messages to prevent SUD.
- Develop culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate social justice youth development, peerto-peer support, and mentoring programs that are healing-centered, trauma-informed, and focused on youth ages 12 to 26.
- Utilize an intersectional approach to health equity through policy, systems, and environmental change.
- Implement SUD prevention activities that address the root causes of SUD, reduce risk factors, and increase protective factors.
Funding Information
Up to $1,000,000.00 for three years.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Have an office located in California.
- Provide services in California.
- Are a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization with established any sponsored projects may not have for-profit status. Also open to coalitions of organizations and collaboratives, as long as the backbone organization is an eligible applicant. Additionally, county behavioral health organizations that are the sole provider of prevention services in their respective county may apply for EYC funding.
- School districts, schools, charter schools, and county offices of education are ineligible to apply.
- Not have an active EYC grant. EYC funded partners whose current award ends by December 2025 are eligible to apply. Fiscal sponsors are the exception and are allowed to submit for a new fiscally sponsored project that was not awarded a previous EYC grant.
- Have demonstrated experience partnering with young and young adults of color and other marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
- Deeply engage and reflect the proposed communities served that are disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. Applicant should have a history of working with impacted communities, including representation on the board and staff, clients served, and neighborhoods served.
- Applicant organizations and their partners must have demonstrated evidence of inclusivity and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations.
For more information, visit EYC.
