Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention for Communities of Color is an opportunity through the Department of Health Care Services’ Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion Project with funding through DHCS’ State Opioid Response III federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Donor Name: California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The MAT Expansion Project is funding multiple projects throughout California to address the opioid and stimulant use crisis by supporting and expanding prevention, education, stigma reduction, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services for people with opioid use disorder (OUD), stimulant use disorder and substance use disorders (SUD).
DHCS invites applications from organizations that strive to realize health equity and racial justice in California, and that have a strong track record of delivering culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach and education projects. This funding opportunity is focused on BIPOC communities that are disproportionately impacted by the negative consequences of drug-use and criminalization of SUDs, and that often have less access to treatment and information about opioid and stimulant use and supports. These include Native American, African American, Latinx and Asian-Pacific Islander communities in California. Funding will prioritize organizations that are working to address organizational and public policy decisions that continue systems of white supremacy and have negatively impacted BIPOC communities’ access to healthcare resources.
This grant opportunity support programs addressing opioid use, stimulant use and polysubstance use in communities of color, particularly Black, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Hispanic/Latinx, which have been disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs, are more likely to face involvement in the criminal justice system related to substance use issues, and are less likely to be offered treatment and recovery services.
These grants are for organizations that want to implement community-based outreach, education and referrals to address opioid use, stimulant use and/or polysubstance use in their communities and increase access to treatment services such as MAT. Organizations must clearly outline their plan in the application.
Activities and materials developed through this funding opportunity must be related to opioid use, stimulant use or polysubstance use and should be focused primarily on three outcomes:
- Increased individual and community understanding of opioids and opioid use, stimulants and stimulant use, and/or polysubstance use in BIPOC communities, prioritizing harm reduction and public health solutions that focus on positive messages to prevent SUD.
- Reduced community and individual stigma of people who use drugs and care and treatment services.
- Increased knowledge of treatment services, particularly MAT and stimulant use disorder treatment, including where and how to access services, as well as integrating and strengthening referral pathways to community SUD care treatment providers to prevent or stop disordered use.
Funding Information
This funding opportunity has a total of $12 million in available funds, which will be awarded to fund between 50-60 organizations or entities with a maximum of $250,000 per awarded organization or entity for the 12-month contract period. Contracts will cover activities for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
The Center will fund organizations that meet the following minimum requirements:
- Located in California
- Provide services in California
- Organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity. If an organization is a nonprofit but does not have 501(c)(3) status, they may use a qualifying fiscal sponsor.
- Applicant organizations and partners must be deeply invested in, engage and reflect impacted communities of color, for example, through representation on the board and staff, clients served and neighborhoods worked in.
- Applicant organizations and partners should have a demonstrated history of working with impacted communities.
- 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 DHCS.
