The Center at Sierra Health Foundation and the California Department of Health Care Services are pleased to announce the third and final round of COVID-19 Mitigation Project.
Donor Name: The Center at Sierra Health Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The COVID-19 Mitigation Project was developed to prevent, prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and ensure the continuity of behavioral health services to support individuals engaged in mental health or substance use disorder care and unhoused individuals.
This funding opportunity is available to county providers such as Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers and public providers such as Tribal-based providers and private nonprofit California community-based organizations. Applications are encouraged from licensed, certified, or otherwise qualified substance use and/or mental health disorder providers, Crisis Care Mobile Unit programs, Federally Qualified Health Centers, harm reduction organizations, recovery residences, transitional housing facilities, homeless shelters, opioid treatment programs and office-based opioid treatment providers.
The overall goals of this funding opportunity are to:
- Support COVID-19 mitigation services in behavioral health settings by funding COVID-19 testing education, on-site testing, and access.
- Expand COVID-19 response services for staff and individuals connected to behavioral health systems, particularly those engaged in mental health or substance use disorder care.
- Support and expand COVID-19 education, testing, mitigation services and outreach to unhoused individuals.
- Support the maintenance of healthy environments in behavioral health settings for staff and individuals engaged in mental health or substance use disorder care.
Funding Information
With contracts up to $200,000 over 7 months, providers will expand services to offer education on COVID-19 testing, implement on-site COVID-19 testing, collaborate with community partners to prevent infectious disease transmission, expand COVID-19 response services to those connected to the behavioral health system, and support the maintenance of healthy environments. Award requests over $75,000 are required to include a regranting strategy. A total of $4.3 million is available.
Contract Period
August 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
This opportunity will fund organizations to support COVID-19 mitigation services in behavioral health settings that are serving individuals engaged in co-occurring care throughout California. Fiscal sponsorships are eligible. Fiscal sponsors and their sponsored organization are required to submit a signed MOU with the application. This funding opportunity is not open to current COVID-19 Mitigation Project subrecipients.
Coalitions of organizations and collaboratives are also eligible if the lead applicant meets the eligibility requirement. Coalitions and collaborations are required to submit a signed MOU(s) with the application. MOU(s) should identify the organizations who will implement CMP services, each partners’ roles and responsibilities related to the proposed scope of work, and the funding amount per individual coalition or collaborative partner.
Applicants, fiscal sponsors, and lead applicants of coalitions, collaboratives or regranting strategies must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Must be located in and conduct program activities in the State of California.
- Have state federal recognition as a formal organization or entity, such as a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) and California Tax ID.
- Must not be debarred or suspended by either the State of California or the U.S. federal government.
And must meet one, or more, of the following requirements:
- Licensed, certified or otherwise qualified substance use and/or mental health disorder provider.
- Tribal organization.
- County provider, such as Behavioral Health Services.
- A 501(c)(3) community-based organization, such as Federally Qualified Health Centers, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, crisis care mobile unit programs, harm reduction service providers, recovery residences, transitional housing facilities, homeless shelters, opioid treatment programs or office-based opioid treatment providers with established and trusted community relationships.
Applicants, lead applicants of coalitions, collaboratives, regranting strategies, and proposed regranting and coalition partners, must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Mission-focused on providing behavioral services to youth, young adults and/or adults engaged in mental health or substance use services and/or providing services to unhoused individuals.
- Commitment to providing culturally relevant services and addressing social inequities.
- Trauma-informed care approach to providing services.
- Capacity to implement COVID-19 mitigation efforts which align with the CMP scope of work.
For more information, visit The Center at Sierra Health Foundation.
