Funding for Recovery Engagement and Expansion is dedicated to reduce overdose deaths and increase the overall well-being of Kentuckians by expanding outreach and engagement activities in communities significantly impacted by the overdose epidemic.
Donor Name: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
State: Kentucky
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
FREE’s mission is to connect individuals to substance use treatment services and recovery supports and/or to reduce the stigma around accessing life-saving interventions.
This program is a partnership with the Kentucky Overdose Response Effort within the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
This collaboration will only fund projects that:
- Utilize a trauma-informed and resilience-oriented care approach to reduce premature death of Kentuckians at high-risk for overdose.
- Provide evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to Kentuckians at high-risk for overdose.
- Strengthen treatment and prevention infrastructure through collaborative projects centering communities significantly impacted by the overdose epidemic.
Funding Information
- Grass-roots organizations providing services in communities disproportionally impacted by the overdose epidemic will be prioritized.
- At least 10 grants will be awarded, each in the amount of $50,000.
- All funded activities must take place within the grant period, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities under this grant include, but are not limited to:
- Conducting outreach and relationship building
- Reducing stigma through marketing, storytelling, or community events
- Building coalitions among service providers
- Increasing public knowledge of and reducing stigma toward:
- Overdose prevention and life-saving interventions (e.g., naloxone and drug test strip distribution)
- Evidence-based treatment and recovery supports, including FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)
- Multiple paths to recovery.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit Organizations are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Foundation For a Healthy Kentucky.
