The Health Resources in Action (HRiA) is offering grants to build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) serving marginalized youth, particularly youth of color and/or LGBTQ+ individuals, who face significant behavioral health disparities.
Donor Name: Health Resources in Action (HRiA)
State: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Health Resources in Action (HRiA), a Boston-based non-profit working to improve and reimagine public health, is partnering with the Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness on this initiative.
A 16-hour Training-of-Trainers (ToT) provided by HRiA over four 4-hour sessions delivered to a cohort of youth serving staff to become Behavioral Health Champions (BHCs) at their organizations. Each organization can send up to two staff to become BHCs. HRiA will coordinate a time that is most conducive to participants. The topics tentatively covered at this ToT are:
- Building Collective Resiliency in Youth: Culturally Responsive Strategies for Supporting Mental Health
- Trauma-Informed and Healing Centered Practices in Youth Programs and Communities
- Substance Use and Harm Reduction and its Connection to Mental Health
- Mental Health Support Strategies.
Funding Information
A maximum stipend of $5000 per organization, broken down as follows:
- $1500 stipend per staff (up to 2) who attends the 16-hour BHC ToT. They encourage sending two staff, however, one can suffice.
- $1000 stipend for each six-hour Mental Health 101 training (up to 2) that the CBO offers to their staff, volunteers and/or community partners on mental health topics sourced from the 16-hour HRiA provided training.
Eligibility Criteria
This capacity-building opportunity is available to Boston’s youth-serving CBOs that meet the following criteria:
- Serves 14-18 year old youth consistently (at least weekly) with dedicated programming provided on an ongoing basis (programming has been in place for at least one full year)
- Mission of organization is consistent with BPHC overall mission and vision
- Are based in Boston
- Serve youth who reside in Boston
- Serve youth of color and/or LGBTQ+ youth
- Staff reflect the identities of the youth served
- Have demonstrated histories of trust and high regard by youth and the communities in which they are situated
- Not clinical in nature i.e., does not provide behavioral or mental health services as its main objective or outcome
- The following are ineligible for this opportunity:
- Schools
- Health centers and/or hospitals
- For-profit organizations.
For more information, visit HRiA.
