Community Driven Responses to Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Mortality Grant

Community-Driven Responses to Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Mortality 2025

Grants supporting community-based organizations’ capacity to address opioid use disorder and overdose mortality through work such as organizational strengthening, program development, and community partnerships. Funding is for specific activities or projects designed to strengthen an organization’s operations, leadership, technology, programmatic, and administrative capacity.

III. Funding Opportunity

This RFP will focus on continuing to support CBO capacity to address OUD and overdose through organizational strengthening, program development, and community partnerships. FORE will provide support for requests that lead to greater capacity for and expected sustainability of initiatives that reduce the burden of OUD and overdose in local communities. Funding is for specific activities or projects designed to strengthen an organization’s operations, leadership, technology, programmatic, and/or administrative capacity. Applicants will advocate for what they need to be successful and the results they aim to achieve. Requests may include one or more of the following, or may propose other activities:

• Enhance Operational Effectiveness to improve productivity and organizational functioning in areas such as administration, finance, human resources, and technology to plan for longer-term sustainability and diversified funding.
  • (E.g. Conduct internal policy assessment and develop new financial management and reporting systems to enhance ability to pursue new funding sources.)
• Strengthen Communication efforts to raise awareness about an organization’s mission and attract attention and resources to the organization.
  • (E.g. Develop and implement a communications plan or community training program to reduce stigma and increase awareness of local OUD and overdose prevention resources.)
• Strengthen and Evaluate Programming to enhance access and delivery of evidencebased OUD services to more individuals and families in their communities.
  • (E.g. Hire community health workers, peer support specialists, or outreach staff and evaluate community impact of programs.)
• Foster Collaborations with a broader range of allies – education, workforce, criminal justice and specialty courts, primary and behavioral healthcare – to strengthen community engagement that results in stronger and expanded services.
  • (E.g. Establish a new partnership to establish peer recovery or harm reduction support services in new community settings such as hospitals or family courts.)

Eligibility

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