Opioid Response - Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention and Education for Communities of Color (CA) Grant

The Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention and Education for Communities of Color program aims to combat the disproportionate impact of substance use crises on BIPOC communities in California. This funding opportunity encourages culturally responsive outreach and education, while addressing systemic barriers to treatment. Organizations can apply for up to $400,000 for activities over 24 months, fostering health equity and strengthening treatment pathways for opioid and stimulant use disorders.

Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention and Education for Communities of Color
Program Overview
This funding opportunity will support programs addressing opioid use, stimulant use and polysubstance use in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities, which have been disproportionately impacted by the opioid and StUD crises, 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.
It is important for partners to recognize and be responsive to the historical and ongoing trauma, systemic racism and criminalization that BIPOC communities have faced. This trauma is perpetuated by the lack of investment in community-based prevention, intervention and treatment access, especially for culturally responsive, healing-centered and trauma-informed approaches, and through ongoing stigma related to seeking SUD treatment in American culture. Being mindful of this history while creating culturally and linguistically appropriate programming and materials is vitally important in this work.
The goals of the Opioid and StUD Prevention and Education for Communities of Color funding opportunity are to support community awareness, outreach and education addressing opioids and stimulants, as well as polysubstance use, and to strengthen referral pathways to care and treatment services, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), in BIPOC communities across the state.
We invite 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.
Funding
Applicants may apply for up to $400,000 to support activities over the 24-month contract period.