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We know that identifying and applying for funding and grant opportunities can be overwhelming. We’re here to help you navigate the process. Get started by exploring the funding resources and opportunities below, or request a meeting with our team today.
Grant Guide
Our Comprehensive Grant Guide is packed with valuable funding opportunities, practical application tips, and proven best practices designed to support you every step of the way. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to strengthen your approach, this guide provides the tools and insights you need to confidently pursue and secure funding.
Case Studies
Outreach Support
Designed to help organizations meet funding requirements, the Deterra Household Mailer Program is a turnkey prevention initiative that expands safe drug disposal access and reduces diversion risk to protect communities and the environment.
”Once we realized the effectiveness [of the Deterra Pouch,] we started to have our grant writer explore grants. We were fortunate enough to be awarded a national grant to help us pay for all of the Deterra bags.”
–Detective Brian Melchi
Current Funding Opportunities
With over $50 billion in opioid settlement funds available nationwide, states and counties have a powerful opportunity to address the crisis. Request a meeting to learn more about how you can start making Deterra a part of your prevention program with settlement funds, federal and state grants, or hospital benefit dollars.
Past Funding Opportunities
Although some of the opportunities listed below may be offered again in future fiscal years, keep in mind that the requirements may change. We recommend reviewing each opportunity’s solicitation to learn more about the program and the application process.
American Rescue Plan Fiscal Recovery Funds
The American Rescue Plan will deliver $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial and tribal governments to respond to the Covid-19 emergency. Funds can address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed to the unequal impact of the pandemic. This includes:
- Areas that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 which include drug overdoses.
- Mental health treatment, substance misuse treatment, other behavioral health services, hotlines or warmlines, crisis intervention, overdose prevention.
SAMHSA State Opioid Response Grants
The purpose of this program is to address the opioid overdose crisis by providing resources to states and territories for increasing access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD), and for supporting the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and other concurrent substance use disorders. The SOR program also supports the continuum of care for stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine and methamphetamine. The SOR program aims to help reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid-related overdose deaths across America. Eligibility was limited to Single State Agencies and territories.
SAMHSA Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Grants
The purpose of the TOR program is to assist in addressing the overdose crisis in Tribal communities by increasing access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD), and supporting the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and co-occurring substance use disorders. The TOR program also supports the full continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery support services for stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine and methamphetamine. Eligibility is limited to federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native Tribe or tribal organizations. Tribes and tribal organizations may apply individually, as a consortium, or in partnership with an Urban Indian Organizations.
SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs
The purpose of the SPF Rx grant program is to provide resources to help prevent and address prescription drug misuse within a State or locality. The program is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of sharing medications as well as the risks of fake or counterfeit pills purchased over social media or other unknown sources, and work with pharmaceutical and medical communities on the risks of overprescribing. Whether addressed at the state level or by an informed community-based organization, the SPF Rx program will raise community awareness and bring prescription substance misuse prevention activities and education to schools, communities, parents, prescribers, and their patients. In addition, grant recipients will be required to track reductions in opioid related overdoses and incorporate relevant prescription and overdose data into strategic planning and future programming. Eligible applicants were domestic public and private non-profit entities.
SAMHSA Harm Reduction Program Grant
The purpose of the program is to support community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction services. Funding will be used to enhance overdose and other types of prevention activities to help control the spread of infectious diseases and the consequences of such diseases for individuals with, or at risk of developing substance use disorders (SUD), support distribution of FDA-approved overdose reversal medication to individuals at risk of overdose, build connections for individuals at risk for, or with, a SUD to overdose education, counseling, and health education, refer individuals to treatment for infectious diseases such as HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIS), and viral hepatitis, and encourage such individuals to take steps to reduce the negative personal and public health impacts of substance use or misuse. This will include supporting capacity development to strengthen harm reduction programs as part of the continuum of care. recipients will also establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for referral to appropriate treatment and recovery support services. Grantees will also provide overdose prevention education to their target populations regarding the consumption of substances including but not limited to opioids and their synthetic analogs. Funds may also be used to purchase equipment and supplies to enhance harm reduction efforts, such as medication disposal kits. Eligible applicants were States; local, Tribal, and territorial governments; Tribal organizations; non-profit community-based organizations; and primary and behavioral health organizations.
HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response
Deadline: 1/19/2023
Eligibility: All domestic public or private, non-profit, or for-profit entities, including community-based organizations, federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, state, local and territorial governments, and institutions of higher education.
Geographic Focus: Rural-designated areas- Delivery of all services supported by RCORP-Overdose Response program must exclusively occur in HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts, as defined by the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. Within partially rural counties, services supported by this award may only be delivered within HRSA-designated rural census tracts, except as noted below. If applicants do not clearly describe an exclusively rural service area and/or list any non-HRSA-designated rural counties and census tracts, the application will be deemed non-responsive.
Overview: The purpose of this program is to support immediate responses to the overdose crisis in rural areas through improving access, to, capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorder (SUD). Over the course of a one-year period of performance, RCORP-Overdose Response recipients will address immediate needs in rural areas through improving access to, capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment and recovery services for substance use disorder (SUD).
Number of Expected Awards: 40
Award Range: Up to $300,000 per award
BJA Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program
Deadline: 3/28/2023
Overview: This program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to respond to substance use and misuse; reduce overdose deaths; promote public safety; and support access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system.
Eligibility: Applicants may apply in one of two categories:
Category 1: Local Applicants.
City or township governments
County governments
Other city, township or county governments in rural areas
Federally recognized tribal governments
Category 2: State Applicants.
Units of state governments (ex. state alcohol and substance use agency)
Number of Expected Awards: 72
Award Range:
Urban area or large county: up to $1.6 million
Suburban area or medium-sized county: up to $1.3 million
Rural areas and tribal governments: up to $1 million
State agencies: up to $7 million
SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for States
Deadline: 6/5/2023
Overview: The purpose of the SPF-PFS program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of state and community substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services.
Eligibility: U.S. States, U.S. Territories, Pacific Jurisdictions, and the District of Columbia
Number of Expected Awards: 14
Award Range: Up to $1.25 million per award
OneOhio Recovery Foundation Regional Grants
Deadline: 5/3/2024
Overview: $51 million in funding is available for evidence-based strategies that align with the Ohio Abatement Strategies for prevention, treatment, recovery, and the abatement of substance use and co-occurring disorders. Applications are due May 3. Register now.
Eligibility: Nonprofits, for-profit entities, and government entities within each of the 19 OneOhio Regions. Individuals are not eligible to apply.