California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Center for Healthy Communities (CHC), Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch (SAPB) Request for Application (RFA) #23-10573 – Fentanyl Overdose Prevention Grant​

​Purpose:

The CDPH SAPB Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) is seeking applications from local health jurisdictions, community-based organizations, or a combi​nation therein, to implement evidence-based and community-driven public health interventions for preventing overdose from fentanyl and other opioids. The purpose of this RFA is to increase local efforts in education, testing, recovery, and support services while focusing on closing gaps related to access to care and services to reduce health inequities for populations at greatest risk for overdose.

Six (6), one-time grants will be awarded as part of this pilot, allocated by region: two in Northern California, two in Central California, and two in Southern California. 

Funding: 

Funding for this application is provided from the Opioid Settlements Fund (Fun​​d 3397) per the requirements of Assembly Bill 2365, Patterson (Chapter 783, Statutes of 2022).

Grantees will be awarded a total of up to $1,281,000 per grantee over the three-year period beginning in January 2024. Actual amounts awarded may vary, based on the scale of the population served (accounting for geographic reach and population size) and the scope of the project identified by grantees. Funding is contingent upon available revenues and continued appropriation.