Elevate Youth California: Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention: Standard Track

elevateyouthca@shfcenter.org

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation will provide grants to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems, and environmental change among California youth ages 12-26. Populations of focus are low-income, rural and/or urban racial, ethnic, and cultural communities disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs.

Awardees are expected to:

• Support youth engagement that focuses on youth activism, specifically in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs
• Possess cultural humility and responsiveness with staff and organizational leadership who reflect the racial, ethnic, and cultural community they intend to serve
• Prioritize harm reduction and public health solutions that focus on positive messages to prevent substance use disorder
• Develop culturally and linguistically appropriate social justice youth development, peer-to-peer support and mentoring programs that are healing-centered, trauma-informed, and focused on youth ages 12-26
• Utilize an intersectional approach to health equity through policy, systems and environmental change

A detailed list of project examples is provided in the application instructions.

Eligible applicants in California include:

• 501(c)(3) community-based organizations
• Tribal organizations
• Coalitions and collaboratives

Specific eligibility requirements are provided in the application instructions.

Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Project period: 3 years

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application are available on the program website when applications are being accepted.