Funding for Recovery Equity and Expansion (FREE)

Gavin Posey
gposey@healthy-ky.org
502.326.2583

This opportunity offers funding to connect individuals in Kentucky to substance use treatment services and recovery supports and/or to reduce the stigma around accessing life-saving interventions.

This grant will fund projects that:

• Utilize a trauma-informed and resilience-oriented care approach to reduce premature death of Kentuckians at high-risk for overdose
• Provide evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to Kentuckians at high-risk for overdose
• Strengthen treatment and prevention infrastructure through collaborative projects centering communities significantly impacted by the overdose epidemic

Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting outreach and relationship building
• Reducing stigma through marketing, storytelling, or community events
• Building coalitions among service providers
• Increasing public knowledge of and reducing stigma toward:
  • Overdose prevention and life-saving interventions
  • Evidence-based treatment and recovery supports, including FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)
  • Multiple paths to recovery

Nonprofits supporting Kentuckians are eligible. Priority will be given to grass-roots organizations providing services in communities disproportionally impacted by the overdose epidemic.

Award amount: $50,000
Project period: 12 months (January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026)
Estimated number of awards: 10

A link to the application is available on the program website. Email the completed application to Gavin Posey.