Youth and Community Violence Prevention Action Teams
Apply now for the Youth and Community Violence Prevention Action Teams (VPAT) program. Through this funding and technical assistance opportunity, NACCHO will provide up to $50,000 each for a maximum of 6 awardee teams. NACCHO, NLC, and other partners will provide technical assistance.
This funding opportunity is open to jurisdictions with high rates of youth and community violence – particularly firearm homicide – disproportionately affecting communities of color, looking to support multisector violence prevention efforts by forming Youth and Community Violence Prevention Action Teams.
Applications are due no later than 5:00 PM ET on Friday, December 5.
Substance Use Prevention, Adverse Childhood Experiences Reduction, & Capacity-Building (SPARC) Project
Closes Friday, November 22 at 5:00 PM ET
This planning grant includes training and funding for agencies and organizations working with systems-impacted families and/or families impacted by substance use. These families interact with formal systems such as child protective services, the justice system, social services, or programs addressing basic needs insecurities (e.g., WIC, SNAP, housing assistance) for support, intervention, or oversight.
Expanding Community-Based Suicide Prevention (ECSP) Project
Closes Friday, November 22 at 5:00 PM ET
ESCP is a two-pronged project that aims to strengthen the capacity of local health departments and their community partners to reduce suicides among disproportionately affected populations by supporting local health departments in two distinct stages of community-based suicide prevention work. Local health departments are invited to apply to one of two project tracks depending on their jurisdiction’s needs.
Reimagining Health and Public Safety Overdose Initiatives (RHAPSODI)
Closes Tuesday, December 3 at 5:00 PM ET
This supports the integration of public health and harm reduction practices into public safety settings. This initiative, backed by the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) – a collaboration between the CDC and ONDCP’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program – aims to reduce overdose deaths at local, state, and regional levels