The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking applications for its Shaping a Healthy and Inclusive Future Together Grant Program.
Donor Name: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
State: Kentucky
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal is to SHIFT the fragmented communities of Kentucky into communities with a culture of inclusion for individuals engaging in substance use and/ or experiencing chemical dependence.
The foundation is requesting proposals for support specifically from these organizations to further integrate harm reduction programing into the communities and help them build a Kentucky that is healthy, inclusive, and connected. 
Project examples include: 

Integrating naloxone, safe use kits, syringe exchanges, or testing strips distribution to programing 
Community organizing and advocacy activities that give a voice to individuals with the lived experience of systemic oppression and state-sanctioned violence as a result of the War on Drugs • Stigma reduction trainings that help the public understand and articulate the importance of harm reduction models 
Developing a coalition of local businesses who will provide free harm reduction supplies at their establishments 
Building organizational partnerships and codifying referral protocol with providers of medications to treat substance use disorder 
Creating goals and guidelines to fill staff positions outside of the recovery community with trained peer support professionals 
Designing and providing culture of acceptance programing with mainstream program participants 
Creation of a mail-based harm reduction supplies distribution system 
Building advocacy capacity through story collection and story telling

Funding Information
The SHIFT program will provide 10-15 grants totaling either $10,000 to pilot new programing or $50,000 to support on-going harm reduction and racial equity work.
Eligibility Criteria

Applicant is a community-based organization that primarily serves under-resourced communities of color.
Applicant’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is reflected via BIPOC leadership within their staff and board of directors.
Applicant is located in and provides services in the state of Kentucky.
Applicant does not mandate sobriety in order for individuals to receive services.

Outcomes of the grant must include one of the following:

The introduction of a harm reduction service modality into mainstream services.
The increased inclusion of people who use substances into mainstream services.

For more information, visit Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.