By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
The third round of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grants to connect individuals to substance use treatment services and recovery supports and/or to reduce the stigma around accessing life-saving interventions is open through Dec. 5.
The Funding for Recovery Engagement and Expansion, dubbed FREE III, will provide at least 10 grants in the amount of $50,000.
The grant program “aims to reduce overdose deaths and increase the overall well-being of Kentuckians by expanding outreach and engagement activities in communities significantly impacted by the overdose epidemic,” according to a news release.
This project is supported by the Kentucky Overdose Response Effort via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
According to the website, the collaboration will only 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.
Go to healthy-ky.org/free-program to learn more about the program and to access the application.
