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California Funding & Opportunities

California Behavioral Health Scholarship Program
Scholarship to California students pursuing education or training to become behavioral health practitioners in exchange for working in a medically underserved area of California upon graduation.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: May 24, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Union Pacific Foundation Community Ties Giving Program: Local Grants
Grants to nonprofits to support direct services and capacity building efforts aimed at improving the quality of life in communities served by Union Pacific in the areas of safety, workforce development, community vitality, and environmental sustainability. Special emphasis is given to programs and organizations that advance the diversity, equity, and inclusion of underserved populations in target communities. Rural communities are a priority.
Geographic coverage: Communities in 23 states served by Union Pacific
Application Deadline: May 31, 2024
Sponsor: Union Pacific Foundation
Physical and Digital Infrastructure Security Grant (DF) Program For Health Care Facilities in California
Funding for physical facility and digital security enhancements to facilities providing reproductive healthcare services throughout California that may be the target of violence and vandalism. Priority is given to practitioners serving socially vulnerable populations that include rural areas and areas with a lack of access to reproductive healthcare services, among others.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jun 4, 2024
Sponsor: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Physical and Digital Infrastructure Security Grant (DP) Program for Health Care Practitioners in California
Funding for physical facility and digital security enhancements to practitioners providing reproductive healthcare services throughout California that may be the target of violence and vandalism. Priority is given to practitioners serving socially vulnerable populations that include rural areas and areas with a lack of access to reproductive healthcare services, among others.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jun 4, 2024
Sponsor: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
California Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Tribal Entities Program
Funding for tribal entities in California to operate bridge housing. Housing should address the immediate housing needs of people experiencing homelessness who have serious behavioral health conditions, including serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorder (SUD).
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jun 19, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Services
California Tribal Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (Tribal HHAP) Grant
Flexible funding for California tribal communities to meet their unique goals to prevent and end homelessness.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2024
Sponsor: California Interagency Council on Homelessness
National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grants for Housing Services
Funding to facilitate the delivery of housing solutions that are responsive to the needs of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. Projects should work to meet immediate and near-term needs to address homelessness, prevent homelessness, and improve safety and sanitary standards of existing housing.
Geographic coverage: California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, and Washington
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2024
Sponsors: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund
Funds programs that work in the areas of affordable housing and shelter, education and youth development, environmental stewardship, workforce, and human services within the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation service area.
Geographic coverage: Available in specific areas in 25 states. See the "Where We Give" section of the program website for details.
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Sponsor: Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
California Tribal Homekey Program
Funding to sustain and rapidly expand housing for households experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and who are impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants are focused on tribal households in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Housing and Community Development
American Connection Corps
A 1-year fellowship program that trains and mobilizes leaders to work in rural and emerging communities to coordinate broadband development and digital inclusion.
Geographic coverage: Available in 30 states.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: AmeriCorps, Lead for America

Last Updated: 5/3/2024