California Funding & Opportunities

California Substance Use Disorder Earn and Learn Program Inactive
Funding for organizations in California to provide education and paid job experience for students earning their substance use disorder certification. Awardees are expected to recruit and support students from underserved communities and focus on serving clients from underserved communities, which includes rural areas and Native American Rancherias, among others.

California Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program Grants Inactive
Grants to help local educational agencies in California develop and implement effective tobacco prevention and education programs for students in grades 6-12. The Department of Education intends to balance the number of applications between urban and rural areas.

Elevate Youth California: Supporting Capacity Building for Community Organizations Working in Substance Use Disorder Prevention Inactive
Grants to strengthen the capacity of emerging grassroots community-based organizations and tribal organizations in California to use innovative practices for substance use disorder prevention among youth ages 12-26. Populations of focus are low-income, rural and/or urban racial, ethnic, and cultural communities disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs.

California Youth Opioid Response Grants Inactive
Grants to increase access to quality services for youth and young adults (ages 12-14) in California with opioid and/or stimulant use disorders.

Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program for Federally-Recognized Tribes in California Inactive
Grants to contribute to the capacity of federally-recognized tribes in California to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made emergencies and disasters.

California Domestic Violence Mobile Health Care Services Program Inactive
Funding to provide domestic violence victims/survivors and their children in California access to COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and primary healthcare through weekly mobile healthcare visits.

California Community-Based Organization Behavioral Health Workforce Grant Inactive
Funding to support community-based organizations (CBOs) to recruit and retain behavioral health personnel, and provide loan repayments, scholarships, and stipends to paid and unpaid CBO behavioral health staff. Priority points will be given to applicants with program site(s) in rural and/or frontier communities.

California Drinking Water for Schools Program Inactive
Grants and technical assistance for projects that improve drinking water quality and access on public school campuses and school-sponsored childcare facilities in small and disadvantaged communities in California with a current water quality or access impairment.

California Connected Care Accelerator Initiative - Equity Collaborative Inactive
Grants for California safety net organizations to participate in a 13-month learning collaborative to rapidly design, test, scale, and share new strategies to improve equity in access to telehealth for populations experiencing disparities.

California Rural Recreation and Tourism Program Inactive
Grants to create new recreation opportunities within rural communities of California to support health and economic goals.