Grant applications open to nonprofits that work with substance-use disorder and mental health in underserved communities

The Funding for Recovery Equity and Expansion program, dubbed FREE II, will provide at least 10 grants in the amount of $50,000 to nonprofit organizations, with priority given to grass-roots organizations, Black-led organizations and organizations that primarily work in minoritized, under-resourced and BIPOC communities. BIPOC stands for Black, indigenous and people of color.

Among other things, the program aims to fund projects that work toward expanding services and programing for substance use recovery and mental health support in marginalized communities and to reduce the stigma associated with assessing evidence-based interventions that support substance use recovery and mental health.

“With this project, we aim to reduce overdose deaths and increase the overall well-being of these historically under-resourced Kentucky communities,” says the release.

This program is in partnership with the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort and the Kentucky Department for Health and Family Services.

According to the website, the collaboration will only fund projects that:

Go to healthy-ky.org/free-program to learn more  about the program and to access the application.