Deadline: 21-Sep-22
AIDS United is now accepting pre-applications for grant support through the Harm Reduction Futures Fund.
The Harm Reduction Futures Fund invests in evidence-based and community-driven approaches to prevent the transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis, reduce injection-related injuries, increase overdose prevention and reversal efforts and connect people who use drugs to comprehensive prevention, treatment and support services.
Grant awards through this round of funding will be given to three kinds of organizations:
- Syringe services programs providing direct services.
- Harm reduction organizations supporting multiple syringe service programs providing direct services.
- Harm reduction organizations conducting community advocacy activities focused on legalizing or strengthening syringe services programs and other health interventions for PWUD at the local, state or federal levels.
Purpose
- The primary goal of the Harm Reduction Futures Fund is to provide core support for programs that demonstrate:
- An ability to provide high quality syringe and other drug user health services to one or more identified communities, and/or
- An ability to conduct local-, statewide-, or national-level policy advocacy initiatives that demonstrate concrete objectives and activities to expand access to community-based syringe distribution.
Funding Categories
- Proposals must be submitted by:
- Syringe services programs providing direct services,
- Harm reduction organizations supporting multiple syringe service programs providing direct services or
- Harm reduction organizations conducting community advocacy activities focused on legalizing or strengthening syringe services programs and other health interventions for PWUD at the local, state, and federal levels.
Funding Information
- Applicants must have a total organizational budget of less than $1,500,000.
- Grant Period – Applicants must be able to utilize the funds within a 12-month period beginning February 1, 2023 and ending January 31, 2024.
Geographic Location
- Applicants must be located and perform work within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Native American Reservations/Tribal Lands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must meet one or both of the following criteria. For Multi-Program Support, the ultimate beneficiaries of the grant must meet the criteria.
- Racial Equity – Applicant organizations led by and serving a majority of people of color.
- AIDS United is defining “BIPOC-led organizations” as those with 1) a self-identified BIPOC executive director/highest paid staff or equivalent (or 50%+ if a Co-Director/flat leadership model), 2) 51%+ self-identified BIPOC in senior leadership, and 3) 51%+ self-identified BIPOC among staff.
- AIDS United is defining “BIPOC-serving organizations” as those serving 51%+ of participants who self-identify as BIPOC
- Note: They recognize that these definitions are imperfect. They are committed to continued learning, updating their language, and being cognizant of the ways in which race and power operate.
- Areas of High Need/Low Resource – Applicants must be located and perform work within a U.S. state, district, or territory that bans the distribution of sterile drug consumption supplies or places other prohibitive restrictions on SSPs. Priority will be placed on SSPs operating in areas with low or no access to state or local resources.
- Applicants must also meet all the following criteria:
- Non-Profit Status: Applicants must be non-profit, tax-exempt organizations, per the guidelines set forth by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with proper 501(c)(3) status. Verification of this federal status will be undertaken by AIDS United before final grant decisions are made. Organizations or coalitions that do not hold 501(c)(3) status must have a fiscal sponsor that does.
- Financial Stability: Organizations should be fiscally stable and viable prior to submission of the funding application, meaning organizations should have the financial ability to operate for the duration of the grant period.
For more information, visit https://aidsunited.org/new-funding-opportunity-for-grant-support-through-the-harm-reduction-futures-fund/