Youth Substance Use Prevention Program: Incubator and Capacity Building (Stream 1) – Canada

Deadline: 15-Jan-24

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has launched the Youth Substance Use Prevention Program to promote overall health and well-being, and prevent substance use harms among youth.

The Program aims to:

• build capacity in communities to implement an upstream youth substance use prevention model that follows the guiding principles and key steps of the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM)
• support the Canadian implementation of the IPM
• support the subsequent knowledge development and exchange based on the evaluation of the IPM in the Canadian context

This Call for Proposals (CFP) is only for Stream 1, the Incubator and Capacity Building Stream, of the Program. It is focused on supporting communities with building their capacity to implement the IPM.

Stream 1: Incubator and Capacity Building

• This Stream of funding is part of this solicitation. It will support the funding recipient to adapt and implement an upstream prevention model that follows the first 3 steps of the IPM:
  • Step 1: Local Coalition Identification, Development and Capacity Building
  • Step 2: Local Funding Identification, Development and Capacity Building
  • Step 3: Pre-Data Collection Planning and Community Engagement

Objectives

• The objectives of Stream 1 funding are:
  • Capacity building
    • Funding recipients build organizational capacity at the community or local level to support upstream substance use prevention among youth
    • Capacity-building activities may include, but are not limited to:
      • development of project networks, coalitions and partnerships
      • community-based knowledge dissemination and synthesis
      • mobilization activities such as community and school meetings
      • preparation for the collection and analysis of local data
  • Health equity
    • Funding recipients develop an understanding of how to adapt the IPM to reach youth populations in their community disproportionately impacted by substance use, such as:
      • Indigenous, Black and other racialized populations
      • other priority populations, such as:
        • 2SLGBTQIA+ people
        • women or girls
        • youth who identify as women or girls
  • Partnership
    • Funding recipients develop a partnership with Planet Youth and the Knowledge Development and Exchange Hub to support the implementation and adaptation of the IPM at the community or local level

Funding Information

• Applicants may request a maximum of $125,000 of funding. Funds will be issued by PHAC in the form of grants in March 2024. Funds should be used over a period of up to 18 months (that is, up to August 2025).

Eligible Activities

• Capacity-building activities under Stream 1 may include:
  • identification and development of project networks, coalitions, or partnerships
  • community-based knowledge dissemination and synthesis
  • mobilization activities, such as community and school meetings
  • preparation for the collection and analysis of local data
  • identification of existing and new funding resources to support the implementation of steps 4 to 10 of the IPM
• Recipients under the Incubator and Capacity Building Stream are expected to complete the first 3 steps of the IPM over the 18 month funding period.

Eligibility Criteria

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations and unincorporated groups, societies, and coalitions involved in delivering programs or initiatives to teens or youth at the community or local level
• Regional and municipal governments and their agencies involved in the delivery of programs or initiatives to teens or youth at the community or local level
• In addition, organizations must be committed to working directly with both the KDE Hub and Planet Youth
  • This includes the payment of contractor fees to Planet Youth personnel in the amount of $29,260
• Priority given to:
  • Organizations or agencies who have experience engaging with educational communities and schools
  • Includes organizations with a demonstrated partnership with a school board
  • Organizations or agencies with a mandate or mission related to youth substance use prevention

Ineligible

• Organizations who have already signed on with Planet Youth are not eligible for this Stream of funding. A solicitation for Stream 2 will be issued by PHAC in Spring 2024. A targeted group of organizations will be invited to apply for Stream 2. These applicants will include organizations that are already engaged with Planet Youth, and who have completed the first 3 steps of the IPM.

For more information, visit Public Health Agency of Canada.