(HEAP): Mini-Grants

The HEAP Mini-Grants will provide direct funding to treatment/recovery organizations and community-based organizations to better equip them to understand, engage, and address the needs of racial/ethnic minorities with OUD/STUD. This funding opportunity will be administered by Bowling Business Strategies (BBS), on behalf of DSAMH, for a five-month implementation period, from May 1, 2024, to September 29, 2024.

• HEAP CBO (up to $50,000, maximum 10 awards): This includes implementing strategies to build internal knowledge and capacity to engage constituencies at-risk for or experiencing OUD/STUD and their families, developing and enhancing referral pathways to connect individuals to OUD/STUD care, and serving as community conveners to engage community-based organizations and stakeholders to discuss and formulate community-driven strategies to address health inequities.
• HEAP TX (up to $75,000, maximum 5 awards): This includes strengthening implementation of the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards or collecting and analyzing equity-focused data to inform programming and services.