Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

Arizona State Opioid Response Request for Grant Applications Announcement

August 6, 2019

PHOENIX — Applications for the Arizona State Opioid Response Grant Program (RFGA#: SOR-DSG-19-080119-00) are now being accepted. More than $1.2 million will be awarded to programs throughout Arizona that have the capacity to support the full implementation of the Arizona Rx Drug Toolkit in their communities. The full implementation of the Arizona Rx Drug Toolkit would include program development related to each of the toolkit's five strategies. The grant, with a maximum annual award of $150,000 per grantee, is renewable for up to two years.

The grant application will close at 5 p.m. (MT) on September 18, 2019. The Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family invites grant applications from Arizona entities that include Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organizations; Local, county based substance abuse prevention coalitions, Arizona Tribal Nations, Tribal Coalitions and Tribal Communities; and any partnership with those organizations (an Arizona fiscal agent must be designated).

Access to solicitation documents requires a free eCivis account. A pre-conference information session is scheduled for Thursday, August 22, 2019 from 10-11 am at the Arizona State Capitol, Executive Tower, 1700 West Washington Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Attendees also can access the session by calling 1.877.820.7831 and using passcode 269095.

For additional assistance regarding this opportunity, please contact Procurement Manager Sarah Bean at [email protected].

For more information and to apply, click here.

About the Arizona State Opioid Response Grant

Funding is made available by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the State Opioid Response Grant, which was provided to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Award number YH19-0063 was provided to the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family by AHCCCS. The funding is subject to SAMHSA’s Terms and Conditions. The C.F.D.A. number is 93.788. This SOR prevention project has been strategically chosen as a new activity to supplement current Center for Disease Control and Prevention funded activities, current Substance Abuse Block Grant prevention activities, and those funded by Drug Free Communities.