Past Funding Opportunities

Browse the requests for applications (RFAs) below to learn more about past behavioral health funding opportunities funded by the California Department of Health Care Services.

Closed Applications

Request for Applications (RFA): California Hub and Spoke System

Due: Nov 22, 2024

Application deadline is November 22, 2024. DHCS has released an RFA to solicit applications from eligible organizations to participate in the California Hub and Spoke System (CA H&SS). Eligible organizations must have at least two years of experience prov …

Request for Applications (RFA): California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN)

Due: Dec 6, 2024

On October 22, 2024, DHCS will release a RFA to solicit applications from California local overdose prevention coalitions to reduce overdose deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other drugs through implementation of overdose prevention, treatme …

Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs and Medication Units

Due: Feb 26, 2024

This 18-month contract will be for up to $400,000 for Mobile Units and $1,000,000 for Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs.

Funding Opportunity for Licensed Facilities to Increase MAT Services

Due: Nov 14, 2023

DHCS is announcing a second round of funding to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services within nonprofit DHCS-licensed substance use disorder (SUD) facilities.

Health Equity In Access To Behavioral Health Recovery Services (HEAR US) Phase 2

Due: Sep 19, 2023

Due Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 5 p.m. PST The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to support California non-profit organizations to expand access and utilization of behavioral health recovery …

California To Invest An Additional $41 Million In Youth Substance Use Prevention

Due: Aug 28, 2023

SACRAMENTO – The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has made more than $41 million in grant funding available to tribal and community-based organizations to expand youth substance use prevention programs. Organizations can apply for grants up to $1 …

Tribal Local Opioid Coalitions (TLOC) Project: Bringing Tribal Communities Together to Prevent Opioid-Related Deaths

Due: May 16, 2023

DHCS released an RFA to solicit applications from Tribal Health Programs, Tribes, or Tribal Organizations within California to increase access to treatment, reduce unmet treatment needs, reduce opioid overdose-related deaths through prevention and treatme …

Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention and Education in Communities of Color

Due: May 15, 2023

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, has $12 million in funding available to support prevention and education activities. Organizations may apply for up to $250,000 to suppor …

Opioid Use and Stimulant Use Education and Outreach in 2S/LGBTQ+ Communities

Due: May 8, 2023

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, has $5 million in funding to support focused outreach activities. Organizations may apply for up to $200,000 to implement and strengthen …

Increasing MAT Services within DHCS-licensed Substance Use Disorder Facilities

Due: Mar 15, 2023

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center, is pleased to announce a funding opportunity to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services within nonprofit DHCS-licensed substance use disorder …

California Native Medications for Addiction Treatment Network for Healing and Recovery

Due: Mar 6, 2023

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to meet the opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorder (SUD) needs of California’s tribal and urban Indian communities. Through this California Native Me …

Tribal and Urban Indian Community-Defined Best Practices Program

Due: Mar 8, 2023

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to meet the opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorder (SUD) needs of California’s tribal and urban Indian communities. A component of the Tribal Medicat …

Youth Opioid Response California 3 (YOR CA 3) RFA Released

Due: Jan 19, 2023

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to strengthen capacity and access to prevention, treatment, and recovery services, as well as access points to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), for youth (ages …

Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Service Programs RFA

Due: Dec 19, 2022

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has released a request for applications (RFA) to support syringe service programs (SSP) to implement projects offering low-barrier access to treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), as well as related supportiv …

California Hub and Spoke System RFA Announcement

Due: Nov 30, 2022

DHCS has released a request for applications (RFA) for the California Hub and Spoke System (CA H&SS), which aims to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for marginalized populations; improve MAT provider infrastructure and expand serv …

Addiction Treatment Starts Here (ATSH): Learning Network

Due: Dec 12, 2022

The ATSH Learning Network is a 15-month learning opportunity that offers continued support to alumni of the Center for Care Innovations’ (CCI) previous addiction treatment learning collaboratives – Treating Addiction in the Primary Care Safety Net and Add …

Addiction Treatment Starts Here (ATSH): Equity-Centered Community Learning Collaborative

Due: Dec 12, 2022

The ATSH Equity-Centered Community Learning Collaborative is for health center sites with established medication for addiction treatment (MAT) programs. Up to 20 California health center sites will be selected to participate in this 16-month program, whic …

DUI MAT Integration/Outreach Project RFA

Due: Nov 22, 2022

The DUI MAT Integration/Outreach Project works to create new opioid use disorder and polysubstance use disorder treatment access points through integration with DUI Programs across California. The California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP) i …

Opioid Use and Stimulant Use Prevention and Recovery Services in the LGBTQ2S+ Community

Due: Jan 28, 2022

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is using available federal grant funding for a prevention and recovery services project for LGBTQ2S+ communities throughout California. Funding is available for LGBTQ2S+ organizations to develop or …

Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) County and Tribal Planning Grant

Due: Nov 30, 2021

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is pleased to announce the release of the Request for Applications (RFA) for its Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) County and Tribal Planning Grant, which will help county a …

Crisis Care Mobile Units Program

Due: Aug 23, 2021

DHCS is releasing a funding opportunity to solicit responses from California county or city behavioral health agencies, or joint applications of city or county behavioral health agencies to support and expand behavioral health mobile crisis and non-crisis …

Peer Workforce Investment

Due: Jul 2, 2021

The Peer Workforce Investment (PWI) Request for Applications (RFA) was released on June 3, 2021, to expand behavioral health peer-run programs. Grants will be awarded to: Expand peer-run behavioral health program staffing and capacity to assist people; El …

Stimulant Use Prevention and Treatment in Communities of Color

Due: May 14, 2021

This funding opportunity is part of the California MAT Access Points Project. The MAT Access Points Project funds organizations throughout California to address opioid and stimulant use disorder by supporting and expanding prevention, education, stigma re …