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Increasing MAT Services Within DHCS-Licensed SUD Facilities Round Three

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, is funding a third round of funding to improve access to medications for addiction treatment (MAT) services within nonprofit DHCS-licensed residential...

Medication Units RFA Round 2

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, is funding the expansion of Medication Units across the state.  This includes efforts to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)...

Funding opportunities: Tribal and Urban Indian substance use prevention, treatment and recovery

The California Department of Health Care Services, in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, announces two separate funding opportunities: Native Medications for Addiction Treatment Network for Healing and Recovery, and the Tribal and Urban Indian Community-Defined Best Practices. Both opportunities offer 24-month contracts for up to $300,000. Continue Reading Funding opportunities: Tribal and Urban Indian substance use prevention, treatment and recovery

Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Services Programs

To support the integration of opioid treatment services and other harm reduction activities into existing syringe service programs to sustain sites where opioid use disorder treatment services are available, increase the number of syringe service program participants engaged in treatment, and offer related supportive services such as case management and peer support. Continue Reading Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Services Programs

Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs and Medication Units RFA Round 2

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, is funding the expansion of Medication Units (MUs) and Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs (MNTPs) across the state. (Please note: the application...

Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs and Medication Units Funded Partners (July 2024 – October 2025)

To increase access to medications for opioid use disorder in rural areas, for individuals who have been arrested or incarcerated, for Indigenous and Native communities, for patients without transportation, and to places that do not have a narcotic treatment program near patients who need those services, through the expansion of medication units and mobile narcotic treatment programs across the state. Continue Reading Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs and Medication Units Funded Partners (July 2024 – October 2025)