Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Services Programs
FUNDING AWARDS September 30, 2024 – September 29, 2027 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,...
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.
Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs and Medication Units RFA
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, is funding the expansion of Medication Units and Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs across the state. This includes efforts to increase access to...
Funding opportunities: Increasing MAT Services within DHCS-licensed SUD Facilities Round 2
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, is announcing a second round of funding to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services within nonprofit DHCS-licensed substance use...
Funding opportunity: Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Prevention and Education in Communities of Color
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 support programs...
Funding opportunity: Opioid Use and Stimulant Use Education and Outreach in 2S/LGBTQ+ Communities
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 opioid use...
Funding opportunities: Increasing MAT Services within DHCS-licensed SUD Facilities
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with The Center, announced a funding opportunity to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services within nonprofit DHCS-licensed substance use disorder (SUD) facilities....
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, announced two separate grant opportunities: California Native Medications for Addiction Treatment Network for Healing and Recovery, and California Tribal and...
Funding opportunity: Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Service Programs
The California Department of Health Care Services is utilizing available federal grant funding to support syringe service programs to implement projects offering low-barrier access to treatment of opioid use disorder, as well as related supportive services such as...
Recovering a Generation
MAT Access Points Project funded partner Hmong Youth and Parents United (HYPU) in Sacramento produced a powerful documentary titled Recovering a Generation, which looks at the Hmong community’s history with opium and the impact it has had. View the documentary on...
Funding opportunity: Opioid Use and Stimulant Use Prevention and Recovery Services in the 2S/LGBTQ+ Community
The California Department of Health Care Services is using available federal grant funding for a prevention and recovery services project for 2S/LGBTQ+ communities throughout California. Funding is available for 2S/LGBTQ+ organizations to develop or expand upon...
The Mendocino Voice shares MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network’s story
Staff and volunteers at MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network are committed to meeting their clients where they're at, with direct outreach in their community and offering a spectrum of low-barrier harm reduction services including syringe exchange, medication-assisted...
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act – Telehealth Expansion Project funding opportunity
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is using available federal grant funding for a Telehealth Expansion project throughout California. Funding is available for eligible organizations to develop, enhance and/or expand their facility’s telehealth...
Northern California and Central Valley Recovery Housing funding opportunity
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is using available federal grant funding for the Recovery Housing Expansion Program in California’s northern counties and the Central Valley. Applications are due by June 9 at 1 p.m. The Center at Sierra Health...
Stimulant Use Prevention and Treatment in Communities of Color funding opportunity
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is using available federal grant funding to improve community access to stimulant use disorder prevention and treatment in communities of color throughout California. There are two individual funding...
SAMHSA COVID-19 Response funding opportunity for organizations in Los Angeles County and Riverside County
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services, will award $2.5 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) to provide direct treatment and recovery support services...
Funding opportunities for Tribal and Urban Indian health programs
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services announced two funding opportunities: Tribal and Urban Indian Community-Defined Best Practices and Tribal and Urban Indian Medications for Addiction Treatment...
Funding opportunity: Tribal and Urban Indian Medications for Addiction Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Psychoactive Stimulant Use Disorder Learning Community
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is pleased to announce in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services a funding opportunity for the Tribal and Urban Indian Medications for Addiction Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Psychoactive...
Funding opportunity: Tribal and Urban Indian Community-Defined Best Practices
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is pleased to announce in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services a funding opportunity to support the planning or implementation of community-defined best practices into substance use disorder services...
Funding opportunity: Low-Barrier Opioid Treatment at Syringe Services Programs
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is pleased to announce in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services a funding opportunity to support syringe services programs to implement projects offering low-barrier access to treatment of opioid use...
Welcome to the MAT Access Projects web site!
We are excited to launch this new edition of the web site for MAT Access Projects partners. This site is your go-to resource for program information, materials, toolkits and technical assistance, as well as funding opportunities related to the program. The...