Funding Opportunity: Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Education in Communities of Color
To increase community understanding of substance use disorder, with a focus on opioid use disorder, and to create links to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services and providers throughout California, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation has released a request for applications for Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Education in Communities of Color.
This funding opportunity is focused on communities of color and vulnerable populations that are disproportionately impacted by opioid use disorder and criminalization of substance use disorder, and that often have less access to treatment and information about supports. These include Native American, African American, Asian-Pacific Islander and Latino communities.
Applications are due by Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.
Visit the MAT Access Points web site for the request for applications and the proposers’ webinar slides and recordings.
Please e-mail us any questions.
This opportunity is provided by The Center at Sierra Health Foundation with funding from the State of California’s Department of Health Care Services.
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Countdown to Census 2020
San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Census 2020 Outreach funding available
To help ensure a complete count of hard-to-count populations in the San Joaquin Valley, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, through the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, will award grant funding for census outreach that will engage, motivate and assist hard-to-count communities throughout the region.
Census outreach grants will support nonprofit organizations engaging in activities that seek to increase census participation among hard-to-count populations in the nine counties of the San Joaquin Valley: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Tulare. Planning, preparation and training activities will take place December 2019 to January 2020, and outreach efforts will begin by January 2020.
Applications are due by Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.
Get the request for proposals and access the proposers’ webinar slides on The Center web site.
E-mail us any questions.
Census Resources
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Californians, stand up for immigrants targeted by ‘public charge’ rule
Sierra Health Foundation joined Philanthropy California, Grantmakers Concerned for Immigrants and Refugees and other funders to stand united for immigrants targeted by the 'public charge' rule. The organizations share the views expressed in an op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 23. Learn more.
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Senate Select Committee hearing focuses on immigration, children’s well-being and health outcomes
The Senate Select Committee on the Social Determinants of Children’s Well-Being held its third public hearing on Oct. 24 in Los Angeles, which focused on Past, Present and Future: Immigration in Los Angeles and California’s Investments in Immigrant Children, and what more can be done to increase their security, mental health and educational attainment.
The bipartisan Select Committee seeks solutions to create a healthier and more equitable California for all children, and is holding hearings throughout the state in order to make recommendations to promote the health of California’s children. The Select Committee is chaired by State Senator Holly Mitchell (District 30). At the Oct. 24 hearing, she was joined by Senator Dr. Richard Pan (District 6) and Senator Ben Allen (District 26) and guest speakers including Senait Admassu, MSW, Executive Director of African Communities Public Health Coalition; René Mollow, Deputy Director of Department of Health Care Services Health Care Benefits and Eligibility; Marcela Ruiz, Branch Chief of California Department of Social Services Immigration and Refugee Programs Branch; and Joseph Villela, Director of Policy at Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
Learn more and watch or listen to the hearings.
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation works in partnership with the Select Committee to encourage and enable community participation.
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Funding Opportunity: My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento Mentoring Program
To expand quality mentoring programs for boys and young men of color in Sacramento County, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, through the My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento Collaborative, will award mentoring grants to youth-focused nonprofit organizations. Mentoring activities must use a social justice youth development framework that will build capacity of the youth and help shape the conditions of their environment — family, schools, neighborhoods and city.
Applications are due by Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.
Visit The Center web site to get the request for proposals and register for the Nov. 6 proposers’ webinar.
E-mail us any questions.
The MBK Sacramento Collaborative is funded by Sierra Health Foundation and the Obama Foundation and is managed by The Center at Sierra Health Foundation.
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My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento Youth Fellows establish brotherhood for change
Launched in 2017, the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Sacramento Youth Fellowship provides opportunities for young men of color to become agents of change in their community. The Fellowship is a nine-month commitment and includes mentoring; participation in workshops, conferences and meetings; fun outings and, most importantly, establishing brotherhood among young men from across the city. Congratulations to Youth Fellowship Cohort 3 members, who began their program earlier this month!
As part of the 2018-2019 program, Youth Fellows researched how growing up in single-parent homes impacts young men of color. See their policy brief, Understanding Single-Parent Homes.
The Youth Fellowship is part of the MBK Sacramento Collaborative, which brings together youth and adult partners to collectively address health, education, employment and justice system disparities for Sacramento young men of color through policy advocacy, systems change and support for effective programs.
Learn more about MBK Sacramento and get involved!
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Exceptional Women of Color event brings partners together for healthy birth outcomes
In partnership with the Black Child Legacy Campaign, the Sac Cultural Hub hosted a Black Motherhood celebration brunch on Oct. 19, kicking off the 11th Annual Exceptional Women of Color Expo and Awards Dinner. More than 25 mothers from Black Mothers United along with Black Child Legacy Campaign Multi-Disciplinary Team leaders, cultural brokers, doulas and other community partners joined to share their hardships and triumphs through their pregnancy journeys.
The Black Child Legacy Campaign launched its statewide maternal health expansion projects at the event, which included the premiere of the trailer for the upcoming Birthing While Black documentary, produced by Black Women for Wellness. Efforts including the Black Child Legacy Campaign Maternal Digital Health Storytelling Project, the Birthing While Black documentary, forums and data collection across the state will share stories and continue to advance policy and change for healthy birth outcomes.
Learn about the Black Child Legacy Campaign.
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