Grants target substance use, treatment, recovery

Several organizations in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado are among 27 around the state that are sharing in $12 million in grants through the Colorado Department of Law’s Resilient Colorado Grant.

The program, announced Monday by the office of Attorney General Phil Weiser, invest opioid settlement funds in community-led solutions that prevent substance use, expand youth treatment and recovery, improve re-entry support for people leaving prison, strengthen Colorado’s rural and underserved behavioral health and peer workforce, and support families across the state.

“Colorado’s opioid settlement funds are helping us build a comprehensive response to the opioid crisis grounded in evidence, accountability and collaboration,” Weiser said in a prepared statement. “These grants are part of a broader portfolio of investments that supports local leadership, strengthens statewide infrastructure and expands prevention, treatment, recovery and peer support across Colorado.”

The Department of Law received 287 applications requesting more than $171 million, making this the department’s largest and most competitive funding opportunity to date. The selected projects will serve communities across every region of Colorado.

The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office received $600,000 to create a coordinated jail-to-community recovery system with peer support and reentry planning to reduce overdose risk and improve long-term recovery.

Recovery Cafe in Longmont received $405,000 to expand peer-led recovery and re-entry services while growing Colorado’s culturally responsive peer workforce.

SummitStone Health Partners, with facilities in Fort Collins and Loveland, received $405,000 to build rural behavioral health capacity by training bilingual specialists and expanding mobile harm-reduction services.

The Family Center/La Familia received $380,000 to expand culturally competent peer recovery and prevention services for Latino and Hispanic individuals and families in Larimer County.

This grant distribution is the fourth funding opportunity supported through the state share, which represents 10% of Colorado’s opioid settlement funds under the Colorado Opioid Settlement Memorandum of Understanding. Together with investments made by Colorado’s 19 Regional Opioid Abatement Councils and the Colorado Opioid Abatement Council’s infrastructure share, these grants are part of a coordinated statewide strategy to address the opioid crisis through prevention, treatment, recovery, workforce development, and community support.

The Department of Law is seeking applications from organizations for community-driven projects that reduce the negative impacts of substance use, prevent substance misuse, and reduce the risk of opioid overdose in communities disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis. Funding is available for organizations created by and for the communities they serve. More information is online at coag.gov/funding-opportunities.

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