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"Elevate Youth California: Cohort 8 Standard Track" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Elevate Youth California: Cohort 8 Standard Track is sponsored by Department of Health Care Services.
Through this round of Elevate Youth California (EYC) funding, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is making approximately $44 million available to community-based, Tribal, and county behavioral health organizations throughout California to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems, and environmental change.
EYC is a statewide program that addresses substance use disorders (SUDs) by investing in leadership development and civic engagement for youth of color and 2S/LGBTQIA+ youth ages 12 to 26 living in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
This statewide program provides funding and technical assistance for organizations proposing to implement programs that empower youth to be community leaders and create positive policy and systems change.
EYC funded partners will be responsible for implementing comprehensive strategies that reduce risk factors (e.g., trauma, disconnection from school/community) and enhance protective factors (e.g., cultural identity, adult/peer mentorship, community and civic engagement) associated with youth substance use prevention.
Projects are recommended to utilize evidence-based, promising, and/or community-driven practices in their prevention approach and incorporate social justice youth development in all programming. Funded partners will conduct annual listening sessions to gather feedback from youth and young adults on the impact of prevention efforts and to identify opportunities for project improvement.
Additionally, funded partners are expected to actively participate in technical assistance opportunities hosted by The Center, engage in an external evaluation to assess the effectiveness of EYC, and attend one-day regional convenings, at least two over the award period. EYC funded partners will be required to submit biannual progress and financial reports.
Success will be measured by progress towards programmatic and policy, systems, and environmental change goals and objectives contained in an approved work plan, which must include processes for monitoring and evaluation of youth engagement, prevention activities, policy, systems, and environmental change, and participant outcomes through quantitative and qualitative methods.
Additional indicators of success include participants' increased knowledge of SUD and its prevention, reduced stigma around substance use services, and evidence of community-level policy, systems, and environmental changes related to substance use issues or their root causes. Since the program’s launch, DHCS has awarded $370 million through 517 grant awards. For information about EYC, visit www.
elevateyouthca. org.
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Funding available for Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention: Standard Track Cohort 8 | Elevate Youth California Funding available for Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention: Standard Track Cohort 8 Grants up to $1 million over three years are available through Elevate Youth California’s Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention Program: Standard Track Cohort 8.
Funding will support community-based organizations and Tribal organizations throughout California that strive for health equity and serve youth ages 12 to 26 through culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate prevention, outreach, and education projects. Applications are due Monday, September 21, 2026, at 1 p. m.
(Pacific Time). Request for Applications (RFA) – Elevate Youth California: Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention Program: Cohort 8 Standard Track (. pdf) Work Plan Template (Word) Budget and Justification Template (Excel) Elevate Youth California Logic Model (.
pdf) Work Plan Template – ADA Compliant (. pdf) Budget and Justification Example (. pdf) RFA Review Webinar Recording (YouTube) RFA Review Webinar Presentation Slides (PDF) We held our first webinar on Wednesday, August 26.
A recording of that session (YouTube) along with the PowerPoint slides (PDF) can be found above in the resources links and also below. The content presented in our webinars is identical and participation is not required by strongly encouraged. Download the RFA Webinar Review slides (PDF) Office hours provide an opportunity to ask questions about the application and submission process.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit. Must be a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization with established and trusted community relationships. Applicant cannot have an active EYC grant. EYC-funded partners whose current award ends by December 2026 are eligible to apply. Fiscal sponsors are the exception and are allowed to oversee more than one active EYC grant. Additional eligibility requirements will be listed in the RFA. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows between $1 and $1,000,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was September 21, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
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