Harm Reduction Futures Fund (Round 15)

Harm Reduction Futures Fund (Round 15) is sponsored by AIDS United. The Harm Reduction Futures Fund invests in evidence-based and community-driven approaches to reduce health, psychosocial, and socioeconomic disparities experienced by people who use drugs (PWUD).

[UPDATED] Round 15: Now Accepting Pre-Applications for the Harm Reduction Future Fund - AIDS United [UPDATED] Round 15: Now Accepting Pre-Applications for the Harm Reduction Future Fund Round 15: Now Accepting Pre-Applications for the Harm Reduction Future Fund Contact: D. D’Ontace Keyes communications@aidsunited. org WASHINGTON, D.

C. – AIDS United’s Harm Reduction team is now accepting pre-applications for grant round 15. The Harm Reduction Futures Fund (formerly the Syringe Access Fund) is a collaborative grantmaking initiative that seeks to reduce the health, psychosocial, and socioeconomic disparities experienced by people who use drugs (PWUD).

For over 20 years, the Harm Reduction Futures Fund has invested in evidence-based and community-driven approaches to prevent the transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis, reduce injection-related injuries, increase overdose prevention and reversal efforts, and connect people who use drugs to comprehensive prevention, treatment, and support services.

The Harm Reduction Futures Fund is seeking to award seven to fifteen (7-15) cash grants to three kinds of organizations: -Direct Service organizations are invited to submit proposals for $10,000 to $25,000 for one year. (AU anticipates 5-13 programs will receive funding) -Multi-program support organizations are invited to submit proposals for $25,000 to $40,000 for one year.

(AU anticipates 1 program will receive funding) -Harm Reduction organizations with Advocacy projects are invited to submit proposals for $10,000 to $25,000 for one year. (AU anticipates 1 program will receive funding) In Round 15, the Harm Reduction Futures Fund will prioritize support for programs that are led by and serve Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) and those in jurisdictions of high need and low resources.

Other compelling factors may include the leadership of current or former sex workers; prevalence of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-borne pathogens in a community; injection drug use prevalence, opioid use, overdose incidence; availability of local funding, and areas in which policy improvement can have local, state, and/or national impact.

The Harm Reduction Futures Fund application process will begin with a pre-application survey, which should be submitted via AIDS United’s online application form and are due by 5:00 p. m. ET on August 22, 2024 .

A community-based review committee will evaluate all pre-application survey submissions and invite up to forty (40) applicants to submit a full proposal. Please visit this link to review the full proposal request for more information. For key dates and deadlines, see below: Request for Pre-Application Surveys Released Pre-Application Survey TA Webinar at 1:00pm EST Pre-Application Survey Due at 5:00 p.

m. EST Notification of Full Proposal Invitation Decisions Request for Proposals TA Webinar Full Proposals Due at 5:00pm EST Notification of Funding Decisions View the Pre-Application Webinar video, click here To download the Pre-Application slide deck, click here .

If you have any questions about this funding opportunity or the content of your pre-application survey, please reach out to Angelo Gomez, Senior Program Manager for Harm Reduction Futures Fund at harmreduction@aidsunited. org . If you have any questions about navigating our online application form or submitting your survey, please contact grants@aidsunited.

org About Harm Reduction Futures Fund: The Harm Reduction Futures Fund strengthens the lifesaving work of syringe services programs nationwide. Its mission remains the same as it was nearly two decades ago: to reduce the health, psychosocial and socioeconomic disparities experienced by people who use drugs.

To that end, the fund invests in evidence-based and community-driven approaches to prevent the transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis, reduce injection-related injuries, increase overdose prevention and reversal efforts and connect people who use drugs to comprehensive prevention, treatment, and support services. Invest in AIDS United Today Help us make the promise of an AIDS-free generation a reality.