Three Managed Service Organizations (MSOs)-Signal Behavioral Health Network (Signal), West Slope Casa and AspenPointe-have posted grant application opportunities to increase substance use disorder capacity and services in rural and frontier communities, a program created through House Bill 19-1287. Awardees from the last grant cycle were announced last week.
The application deadline is June 12, 2020, and the project start date is July 1, 2020. Click the following links to access the grant applications for each MSO.
These funds are intended to increase substance use disorder capacity and services in rural and frontier communities and may include capital investment. Eligible applicants include local governments (including Indian tribal reservations), municipalities, counties, schools, law enforcement agencies and primary care or substance use disorder treatment providers within or outside of the MSOs network of providers.
Below is a table indicating the counties served by each participating MSO:
| MSO | Region | Eligible Counties* |
|---|---|---|
| Signal | Region 1 | Larimer, Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne |
| AspenPointe | Region 3 | El Paso, Teller, Park, Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, Custer |
| Signal | Region 4 | Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Baca, Saguache, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla |
| West Slope Casa | Region 5 | Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, San Juan, Ouray, Hinsdale, Gunnison, Montrose, Delta |
| West Slope Casa | Region 6 | Mesa, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Moffat, Routt, Eagle, Pitkin, Summit, Grand, Jackson |
*Priority given to rural and frontier counties
Grant Writing Assistance
Through Senate Bill 19-228, the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention offers grant writing assistance for local government and nonprofit organizations that apply for state and federal grants addressing opioid and other substance use disorders. Private corporations and LLCs are not eligible currently. Priority will be given to rural and frontier communities. Find out more on the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention website.
- If you wish to utilize one of the Consortium's grant writers for one of the RFPs listed above, please complete the following brief Grant Writing Assistance Form by April 15, 2020.
- If you wish to use your own grant writer, please submit the Grant Writing Assistance Form as soon as possible to ensure time for processing in the University vendor system.
For any questions regarding Grant Writing Assistance, please email pm@corxconsortium.org. If you have questions regarding this grant proposal, please email proposals@signalbhn.org, proposals@westslopecasa.org, or HNDeliverables@AspenPointe.org.