WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Overdose Prevention Funding Opportunity - Application deadline extended to 3/14/25
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is excited to announce that the application deadline for the Overdose Data to Action in States (OD2A-S) funding opportunity has been extended to March 14, 2025. This funding initiative, awarded to WA DOH through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is designed to support community-led overdose prevention initiatives for American Indian and Alaskan Native populations.
Eligible applicants include Federally Recognized Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Tribal Communities in Washington state. The federal opportunity will support 5-7 eligible tribal entities in implementing community-driven overdose prevention activities across areas such as clinician/health system management, public safety partnerships, harm reduction, and community-based linkage to care. This is a four-year project with Year 1 funding estimated at $64,943 to $90,920 per grantee, plus a one-time federal enhancement of up to $50,000 per selected grantee.
For more details:
- please visit our website: Injury and Violence Prevention | Washington State Department of Health. Additional information is available on the attached resources.
- Please see original DTLL - Collaborative - Overdose Data to Action in States - Develop or Expand Overdose Prevention that was emailed on 1/6/25
Should you have any questions or require further support, please contact Anjali Shankar at anjali.shankar@doh.wa.gov or call 564-669-1520.
Now accepting applications for HUD811 Project Based Rental Assistance (PRA) Units
The Department of Commerce is soliciting applications from qualified applicants for funding of units to be set aside for clients referred by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, under the HUD Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) program. Projects must have utilized the Washington State Housing Trust Fund, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, HOME funding, or similar local, state, or federal public capital fund source. 811 PRA units provide non-time-limited tenancy for non-elderly persons with disabling conditions.
Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. April 7, 2025. Commerce expects to announce preliminary awards within 90 days of the close of the application period
2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Funding Priorities
The FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants competition, AmeriCorps seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources in:
- Prioritize civic engagement/social cohesion, and youth mental health;
- Education – improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), serving students who attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, Tribal Colleges and Universities and Indigenous Urban Centers, Indigenous Teacher Preparation, and GED support programs, and programming focused on Indigenous or Tribal Data Sovereignty;
- Promote the preservation and teaching of traditional Native languages and cultural practices;
- Promote Environmental Stewardship and climate change including renewable energy and energy efficiency, building community resilience, sustainable food systems and agriculture, water/wastewater; conservation and habitat preservation; Indigenous environmental practices; Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous food sovereignty (seed saving, foraging, etc.);
- Promote Economic Opportunity - including digital skills and increased access to broadband; infrastructure/transportation assistance; financial readiness; training and access to financial resources for home buying; or college; and college access program;
- Promote Healthy Futures - providing services to historically underserved individuals both on and off reservation lands, including but not limited to people with arrest and/or conviction records, people with disabilities, people who identify as part of the two spirit LGBTQIA+ community, building trauma-informed programs, addressing issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) programs to raise awareness;
- Focus on improving the quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces, and their families by recruiting veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service;
Please go to this link for full details: FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants | AmeriCorps
The deadline for applications to the 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Planning Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Wednesday, April 9, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. ET. AmeriCorps State and National expects that successful applicants will be notified by end of May 2025.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Upcoming 2025 Funding Opportunities to Support Fathers and Families
The Healthy Marriage (HM), Responsible Fatherhood (RF), and Tribal TANF-Child Welfare (TTCW) Coordination programs provide $150 million per year in discretionary grants (as well as other activities such as contracts and research and evaluation) to strengthen families, promote responsible parenting, and improve family economic stability.
Click here to learn more about these programs.
The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation (KGASF) is actively soliciting scholarship applications at this time.
To qualify, students or prospective students must be:
- an enrolled Member of a Tribe or First Nation, or a Member of a Metis, Inuit, Alaska or Hawaiian Native group; and
- be enrolled to study at a university, community college or a technical or trade institution.
In addition, students should be pursuing or planning to pursue a degree or certificate focused on:
- aquaculture;
- fisheries;
- natural resource management; or
- a field closely related to the above subjects, and
- must have a demonstrated interest in aquaculture.
More information on the focus or our awards is found here: https://kurtgrinnellscholarship.org/scholarship-eligibility/. Applicants must follow the instructions on the KGASF website where more information is available: https://kurtgrinnellscholarship.org/scholarship-application-2/.
FAFSA Now Available for 2025-26 Applicants
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has announced that the 2025-26 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is now available. Applications typically open on October 1 for people wanting to start college the next fall. This year the application was delayed as DOE carried out a series of beta tests to mitigate problems experienced during the 2024-25 FAFSA cycle.
In Washington State, there are two ways to apply for financial aid for college or career training. U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens can apply for federal and state aid with the FAFSA. People who can't file the FAFSA due to immigration status can apply only for state aid with the WASFA (Washington Application for State Financial Aid), as can people from mixed-status families who prefer not to file the federal form. Both FAFSA and WASFA are pathways for Washington State residents to apply for Washington College Grant (WA Grant) and other financial aid.
The 2025-26 WASFA will be available in early December. More information and resources for Washington financial aid applicants will be available at that time.