Below are funding opportunities previously featured in our WAFCA E-News. All opportunities will remain posted until the application due date expires.

Parent Peer Specialists. The Division of Care and Treatment Services is seeking applications to embed certified parent peer specialists into the crisis continuum to assist parents/guardians who have youth (ages 17 and younger) who are experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. The total amount of funds available is $250,000 to support 2 applicants. Counties must be Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 34 certified to apply for this funding; they may contract with agencies who have a written agreement that allows the agency to provide and bill for crisis services. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. October 24, 2024.

Overdose Fatality Review Teams. The Division of Public Health has multiple awards available through this grant that will provide funds to local communities to develop or expand a multidisciplinary overdose fatality review team; convene and facilitate reviews; collect data on overdose fatalities and enter the data into the OFR Data System in REDCap at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS); attend virtual trainings and/or community of practice (CoP) related to OFR processes; develop overdose prevention recommendations; share recommendations with DHS and other state and local partners; and use recommendations to implement changes in policies, practices, or systems. The deadline to apply for this funding opportunity is 6 p.m. on September 9, 2024.