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Elevate Youth California: Cohort 7 Standard Track

Grantor:
Department of Health Care Services
Departmental Grant ID:
25-50196
Portal ID:
145041
Status:
Forecasted
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

Through this round of Elevate Youth California (EYC) funding, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is making approximately $46.98 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.

Description:

EYC is a DHCS statewide program addressing substance use disorder (SUD) by investing in youth leadership 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 $323.27 million through 460 grant awards. For information about EYC, visit www.elevateyouthca.org.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • 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 2025 are eligible to apply. Fiscal sponsors are allowed to submit a new fiscally sponsored project that was not awarded a previous EYC grant.

Additional eligibility requirements will be listed in the RFA.

Eligible Geographies:

Statewide. Must be located in California and service California.

Important Dates

The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
December 22, 2025
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
1/01/2026-12/31/2028
Anticipated Open Date
August 18, 2025

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$46,983,480
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$1 – $1,000,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State

Funding Source Notes:

Elevate Youth California Program funding is being made available through the Elevate Youth California: Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention Program: Cohort 7 Standard Track Request for Applications (RFA). Elevate Youth California is a program of the DHCS funded through Proposition 64 California Cannabis Tax Fund, Allocation 3, Youth Education, Prevention, Early Intervention, and Treatment Account.

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

Entities receiving an award for an Elevate Youth California Grant should note that there is no guarantee of future EYC Program funding.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Matt Cervantes, 1-916-524-3320, mcervantes@sierrahealth.org

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