FHKY is currently accepting applications for a new round of funding of the FREE program.

Up to 10 grants will be awarded, each in the amount of approximately $50,000.00

All funded activities must take place within the grant period, from November 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027

‍ This round of the program will only fund projects that:

• utilize a trauma-and-resilience-informed care approach

• provide evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery support services

• strengthen prevention, treatment, and recovery infrastructure through collaborative projects centering on the overdose epidemic

• are housed within organizations that have been in operation no less than 2 years

• are located in the state of Kentucky

Support and Development

• Awardees must submit monthly progress reports that capture data related to performance measures identified in their contracts and financial reports detailing project expenditures.

• Technical assistance will be provided to all grantees to help build their capacity for managing future foundation, state, and federal grants.

• FHKY staff may conduct a site visit of the program within the grant period.

• Grantees will meet regularly with FHKY staff to review financial records and monitor program goals.

• Grantees will also be required to participate in monthly collaborative workshops with FHKY staff and other grant recipients.

Selection Process

Proposals will be screened to ensure minimum eligibility requirements have been met. Proposals meeting minimum eligibility requirements will then be assessed by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Cabinet for Health and Family Services and funded on a competitive basis.

Funding Source: This project is supported, in part, by the Kentucky Overdose Response Effort (KORE) through a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant [1H79TI087770].

Non-Allowable Expenditures

• Projects that are not evidence-based, evidence-informed, or community-defined

• Meals: Funds can be used for food as a necessary expense totaling no more than $10.00 per program participant and must not exceed 10% of the total budget.

• Out-of-state travel

• Pay for promotional or incentive items including, but not limited to, clothing and commemorative items such as pens, mugs/cups, folders/folios, lanyards, and conference bags

• Pay for the purchase or construction of any building or structure to house any part of the program

• Make direct payments to individuals to enter treatment or continue to participate in prevention or treatment services

• ‍Cannot supplant current funding of existing activities. “Supplant” is defined as replacing funding of a recipient’s existing program with funds from a federal grant.

• Recipients cannot pay for legal services with grant funds.

• For more information about allowable expenses, please visit: 2 CFR Part 200.

Applications for this round of FREE funding our due by 6pm ET on October 13, 2026.

‍ ‍Please submit finished applications and/or questions regarding proposals to Gavin Posey, Grants Program Administrator at the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky:

Gposey@healthy-ky.org‍ ‍

(502) 326-2583 x 210