Build, Amplify, Support, Empower (BASE) Prevention Programs 

The Regional Care Coordination Agency (RCCA) is accepting applications for a minimum of seven organizations to establish or expand BASE programs, which are evidence-informed substance use prevention programming geared toward youth and emerging adults.  

BASE prevention programs should seek to reduce or prevent one or more of the following:  

Substance use and misuse  

Stigma associated with SUD, treatment, and recovery  

Social and physical access to substances  

Harms associated with substance use and misuse, including overdose  

To accomplish that goal, programs will fulfill one or more of the following objectives:  

Build awareness of substance use and associated risks and/or risk and protective factors  

Amplify access to evidence-informed community supports or to recovery and treatment  

Support capacity of regional and community groups  

Empower youth and their families, community members and school employees, or other individuals who engage with youth or communities.  

Applications will be accepted until April 24, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CST.