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

Public Health Vending Machines. The Division of Care and Treatment Services isseeking applications from government and nonprofit agencies in Wisconsin for funding to purchase, install, and operate public health vending machines. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. May 10, 2024. 

988 Support Grants. The Division of Care and Treatment Services is seeking applications for projects that improve care for individuals who contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and need additional support. Eligible applicants include counties certified under Wis. Admin. Code. ch. DHS 34 to provide and bill for mental health crisis services and nonprofit agencies with a written agreement with a DHS 34 certified county that allows the nonprofit agency to provide and bill for crisis services. It is expected that five grants of $200,000 will be awarded through this grant funding opportunity. The initial grant period is expected to be September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2025, with a one-year renewal if the grantee meets all performance standards in the first year. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. May 14, 2024.

Suicide Prevention Grants. The Division of Care and Treatment Services is seeking applications for grants to fund projects that prevent and reduce suicidal actions in adults with serious mental illness (SMI) or children with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Applications must have a project budget of $25,000, plus matching funds or in-kind services with a value of at least $5,000. The contract period for awarded recipients will be October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, with the possibility of four annual renewals based on the recipient’s performance in meeting contract objectives and requirements. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Central time May 15, 2024. ​ 

Funding for Youth Arts. The Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has opened a new grant opportunity: OJJDP FY24 Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth. With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support and strengthen collaborations between arts-based organizations and juvenile justice systems to develop, expand, or enhance promising and effective interventions that provide access to high-quality arts programs with and for current or previous justice-involved youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. May 21, 2024.