Elevate Youth California: Cohort 5 Standard Track

Overview

Through this round of Elevate Youth California funding (Cohort 5), the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is making approximately $41 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. Elevate Youth California is a DHCS statewide program addressing substance use disorder by investing in youth leadership and activism for youth of color and 2S/LGBTQ+ 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...