FORE Announces Grants to Strengthen Behavioral Health Workforce and Address Opioid-Related Harms

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The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) in New York City has announced four grants totalling over $2.1 million to support initiatives addressing substance use disorder care and strengthening the behavioural health workforce.

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HELP USA in New York City will receive $598,726 to implement a counsellor and peer support programme for unhoused individuals with opioid use disorder living in HELP-operated transitional housing. The Bowen Centre for Health Workforce Research at Indiana University School of Medicine was awarded $592,338 to develop a national framework for training, credentialing, and sustaining the behavioural health and substance use paraprofessional workforce.

The Centre for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will receive $563,632 for programmes tailored to Indigenous adolescents and young adults at risk for or in recovery from opioid misuse. The Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention in Oxford, Alabama, was awarded $400,000 to expand its training and better equip faith-based leaders supporting individuals with substance use disorders.

FORE program director Ken Shatzkes stated, “These grants reflect FORE’s commitment to supporting innovative, evidence-based solutions that address opioid-related harms and improve outcomes for all individuals, families, and communities. By funding these innovative programmes, we are helping to build a stronger, more sustainable response to the opioid and overdose crisis.” The grants aim to address critical gaps in substance use disorder care and enhance the behavioral health workforce

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