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KFA Board awards more than $6 million in fourth round of funding

The Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board has awarded more than $6 million in grants to 34 organizations as part of its fourth round of funding in support of substance use disorder (SUD) services across Kansas.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has announced the organizations that received grants through the latest round of funding, which prioritized strategies related to prevention, providers and health systems, and public safety and first responders. These priorities were established by the Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee in its 2023-2027 state strategic plan. Funding comes from money recovered by the Attorney General’s Office through opioid legal settlements.

The KFA board had planned not to exceed $4 million in funding for this fourth grant cycle, but after reviewing the 77 applications, the board agreed to provide more than $2 million in additional funding.

The board approved grants to the following organizations:

  • Addressing the Root Causes of Trauma and SUD, Douglas County CASA – $200,000
  • Best Practices for Treating Women of Childbearing Age, HealthCore Health Clinic, Inc. – $124,996
  • Beyond the Badge: Peer Support for Trauma & SUD in First Responders, Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences & Technology – $41,785
  • Broadening Support to Jail and Recovery Court Programs, Crawford County Mental Health Center – $200,000
  • Building Youth Resiliency Through Mentorship and Life Skills, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters – $199,935
  • Campus Connections: Creating a Prevention Framework in Topeka Schools, SENT – $200,000
  • City Approach to Addressing SUD and Overdose, City of Lawrence – $200,000
  • Collaborative Continuum of SUD Abatement Programs, Family Service & Guidance Center – $198,049
  • Enhancing SBIRT through Provider Workforce Development in Kansas, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. – $140,401
  • Establishing an Addiction Medicine Training Program, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. – $73,324
  • Expanding Access to Addiction Treatment in the Primary Care Setting, Konza Prairie Community Health Center – $200,000
  • Expanding Provider & Health System Capacity for SUD in Wyandotte County, Turner House Clinic, Inc. dba Vibrant Health – $194,718
  • Hospital Clinicians, Pharmacists, & Behavioral Health Professionals Can Be the LIGHT, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. – $199,913
  • Increasing Fentanyl Resources in Shawnee County and Surrounding Areas, TK Fights Fentanyl – $45,624
  • Integrated Continuum of Care Model for Substance Use Disorder, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center – $200,000
  • Nurses as Frontline Providers to Combatting Opioid Use Disorder, Wichita State University – $199,018
  • Opioid Prescribing Improvement Collaborative, Kansas Healthcare Collaborative – $200,000
  • Partnership Assuring Student Success+ (PASS+), Prime Fit Youth Foundation – $198,541
  • Prevention and Care Coordination, Pawnee Mental Health Services – $156,721
  • Prioritizing SUD at Holton Community Hospital, Rural Health Resources of Jackson Co Inc. – $182,588
  • School-based Mental Health ECHO 2025-2026, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. – $199,543
  • School-Based Prevention, Family Services & Community Education in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention & Recovery – $100,000
  • School-Based Prevention Supporting Youth Internships, DCCCA, Inc. – $177,247
  • Southeast Kansas Prevention and Recovery Court Care Coordination, Thrive Allen County – $197,653
  • STAND, Mirror Inc. – $200,000
  • Strengthening Care with Seeking Safety Model, KVC Behavioral Healthcare – $59,528
  • Strengthening Families and Empowering Parents for SUD Prevention, Johnson County Mental Health Center – $200,000
  • Suboxone Clinical Pathways, Children’s Mercy Hospital – $43,063
  • Substance Use Disorder Referral Pilot Project, Kansas Highway Patrol – $177,749
  • Support Recovery and Prevention/Education Project, Overland Park Police Department – $200,000
  • Tackling Addiction Through the Love in a Family Unit, Casa of Shawnee County, Inc. – $76,050
  • Team for Infants Exposed to Substance Use, Children’s Mercy Hospital – $200,000
  • Teen Intervene Expansion, Mirror Inc. – $42,351
  • Telehealth Access to MAT for Rural Kansas, University of Kansas Hospital Authority DBA The University of Kansas Health System – $200,000
  • The Homeless Resource Center Renovation Project, Coalition for Homeless Concerns, Inc./DARE – $200,000
  • Under Par, Kansas Pharmacists Association – $84,611
  • Unshame Kansas Formative Research, Shatterproof – $150,147.8
  • Youth Connections Substance Abuse Prevention Program, The Village Initiative Inc, $200,000

The Kansas Fights Addiction Act was enacted in 2021 by the Kansas Legislature and authorized creation of the KFA board. Sunflower Foundation, a statewide health philanthropy based in Topeka, serves as the administrator for the grant program.

In its first two rounds of funding in 2023, the KFA board awarded more than $10 million in support of 59 projects across the state aimed at providing SUD services. In the third round of funding announced in December 2024, the KFA board awarded over $8.5 million to support 38 projects. Including the latest round of funding, the KFA board has awarded more than $24.5 million.

The 2024 KFA grant project summary report, expected to be available on Sunflower Foundation’s KFA webpage in early 2025, will include more information about all the grant recipients and the scopes of their projects. An estimated impact report for all the projects, showing how and where the funds are being used across Kansas, also will be available on the Sunflower KFA web page in early 2025.

Go to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office website for additional information about the KFA board and the opioid settlement.

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