Appalachia USDA Regional Food Business Center Business Builder Subaward (ARFBC – BBS) 

Applications due November 1, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET

ARFBC exists to strategically build, innovate, and coordinate a fair Appalachian food system that cultivates health and wealth for all Appalachians. Through the BBS Program, the Center provides financial assistance in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $100,000. BBS grants may support staff time, business planning activities, software implementation, the purchase of specialized equipment for food safety, processing and/or packaging equipment, value chain and supply chain innovation, product development, and marketing. 

Wisconsin Specific

School Based Opioid Prevention Grant

A competitive grant program has been established for opioid prevention programs for Wisconsin public, private and independent (2x and 2r) charter schools. This funding originates from the Opioid Settlement Funds awarded to the Department of Health Services (DHS). The purpose of this funding is to support new or existing substance use prevention programs that are supplemented with knowledge and skills specific to opioid prevention and unintentional fentanyl exposure.

Schools interested in sustaining current or implementing new substance use prevention programming with a special emphasis on opioids are invited to apply for this funding.

Opioid Prevention Grant applications will continue to be accepted until 4 PM on Friday, November 15, 2024.