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

 

Peer Recovery Centers. The Division of Care and Treatment Services is seeking applications to support a statewide network of peer-led peer recovery centers for individuals living with a mental health or co-occurring substance use challenge. Peer recovery centers are community-based spaces where individuals support one another through shared lived experience. This funding supports the operation and development of peer recovery support services. This includes increasing access to peer support and supporting pathways for individuals to explore, prepare for, and pursue roles within the peer support workforce, including those available under Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 72.
Peer-Run Respites. The Division of Care and Treatment Services is seeking applications for funding to develop and operate peer-run respite programs in Wisconsin. Peer-run respites provide short-term, voluntary, recovery-oriented residential support and warmline services. These programs are operated by people with lived experience with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring recovery to prevent crises, reduce hospitalization, and connect individuals with community resources.

Training Grants and Programs Available to Boost Health Care Workforce. Strengthening the health care workforce is a key priority for Wisconsin, and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has training grants and programs available to help organizations address employment challenges. Funding is available now through Wisconsin Fast Forward to help employers launch an apprenticeship or alternative employee training program. 

  • DWD suggests first learning more about how apprenticeship programs helped UW Health, SSM Health, Western Wisconsin Health, and Children's Wisconsin address skills gaps in their workforce while reducing financial and operational barriers.
  • Then, connect with DWD via email ([email protected]) to start or expand Wisconsin Apprenticeship programs at your organization and to learn more about training grant opportunities.
Learning Event Support. Advancing Healthier Wisconsin’s Learning Event Support opportunity aims to improve the health of the people of our state by advancing Wisconsin’s health workforce to be increasingly more accessible, equipped, and representative to improve health for all Wisconsin residents. Funding will support Wisconsin-based learning events that build knowledge, skills, and networks among current Wisconsin-based health professionals and the next generation of leaders to explore new ideas that can be applied to their work to improve health in Wisconsin communities.