TOPEKA - (August 5, 2024) - The Kansas Fights Addiction (KFA) grant program will offer a fourth funding opportunity with a total of $4 million in grants available to support substance use disorder services across the state, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced.
Eligible organizations serving Kansans are invited to apply for this funding, which comes from money recovered by the state of Kansas through opioid legal settlements, through a Request for Proposal (RFP) grant application process.
The fourth RFP is similar to the second round of funding in 2023, with the KFA Grant Review Board prioritizing 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.
Eligibility is limited to state agencies, local and county governments and nonprofit organizations that provide services in Kansas for the purpose of preventing, reducing, treating, or otherwise abating or remediating substance use disorders. To be eligible, applicants also must release all legal claims arising from covered conduct against each defendant named in the opioid settlement agreements.
Eligible organizations may apply for up to $200,000 in grant funding through this fourth RFP, with each grant having a 12-month budget period.
The Kansas Fights Addiction Act was enacted in 2021 by the Kansas Legislature and authorized the creation of the KFA board. Sunflower Foundation, a statewide health philanthropy based in Topeka, serves as the administrator for the KFA grant program.
In the fall of 2023, the KFA board awarded more than $10 million in support of 59 projects across the state aimed at providing SUD services across Kansas. Meanwhile, in December 2023, Sunflower Foundation and the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) began to conduct a year-long, comprehensive statewide needs assessment of SUD systems and related work in Kansas that will be used to guide the future, long-term investment strategies of the KFA board. To get involved or stay up to date with the needs assessment, visit
United to Transform.
The goal of the first two rounds of funding in 2023, a third RFP that recently closed prioritized strategies related to treatment, recovery, harm reduction and linkages to care and this new, fourth RFP, was to infuse funding into communities battling the opioid epidemic while the statewide needs assessment was being completed. Work on the needs assessment continues.
Organizations interested in this fourth round of KFA funding must submit a confirmation of intent to apply by 5 p.m. Aug. 30. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Sept. 13. A link to a full copy of the fourth RFP, as well as additional information on deadlines and submissions, the grant application and review process, eligible organizations, and allowable strategies can be found on
Sunflower Foundation’s KFA webpage.
Interested organizations are encouraged to
register for an informational webinar related to the third RFP. The webinar is scheduled for 1 to 2 p.m. Aug. 14.
Kansas has reached multiple settlements with major pharmaceutical companies, distributors and related firms as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to bring accountability to those that fueled