Center for Community Engagement

FY 2025 Request for Applications


The application process is closed. FY 2025 Mini Grants have been awarded.

FY25 Grant Application - pdf
FY25 Grant Application - Word Document

Hamilton County Mini-Grants

Hamilton County Family Services & Treatment
Prevention Program Grant Application

PreventionFIRST! receives funding from the Hamilton County Family Services and Treatment Levy to support local coalition development in Hamilton County. This grant is intended to improve the capacity of a current coalition or group looking to implement prevention. Hamilton County, Ohio organizations committed to developing or enhancing a substance use prevention coalition or mental health and/or suicide prevention programming are eligible to apply. See the application for details.

Funding Goals

Goal 1: To increase community collaboration

Establish and strengthen collaboration among community sectors and county entities to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance use/misuse among youth.*

*youth is defined as individuals 25 and younger because of our partnerships with local colleges/universities

Goal 2: To reduce youth substance use/misuse and suicide

Reduce substance use/misuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in the community that increase the risk of substance use/misuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use/misuse.*

*substances include, but are not limited to, narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, cannabis/marijuana, inhalants, alcohol, and tobacco including e-cigarettes/vaping, where their use is prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

For More Information:
Jade Jacobs
Program Coordinator
jjacobs@prevention-first.org
513-751-8000 ext. 19