After spending the past week trying to navigate grants.gov for the #harmreduction SAMHSA grant and now being in the system, it’s more obvious than ever that these funds will not be supporting small, grassroots SSPs 🧵
Many of the SSPs that we know are applying are doing so as subcontractors being tokenized by large systems and getting paltry budget support. One is only getting $ for 💉NOT staffing or other meaningful infrastructure support
The project description requires applicants to describe how they will plan and implement their harm reduction program. Many SSPs have been operating on shoestring budgets for years and are already ‘implemented’ but operating through volunteers and donations.
Did we mention police departments can apply? 😵💫 POLICE DEPARTMENTS
This = orgs and structures in power, who HAVE power ($) to hire grant writers and navigate (read: translate) grants.gxv system- who may have never before thought to support PWUD are rolling deep in the applicant pool
Our movement is already struggling from being co-opted, exploited, and arguably left in a leadership vacuum at the national level (where you at NHRC), this process feels like a living resource nightmare
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