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Opioid Overdose Prevention Grant Program
WHat is the Opioid Overdose Prevention Grant?
The City of San José, in collaboration with County partners, supports efforts to decrease opioid poisonings and deaths including enhancing linkage to care for people with opioid use disorder and risk for opioid overdose, partnering with public safety, and implementing other innovative prevention activities to support public outreach and education.
On July 21, 2021, a settlement was made by opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals and the “big three" distributors, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health to resolve their liabilities in over 3,000 opioid crisis-related lawsuits nationwide.
The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department will be using its allocation of the settlement funds for an Opioid Overdose Prevention Grant for the 2027-2030 cycle (February 2027 – January 2030). Funds will need to be used to prevent misuse of opioids, prevent opioid overdoses, and social media campaigns that bring awareness to the community about opioid misuse and the risks of overdose.
Who Is Eligible to Apply?
To be considered for the Opioid Overdose Prevention (OOP) Grant from the City of San José, applicants must meet all entry criteria at the time of submitting a proposal. Applicants who do not meet all entry criteria will not be considered, and the proposal will not be evaluated for qualification.
Applicants must be one of the following entities:
- A government agency
- A nonprofit agency with 501(c) (3) status
Service Location Requirements
Proposals must include locations in San José ZIP codes that experience high incidents of opioid overdose deaths, per the County of Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner, Opioid Deaths Dataset.
In addition, there is a preference for services to be provided in other High Climate Locations which include Priority Neighborhoods. High Climate Locations are areas within the High Opioid Incident zip codes that have experienced the most youth crime, including gang-related activity, gang-related graffiti and school-based youth violence incidents.
How Can You Apply?
The City of San José Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services OOP Grant Program operates on a triennial funding cycle.
The RFQ application period for the triennial 2027-2030 will open on July 21, 2026 and proposals will be due via WebGrants by September 1, 2026 at 4 p.m. Late or incomplete proposals will not be accepted.
Agencies interested in funding must demonstrate experience providing services to the population and communities described in Sections 2 of the General Information and Requirements (GIR) document below.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VIEW THE GIR DOCUMENT:OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION GRANT GIR DOCUMENT (PDF)
workshops
A pre-proposal workshop was held on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 via Zoom. To view the recording, please click on the link below.
It is not a requirement to attend the pre-proposal workshop to be considered for the Opioid Overdose Prevention Grant 2027-2030 funding.