Capacity Building Grant Opportunity for Family and Friends Support
"Explore the new Capacity Building Grant Program by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation aiming to enhance support for families and friends impacted by alcohol and drug use. Join this initiative to receive funding and expert evaluation support for your project."
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Information and Support for Families and Friends Capacity Building Grant Opportunity Melinda Lucas
Background of project The ADF is delivering a small grant program on behalf of the Australian Government to build capacity to further develop evidence for support and information to family and friends of people who use AOD. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
We completed a review of information and support services for family and friends ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
We explored what information and support is currently available and the range of service offerings and delivery. We learnt from families and friends who had accessed services about what had worked for them and what the barriers might be for those who haven t sought help. And, we identified that there is little published evidence of what works - despite the dedicated work that so many services currently do. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
This new ISS Grants Program is designed to demonstrate the impact of that work, or new initiatives, to help build a strong evidence base that will lead to better outcomes for families and friends. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
Capacity Building Grant Program We are inviting Expressions of Interest for $30,000 of funding for your Project PLUS provision of an evaluation consultant to support design and delivery of evaluation. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
Capacity This grant program will partner existing service providers with evaluation experts who will work with them to develop and implement simple and effective evaluation plans that can be completed within a short timeframe. Evaluation will be of existing programs and will demonstrate impact, or the effectiveness of quality improvement approaches. Only a simple indication of interest is required by April 30 using the online form, not a formal submission. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
What the grant will cover Successful applicants will receive funding to: build capacity and expertise within existing services to demonstrate their impact support services to build data collection capacity . identify, document and test quality improvement activities for existing services provide existing services with opportunities to evaluate their services create more evidence of the impact of family and friends focused services. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
What is selection criteria? An existing service that is delivering information and/or support services to family and friends of people with AOD issues or concerns or information needs. A service that can develop and deliver the evaluation project within the timeframes. Willingness to share findings publicly. Willingness to work with consultant proactively. Willingness to participate in a symposium to present results. ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
APPLICATION PROCESS Initial Expression of Interest STAGE 1 Your short EOI will need to include the following information: 1.Provide a brief description of the service / support you provide to family and friends, e.g., phone-based information service; phone-based support service provided by health professional and/or peers; group sessions (face to face or online); other 2.What are your current processes / ways of measuring impact? 3.What is the current demand for your service (how many clients do you see a year)? 4.Do you currently collect data to measure outcomes for clients? If so, describe the data and process for measuring outcomes. 5.What evidence do you currently have that your service works? How do you use this to build a case for funding? 6.How would you use this grant/opportunity to add value to your service? ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
APPLICATION PROCESS STAGE 2 Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an online session with the ADF and the evaluation partner to pitch their project and provide more detail of what they would like to achieve and how the funding would benefit their program. Selection will be based on: is the project viable in the time period? is there a willingness for the service provider to work with the evaluation partner? is there an existing data collection system that can be used? will the project add value to the evidence base and build capacity of the service? ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
Timeline & Key Dates 20th April - Expressions of interest open 30th April Expressions of interest close 17th May Shortlisted applicants invited to pitch project to evaluations team 19th June Final application selection May 2022 Selected projects to be completed and ready to present at ADF Symposium ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
Questions? grants@adf.org.au ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION 20/03/2025
