| GRANT PROGRAM |
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| Grey Literature - DPF: Drug Policy Letter winter/spring 1997 |
| Written by Drug Policy Foundation |
| Sunday, 30 November 1997 00:00 |
1996 GRANT RECIPIENTSThe Drug Policy Foundation distributed over $1 million in grant awards in 1996. This marked the second consecutive year that the grant program reached this level of giving. For more information on any of the grantees listed here, please contact the New York office. HARM REDUCTION GRANTSAIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts — Boston, MA harm reduction drop-in center in Roxbury Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition — Atlanta, GA harm reduction outreach INDRO — Munster, Germany production of international guide to methadone clinics for methadone users Osborne Association — New York, NY harm reduction with ex-offenders Positive Health Project — New York, NY general accounting and financing support Center for Young Women's Development — San Francisco, CAharm reduction outreach and research conducted by young women in Street Survival Project Progressive Solutions — Seattle, WA harm reduction counseling NEEDLE EXCHANGE GRANTSAlameda County Exchange of HEPCAP — Oakland, CA Aris Risk Reduction Project — San Jose, CA Austin Harm Reduction Coalition — Austin, TX Coast Exchange Collaborative — Santa Cruz, CA Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland — Cleveland, OH Iniciativa Comunitaria de Investigacion — San Juan, PR Koba Human Services Foundation — Washington, DC Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution — Berkeley, CA North American Syringe Exchange Network Tacoma, WA Points North — Sebastopol, CA Prevention Point Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, PA Safe Works AIDS Project — Minneapolis, MN San Joaquin Valley Exchange Works — Merced, CA Southeast Wisconsin AIDS Project — Kenosha, WI Topeka AIDS Project — Topeka, KS ADVOCACY GRANTSNote: Advocacy grants often contain a public education component. Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy — Ottawa, Canada satellite conference on harm reduction at the 1996 International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia Correctional Association of New York — New York, NY advocacy for the reform of the Rockefeller Drug Laws Drug Reform Coordination Network — Washington, DC on-line public education activities and advocacy for drug policy reform Exponents Inc. — New York, NY creation of educational advocacy program headed by former substance users Fortune Society — New York, NY public speaking training for ex-offenders with addiction histories Justice Works Community — Brooklyn, NY public education and advocacy on alternatives to incarceration for female drug offenders Legal Action Center — New York, NY joint policy reform project with AIDS Action Center in Washington, D. C. Marijuana Policy Project — Washington, DC public education and advocacy on marijuana law reform New York Needle Exchange Network — New York, NY public education and advocacy on needle exchange and syringe deregulation in New York state National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws— Washington, DC staff support and membership drive Washington Office on Latin America — Washington, DC advocacy on drug policy in Latin America PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANTSAssociation of the Bar of the City of New York — New York, NY expenses related to October 1996 medical marijuana hearings New York County Lawyers' Association — New York, NY printing and distribution of association's study, "Drug Policy Task Force Report" Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition — Atlanta, GA Southeast Harm Reduction Conference in March 1996 Bronx Health & Human Services Development Corp. Inc. — Bronx, NY one-day forum on drug policy in June 1996 Calyx Internet — New York, NY Internet access for drug policy reform groups Civil Liberties Monitoring Project — Redway, CA public education on drug law enforcement in Northern California Connecticut Law Revision Commission — Hartford, CT support for state-mandated review of Connecticut drug policies Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment — Davison, MI publication of the newsletter, Methadone Today Dogwood Center — Princeton, NJ reproduction of the HIV/AIDS report, "Health Emergency 1997" Drug Policy Forum of Texas — Houston, TX public education on drug policy DPF Washington State — Seattle, WA project coordinator for methadone reform project Efficacy — Hartford, CT public education on drug policy Family Council on Drug Awareness — El Cerrito, CA production and distribution of drug education literature Human Rights '95 — El Cerrito, CA visual exhibit on victims of the war on drugs International Coalition for Addicts' Resources and Enlightenment — New York, NY travel to the Harm Reduction Coalition's conference in Oakland to help establish a Users' Union Methadone as a Legitimate Treatment Alternative — Marysville, CA public education on methadone provision and reform Media Awareness Project — Porterville, CA Internet drug policy public education and letter writing campaign National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS — New York, NY harm reduction promotion in African-American communities ReconsiDer — Syracuse, NY public education on drug policy in upstate New York RESEARCH GRANTSAmerican University School of Public Affairs Washington, DC research into the development of a drug policy research center Hebrew University of Jerusalem —Jerusalem, Israel publication of papers presented at Israeli drug policy reform conference in February 1996 National Association of Ethnography and Social Policy — Oakland, CA research on medical marijuana provision in the Bay Area Sentencing Project — Washington, DC research on the incarceration of drug offenders Yale University School of Medicine — New Haven, CT advanced research and evaluation of needle exchange
Grant Program UpdateThe grant program is accepting proposals for the following projects: Harm Reduction Programs Advocacy Efforts Drug Policy Education APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Send email to DPF's autoresponder, guidelines@dpforg, to receive the most recent grant guidelines, or contact DPF's New York office at (212) 307-5630. Grant guidelines also can be viewed on DPF's web site at: www4pf.orglhtml/grant,program.html. |