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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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Sharing information about a webinar <b>tomorrow </b>that will review the Comer Family Foundation’s SSP funding opportunity and process. Please contact their team at
<a href="mailto:grants@comerfamilyfoundation.org">grants@comerfamilyfoundation.org</a> with any questions. Application instructions are below. The deadline is 5/1.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Join us on
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Friday, April 12, 2024, 1 pm Central</span>
</b>for a webinar where we will review the application and open the floor for a Q&A with our team!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Please
<u><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrd-yqrjIiHd3dmOqC3BEJMoHBmFrNkhJu"><span style="color:#0070C0">click here</span></a></span></u> to register!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"> After registering,
you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#008FC5;letter-spacing:.3pt">Lillie Armstrong</span><span style="color:#D14414"><br>
</span></b><span style="color:#404040">Senior Manager, Drug User Health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Pronouns: She/Her/Hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">202.897.0031 | </span><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="mailto:larmstrong@NASTAD.org">larmstrong@NASTAD.org</a></span><span style="color:#404040"><br>
</span><b><span style="color:#008FC5;letter-spacing:.3pt">NASTAD</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#404040;letter-spacing:.3pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">COMER FAMILY FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">The Comer Family Foundation is excited to announce that we have opened our
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.comerfamilyfoundation.org/syringe-service-program/grant-applicants.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Spring 2024 Syringe
Services and Community-Based Harm Reduction Application</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"> and
<b>you are</b> <b>invited to apply</b>! We are accepting applications for single-year grants until
<b>May 1, 2024</b>. Grant requests may range from <span style="color:#414141">$2,500 to $20,000. Eligibility requirements and criteria are outlined below. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#FFC700">Eligibility Requirements & Criteria</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#FFC700">: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#414141">The Comer Family Foundation will make grants to organizations that are exempt from federal tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and that are not classified as private foundations under section 509(a) of the code. We welcome applications from Tribal governments and organizations that require a fiscal sponsor. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#414141;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Organizations with total organizational budgets less than $600,000 </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#414141">Organizations grounded in harm reduction principle and practice providing access to sterile syringes, safer smoking, and snorting kits, through syringe services and community-based harm reduction programs </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#414141">Syringe services and community-based harm reduction programs must be in operation for one full year </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#414141">Organizations who have not received funding from Comer Family Foundation in the last 12 months </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">For more information about the</span>
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.comerfamilyfoundation.org/syringe-service-program/grant-applicants.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Spring 2024 Syringe Services
and Community-Based Harm Reduction Application</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#FFC000">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">you may:<b> </b> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#FFC000"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#FFC000"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Click
<a href="https://www.comerfamilyfoundation.org/syringe-service-program/grant-applicants.html" target="_blank">
<b>here</b></a> to view our application guidelines and funding priorities. Ready to go?
<span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=comer" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0070C0">APPLY HERE</span></b></a></span>! <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Email us at
<a href="mailto:grants@comerfamilyfoundation.org" target="_blank">grants@comerfamilyfoundation.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Join us on
<b>Friday, April 12, 2024, 1 pm Central </b>for a webinar where we will review the application and open the floor for a Q&A with our team!
<b>Please <u><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrd-yqrjIiHd3dmOqC3BEJMoHBmFrNkhJu"><span style="color:#0070C0">click here</span></a></span></u> to register!</b> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sincerely,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Monique<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">MONIQUE ETIENNE | Grants and Data Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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