California Services to Science Academy (CSSA) Cohort 2.0: Technical Support and Assistance for Promising and Innovative Prevention Programs
Department of Health Care Services
Who can apply
Non-profits, tribal governments, and public agencies providing SUD prevention services in California are eligible. Applicants must serve youth, young adults, or families and demonstrate capacity for equitable, community‑based prevention. Priority goes to organizations serving under‑resourced or marginalized communities.
About this opportunity
The CSSA is a Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) program that provides an opportunity for primary prevention providers who are delivering locally developed and innovative substance use disorder (SUD) prevention interventions to generate evidence as either practices or case studies of intervention implementation or adaptation to serve as a resource on the Substance Use Prevention Evidence-Based Resource (SUPER) website for other prevention providers across the state. The CSSA Cohort 2.0 will support prevention providers seeking to generate and demonstrate credible evidence of effectiveness for locally developed and innovative prevention activities, with the goal of increasing the number of effective interventions to be featured on the SUPER website, thus strengthening prevention prov...