Kentucky Retail Survey Project (Nicotine & THC) Mini Grant

The goals of the Kentucky Retail Survey Project Mini Grant are to (1) reduce retail access of tobacco/nicotine products and THC products to persons under the age of 21 and 2) increase awareness of the harms of youth tobacco/nicotine and/or THC use.

Who May Apply
All Kentucky substance misuse prevention coalitions or youth groups (KY-ASAP Local Boards, Drug Free Community Coalitions, Unite Groups, etc.) may apply. Youth must be involved in all planning and implementation aspects of the mini grant project, but they are not required to author the grant application.

Mini Grant Project Details
Awarded applications will include the following two core components:

• conducting Kentucky Tobacco Retail Survey Project environmental scans in retail settings
• distributing Tobacco 21 toolkits to retailers

In addition to the two core strategies, awarded applications will include one or more follow-up strategies from the list below:

• Agreements from retailers to change product placement and/or post signage to limit youth access to ALL tobacco/nicotine and THC products
• Photovoice project developed from photos taken during the scan project
• Articles in the local paper about scan project findings
• Social media posts about scan project findings
• Presentation that displays scan project findings to share with community members:
  
  • Elected officials – fiscal courts, mayors, city councils, law enforcement, local school board officials, state and federal senators and representatives
  • Parents and guardians
  • Youth
• Campaign to promote awareness of the need for local tobacco licensing that incorporates scan project findings

Award Amount
Mini grants will be awarded in amounts of up to $2,000 per grant.

Time Frame
Notice of Funding Opportunity announcements are made annually in December and are awarded in March.