The Office of Cannabis Management’s Division of Social Equity is charged with engaging with the community and administering grants to communities that experienced a disproportionate, negative impact from cannabis prohibition and cannabis use.
Division staff will promote economic development, improve social determinants of health, provide services to prevent violence, support early intervention programs for youth and families, and promote community stability and safety.
The division will also act as an ombudsperson for OCM to provide information, investigate complaints under the cannabis law, and provide or facilitate dispute resolutions. Staff also will be responsible for reviewing transfer of a license that was issued as a social equity license.
The Division of Social Equity will implement and oversee the two grant programs established in statute.
OCM will host a virtual information session on Dec. 10 to update community members about the CanRenew and CanGrow grants. Please register at this link.
Webinar details
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, from 4:30 – 6 p.m.
If you have a question about either of the grants, please use this form to submit your questions. Questions will be used to help inform OCM's future resources, presentations, and FAQs on the webpage. If you are not able to join, OCM will post a recording of the webinar on this website several days after the event.
OCM hosted a virtual information session on Nov. 15 about the CanRenew and CanGrow grants. Watch a recording of that event.
