Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) announces the availability of funding as part of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) Prescription Drug Overdose (PDO) grant and Bureau of Justice Assistances (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP). Advancing health and racial equity is a core goal of this opportunity. This funding aims to invest in local communities to strengthen overdose response and prevention strategies where residents of Massachusetts are facing the greatest impact from the opioid crisis and the war on drugs. This funding is intended to specifically address overdose along the intercept points of the criminal legal system. MDPH seeks applicants who will develop community action plans that will lead to community vetted implementation activities with a focus on intercepts with the criminal legal system. Eligible applicants include municipalities, Public Health Districts or Shared Service Arrangements, or other community-serving entities including tribal jurisdictions, coalitions, and taskforces.
Overview of DivCare: The goal of Diversion to Care is for awardees to build and/or enhance local overdose response strategies and service coordination infrastructure by leveraging existing resources and engaging additional individuals who are not currently accessing services. Applicants must focus on leveraging existing resources in their communities and identifying gaps along the sequential intercept model (SIM) which details how individuals with mental and substance use disorders might be touching the criminal legal system across the different intercepts.
Funding Purpose: This funding aims to invest in local communities to strengthen overdose response and prevention strategies individuals are facing the greatest impact from the overdose crisis and the war on drugs. This funding is intended to specifically address overdose along the intercept points of the criminal legal system. MDPH-BSAS seeks applicants who will develop community action plans that will lead to community vetted implementation activities with a focus on intercepts with the criminal legal system.
Eligibility: Applicants could include municipalities, Public Health Districts or Shared Service Arrangements, or other community-serving entities including tribal jurisdictions, coalitions, and taskforces.
Application Deadline: May 17th, 2024 4PM