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OJJDP FY24 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

Funder
OJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
Deadline to Apply

Description: With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the efforts of communities to develop prevention and intervention responses that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by opioid use and other substance use disorders. OJJDP asks applicants to integrate youth and family partnership strategies into projects and partner with law enforcement, education, mental health service providers, child welfare agencies, community health agencies, and community-based organizations that address the needs of individuals and families experiencing substance use. OJP strongly encourages the use of data and evidence in program development for criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.

Eligibility

  • State governments 
  • City or township governments
  • Public- and state-controlled institutions of higher education
  • County governments
  • Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state
  • Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
  • Native American Tribal organizations (other than federally recognized Tribal governments)
  • Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts

View details about and register for a solicitation-specific webinar that will be held April 16, 2024.

Award Amount
Up to $750,000

Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants

Funder
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Deadline to Apply

Description: The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12 to 20 in communities throughout the United States. Award recipients will be expected to implement activities that support capacity building such as implementing evidence-based community approaches, enhancing collaboration, cooperation and coordination among communities, federal, state, and local and tribal governments, and convening Town Halls.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are domestic public and private non-profit entities that are current or former Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program recipients.

Contact Information:
Jeffrey Campbell
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Division of Primary Prevention
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
240-276-0117
csap.dpp@samhsa.hhs.gov

Award Amount
Up to $60,000

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Funder
SAMHSA
Deadline to Apply

The purpose of this program is to implement the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment public health model for children, adolescents, and/or adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred-provider organizations (PPOs) health plans, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), behavioral health centers, pediatric health care providers, children’s hospitals, etc.) and schools with a focus on screening for underage drinking, opioid use, and other substance use.

Award Amount
Up to $995,000 per year

First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

Funder
SAMHSA
Deadline to Apply

The purpose of this program is to provide resources to support first responders and members of other key community sectors on training, administering, and distributing naloxone and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved overdose reversal medications or devices. Recipients will be expected to establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for warm hand-off referrals to appropriate treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and other psychosocial resource support services. Recipients will also provide safety education around fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other drug trends associated with overdoses.

Award Amount
Up to $300,000 - $800,000 per year

Drug Free Communities Program

Funder
Center for Disease Control
Deadline to Apply

The DFC Program is the Nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use. Joining this program provides community-based coalitions with up to 10 years of funding to promote positive youth engagement and address the local conditions that drive youth substance use.

Directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the DFC Support Program partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CADCA to provide support and guidance to DFC coalitions related to coalition-building, programmatic expertise, and evaluation support.

Award Amount
125,000 per year

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