Cooperative Agreement AID114A1400007

This Project Grant award, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, aims to create a comprehensive curriculum for Yale medical and physician assistant students to learn about substance use, address stigma, and develop skills to screen, assess, and care for patients with substance use disorder (SUD). The $553,756 award will train...

The federal Project Grant award under CFDA 93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides $600,000 in funding to Michigan State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham to implement a comprehensive addiction medicine curriculum for medical students. The overarching goal of the "MI CARES Expansion" program is to provide robust...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $4.7 million Block Grant to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The funding supports several substance abuse prevention and treatment services delivered by DBHDD and various...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $43,892,064 Block Grant for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. The grant will support a range of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services across the state from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities has distributed sub-awards to...

The American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) was awarded a $1,924,578 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The 5-year REACH 2.0 project, which commenced on September 30, 2024, focuses on increasing the number of racially just, culturally humble, and responsive addiction specialists in the addiction...

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) was awarded a $86,879,418 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The 3-year grant will fund the Georgia State Opioid Response (SOR) IV Project, which aims to expand and sustain treatment, recovery support, and prevention services for individuals...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with the official CFDA program title "Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs", is funding the development of an educational intervention to train a diverse workforce in addiction data science. The $136,320 award will support the creation of an immersive, tailored addiction data science skills course that provides hands-on training in areas such as FAIR data principles, computational analytics, and natural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. under the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516). The 3-year project aims to address opioid misuse in rural Georgia through a two-pronged strategy: (1) building community capacity by establishing extension hubs for opioid-related education, information, and support services; and (2)...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $739,172 under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners. The four-year project grant will enhance the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Adult Treatment Court in Georgia through evidence-based screening, expanded enrollment to 65 clients annually serving 195 total over the grant period, additional co-occurring disorder training for staff, and clinical...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), provides $481,428 to the Moses-Weitzman Health System, Inc. to develop, implement, and evaluate three virtual continuing education strategies aimed at improving the capacity of primary care providers in federally qualified health centers and other safety net settings to apply best practices in the prevention, screening, and treatment of alcohol use...