Cooperative Agreement UG3DA050193

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) provides $193,752 to Boston Medical Center Corporation to implement and evaluate a video-coaching intervention called THRIVE to promote positive parenting behaviors among mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD). The goal is to test the effectiveness of this intervention in improving parenting and reducing child behavior problems for preschool-aged children, as well as...

The Milwaukee County Family Drug Treatment Court was awarded a $719,572 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The four-year grant aims to enhance the existing Family Drug Treatment Court to more effectively address the needs of parents, children, and families affected by substance abuse and/or co-occurring mental health disorders who are...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded The Washington University a 3-year, $2,337,729 Project Grant under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to study the impact of prenatal opioid exposure on placental and fetal brain development. The project, titled "The Opioid in Pregnancy: Imaging of Oxygenation, Inflammation, and Development in Brain & Placenta" (OPIOID BPP), aims to define the longitudinal effects of prenatal opioid exposure on...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $741,975 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc. (CPLC), a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. Under this 3-year grant, CPLC will administer two evidence-based programs - Project Towards No Drugs Abuse (Project TND) and Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action - to reach up to 250 youth and 150...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,775,386.95, 5-year Project Grant (H79SP084100) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Westcare Ohio Inc., d/b/a East End Community Services, for the "Families Are Essential for Prevention (FEP)" program. FEP will serve children ages 3-11 and their families in Dayton, Ohio through education and evidence-based activities...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support a research project entitled "Optimizing Developmental Outcomes in Early Childhood After Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome." The $180,059 award, effective August 1, 2024, will fund a 5-year longitudinal study to assess the independent and moderating effects of positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and adverse childhood experiences...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $663,662 to Iowa State University to develop and evaluate an evidence-based substance use prevention intervention for youth in foster care. The project aims to adapt an existing intervention and deliver it through Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), who will serve as lay health workers to implement the trauma-informed program. The...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) totaling $945,397 provides funding to the Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation, with a sub-award to the University of Pittsburgh, to adapt and evaluate a collaborative care model (CCM) for treating pregnant persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) in low-resource obstetric settings. The key objectives are to: 1) adapt the CCM for rural and low-resource...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $896,785 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the County Of Greene in Springfield, Missouri. The grant funds the Enhancing Family Treatment Court Project, which aims to build court capacity and enhance substance use treatment through collaboration with providers, expansion of the certified peer recovery program, and development of...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) was awarded a $56,486,305 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will fund comprehensive prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services to address the opioid crisis in Minnesota, with a focus on serving populations disproportionately impacted, including...