Project Grant 15PBJA22GG04477COAP

St. Lawrence County, New York will receive $1.3 million under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand medication-assisted treatment, peer support, and harm reduction activities for underserved populations through the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). Specifically, the County will use the funding to expand medication-assisted treatment services to the County correctional facility, continue and enhance peer support services established through a previous COSSUP award to reduce no-show rates from 50% to 15%, establish a new harm reduction and transportation specialist role focused on overdose prevention education and access to harm reduction resources, and set up new harm reduction services including needle exchange and syringe disposal. Oversight will be provided by the St. Lawrence County Opioid Rural Response Committee, which aims to reduce substance use disorder morbidity and mortality and includes representatives from County community services and prevention organizations. The funding period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025.