The Jefferson County Commission in Birmingham, Alabama will receive $1,521,800 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand peer recovery services and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment, for individuals at high-risk of overdose who are habitual offenders. Ninety percent of the budget will support evidence-based substance use disorder treatment related to opioids, stimulants, and other...
This Project Grant award of $1,600,000, provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838), will allow Jefferson County, Alabama to expand evidence-based substance use treatment and peer recovery support services to a pretrial population at high risk for overdose. The proposed initiative will address the allowable use of implementing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment related to opioids,...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The funding will support a collaborative, data-driven response to the opioid crisis and substance use disorder in Georgia. Key activities include implementing law enforcement and first responder diversion programs, pre/post-booking alternatives to incarceration,...
The Clay County Anti-Drug Coalition (CCADC) was awarded a $1,000,000 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. This 3-year project grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will allow CCADC to expand the availability of individual and group peer recovery support services, provide care coordination to connect high-risk clients with treatment and recovery resources, and implement enhanced prevention...
The Tulsa County District Attorney was awarded a $1.6 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to fund the Tulsa County Collaborative Jail Reentry (TCJR) Initiative from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The TCJR Initiative aims to reduce high rates of substance use and overdoses in Tulsa County, Oklahoma by identifying inmates with...
The County of Madison, Tennessee received a $1.3 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will fund the Madison County COSSAP Initiative to address substance abuse disorders, particularly opioid abuse, in Madison County through FY2025. Key services to be delivered include real-time data collection, distributing naloxone to first...
The County of Montgomery, Ohio was awarded a $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to deliver services under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As part of COSSUP, formerly known as the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program, the County will provide financial and technical assistance through its Public Health...
The Douglas County Community Service Board (DCCSB) received a $1.2 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The goal of COSSUP, as established under the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, is to provide financial and technical assistance to address substance use disorders. Under this three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 and...
The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office will receive $1.3 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to establish the Metropolitan Overdose Data to Action Program (MODTAP). MODTAP will consolidate existing anti-opioid committees into a single coordinating body charged with collecting, reviewing, and disseminating overdose data from...
The Worcester County Health Department in Snow Hill, Maryland will receive $600,000 from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to continue and expand law enforcement assisted diversion programs throughout Worcester County from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. COSSUP aims to provide financial and technical assistance to address substance use through programs like diversion efforts...