Jefferson county, alabama, is applying under category 1: locally driven responses to the opioid epidemic and subcategory 1A - a service area with a population of over 500,000

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, stimulants, and other drugs, as well as recovery support services for this high-risk justice-involved population. The grant funding will support engagement in essential treatment and recovery services to help reduce overdose deaths and incarceration rates in the county.

The proposed initiative will allow jefferson county to expand evidence-based substance use treatment and peer recovery support services to a pretrial population at high risk for overdose. These services are essential to supporting treatment engagement. The proposed project addresses cossups allowable use of implementing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment related to opioids, stimulants, and other drugs and recovery support services for a pre-trial population leaving jail.