The County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department, Division received a $1,300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP), CFDA 16.838. The grant will fund a 3-year initiative to provide 200 individuals suffering from opioid and stimulant use disorders (primarily methamphetamine) with evidence-based therapy and recovery residences. The project strategy...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the New York State Unified Court System (UCS). The grant aims to reduce overdose deaths among justice-involved individuals by enhancing the capacity of six local court sites in high-priority areas with annual overdose death rate increases exceeding 50% to rapidly connect court users at high risk of...
The County of El Paso, Texas was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will fund the county's Justice and Recovery Support Initiative, a comprehensive program designed to address the opioid epidemic's impact on justice-involved individuals through substance abuse treatment, peer support services, and rehabilitation programs. The...
The York County Attorney's Office in Nebraska was awarded a $1,300,000 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.838). The grant funding will support the development and implementation of the Substance Abuse Focus Engagement for Recovery (SAFER York) program, which aims to establish a prosecutor-led adult diversion program targeting individuals involved in the justice system due to...
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 County of Santa Cruz received a $545,050 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the Santa Cruz County Adult Drug Court Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA #16.585), which aims to provide adult treatment courts and criminal justice professionals with resources to plan, implement, enhance, and sustain evidence-based...
The Superior Court of San Mateo, located in Redwood City, California, was awarded a $1,599,185 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund the creation of a Unified Diagnostic and Screening Calendar to address the significant delay in placement of defendants with substance use disorders into treatment programs, as well as the worsening...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the County of Franklin, Maine. The grant will fund the Franklin County Jail Substance Use Recovery and Re-Entry Program (FRP), which aims to increase community capacity to address substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health issues, and related social challenges in Franklin County. Key program components include expanding...
The County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department was awarded a $698,500 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The grant will fund recovery residence services for 40-60 individuals per year over four years, totaling 200 individuals served. The recovery residences are safe, substance-free living environments that support individuals' recovery from...
The County of Hudson, New Jersey was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (CFDA 16.838). The 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will support the expansion of several initiatives to prevent drug overdoses and reduce substance use across the county, which has an urban population of 702,463 residents. Key activities include continuing an Overdose Fatality Review Team, embedding...