The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the Department of Justice's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $416,000 Project Grant to the County of Bernalillo to sustain and expand its Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. The LEAD program is an evidence-based harm reduction model that aims to increase public safety and reduce recidivism through collaboration across the public health, behavioral health, and criminal justice sectors. The grant...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Pueblo of Taos in New Mexico. The grant, titled "Taos Pueblo's Tribal Opioid Response - Combining Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Services to Address the Opioid Crisis," will fund the Taos Pueblo Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program. The TOR program...
The County of Santa Fe was awarded a $339,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will support the implementation and continued operation of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program in Santa Fe County, which provides long-term, intensive case management services to individuals with substance use and/or mental health challenges who may be justice-involved. The...
This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program) supports a comprehensive initiative led by the Tucson Police Department in Arizona. The key objectives are to integrate regional overdose reporting systems, implement a data-driven regional overdose response program, and develop a sustainability plan for effective intervention. The project aims to enhance data...
The Third Judicial District Court in Las Cruces, New Mexico will receive $750,000 through a Project Grant award 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 enhance the existing Adult Drug Court Program (ADCP) to increase capacity from 30 to 50 participants and expand treatment and support services over the four-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026....
The Taos Pueblo ASPIRE (Alternative Systems Protect, Invest, Restore, Empower) project is a $900,000 federal grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596). The 5-year project aims to strengthen the tribal justice system capacity of the Pueblo of Taos by implementing a collaborative, multi-entity approach to serving all community members through legal and restorative justice models that integrate with...
The Taos Municipal Schools were awarded a $492,500 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The three-year award, issued October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024, will support the implementation of the School Violence Prevention Program. This program aims to develop collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and the Taos community to address...
The City of Lawrence, MA was awarded a $1,298,760 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The purpose of the grant is to implement a comprehensive and connected continuum of care for substance misuse prevention in Lawrence, with a focus on reducing disproportionate rates of illicit opioid and stimulant misuse and overdoses among males in their 30s and 40s,...
This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) will support three key objectives in Hennepin County, Minnesota: Increase access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment for detained individuals, who are disproportionately African American and Native American, by hiring a dedicated sheriff's deputy to transport detainees to treatment and...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Albany County $1,260,648 under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support Albany County's expansion of the Albany Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, including adding new clinical capacity within the Albany County Department of Mental Health to serve LEAD clients with...