The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychiatry Substance Abuse Division received a $749,998 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842). The grant will fund a 3-year project, "Family Wellness Beyond," to (1) provide peer support services to up to 25 youth impacted by opioids and other substances per year, (2) offer case management services, and...
The Alabama Unified Judicial System was awarded a $750,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The grant will enhance the Alabama Unified Judicial System's Juvenile Drug Court program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Funding will support the Administrative Office of Courts in its efforts to plan, implement, enhance and...
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 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...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $748,818 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, to deliver an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program curriculum paired with positive youth development (PYD) services. The project will focus on youth ages 10-17 in Muscogee County, Georgia, providing the Narconon: Truth About Drugs prevention curriculum and PYD services in areas such as...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to The Up Center, a non-profit family services agency in Norfolk, Virginia. The grant will fund a 3-year community-based Opioid Affected Youth Program that will utilize the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) to provide treatment and recovery services for up to 70 youth under 18 and their...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $567,627 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Incorporated to deliver the Beginning New Outreach Opioid Affected Youth Program. This program provides mentoring, substance abuse prevention education using an evidence-based curriculum, and positive youth development services to youth ages 11-17 affected by the opioid crisis in Georgia and Alabama. The goal is to help participants voluntarily refrain...
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) received a $730,384 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540). The funding will support ADECA's efforts from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 to increase evidence-based community diversion programs for at-risk youth in Montgomery, Alabama. The...
The University of Alabama was awarded a $3.5 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Drug Data Research Center to Combat the Opioid Crisis program (CFDA 16.046). The award will support the establishment of the Southeast Regional Drug Data Research Center to consolidate opioid data and provide intelligence to stakeholders across seven states in HHS Region 4 through September 2025. Key deliverables include...
The federal Project Grant award of $749,268.00 to A New Day Inc., doing business as New Day Youth and Family Services, was provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) program. The funding supports the "KALEIDOSCOPE" project, which targets young people ages 16-24 experiencing homelessness, disconnection, and marginalization in Albuquerque, NM - a high-risk population for opioid and substance...