The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) was awarded a $238,107,340 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Opioid State Targeted Response (Opioid STR) program (CFDA 93.788) on September 30, 2024. The purpose of this grant is to address the opioid crisis in Massachusetts by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and supporting a continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for...
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant over 3 years from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA #16.838). The funding will support the expansion of the "CONNECT" team, which was established in 2021 to respond to fatal and non-fatal overdoses in the county's 30 rural communities. Key initiatives include: 1) implementing a mobile outreach program, self-referral...
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 grant will fund a comprehensive, community-based program to reduce disproportionately high rates of illicit opioid and stimulant misuse and overdoses in Lawrence, MA. Key activities include: establishing a multidisciplinary "Hub" partnership to coordinate...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $1,717,104 to The University of British Columbia over 3 years starting September 30, 2024. The project aims to adapt, produce, and pilot test a written "Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit" for use by clinicians in pediatric healthcare settings in Boston, MA and Vancouver, BC. The toolkit will provide practical guidance on delivering...
The Stockbridge-Munsee Health and Wellness Center Opioid Response Project is a $373,449 federal grant award funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The project aims to increase access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, including medication-assisted treatment using Vivitrol, purchasing and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), is intended to design tailored harm reduction strategies to address the escalating drug overdose crisis in the United States. The $2,316,128 award, with a project period from September 15, 2024 to July 31, 2028, will support collaborative efforts with health departments and community partners across six jurisdictions (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to increase naloxone availability and use in high-risk settings, specifically public libraries, to reduce opioid overdose mortality. The $721,217 award, granted on May 15, 2025, will fund a research project led by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to: 1) understand institutional barriers and facilitators of naloxone uptake in...
This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) provides $1,300,000 to the City of Springfield, Massachusetts to increase access to substance use treatment and services for homeless and justice-involved individuals. The key products and services delivered through this initiative include: Establishing a multidisciplinary homeless outreach team comprising a behavioral health clinician and police...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), awarded a $994,004 Project Grant to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to explore perceptions of overdose risk and develop tailored overdose prevention interventions for adolescents and young adults. The 2-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, aims to engage youth, families, providers, and people who use drugs to generate insights for future intervention development. Key...
The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts has been awarded a $1,000,000 federal Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substance Use Program (COSSUP), CFDA 16.838. The grant will fund the Expansion of Recovery from Addiction to Substances Efforts II (ERASE-II) project over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. ERASE-II is a multi-component intervention program designed to significantly improve efforts to...