Cooperative Agreement H79SP081994

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will be used by the County of Carter, Tennessee to implement evidence-based programs to improve school security and promote a positive learning environment. The funding will support the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP), which aims to enhance security at schools and on...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Children Exposed to Violence (CFDA 16.818) program to Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc. (MCCC) to develop and implement a regional violence prevention program in Eastern Kentucky. The funding will enable MCCC, a non-profit healthcare and social services provider, to intervene in and prevent individual, family, and community violence, as well...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $657,412 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184) to the County of Carter in Elizabethton, TN. The grant, awarded on May 12, 2025, will support efforts to improve student safety and well-being through comprehensive mental health and educational support initiatives. Key products and services to be delivered include: Developing and expanding school-based mental health...

The Floyd County Fiscal Court (FCFC) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The 36-month grant will support the implementation of a collaborative substance use prevention, diversion, and treatment program to benefit at least 300 youth under 18 in Floyd County, Kentucky. Key program activities and objectives include: 1) establishing court-based substance use diversion services...

The Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition was awarded a $250,000 five-year Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The grant funding, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, supports the coalition's comprehensive community-based strategies to prevent and reduce youth substance use in Carroll County, Arkansas. The...

The City of Carterville was awarded a $118,633 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant, awarded in October 2024, is intended to enhance the city's law enforcement capacity and community policing strategies. Anticipated outcomes include increased engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and...

The County of Bucks, Pennsylvania was awarded a $1.619 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to develop and implement Project Connect. Project Connect is an intensive home- and community-based program designed to serve the entire nuclear family of parents experiencing substance use disorders (SUD) who have children in foster care or relative care. The program aims to...

The RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery's Southern Ocean County Interfaith Advocacy and Leadership (SOCIAL) Coalition was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will be used to implement evidence-based strategies to reduce underage alcohol and e-cigarette use among youth aged 18 and younger in southern Ocean County, New Jersey....

The Purchase District Health Department has been awarded a $1,000,000 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The 3-year project, which began on October 1, 2023, aims to implement partnerships between public health, public safety, and recovery communities to address the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic in 8 counties in western Kentucky. Key project activities include: 1)...

This $750,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support Westcare Tennessee, Inc.'s Breaking the Cycle reentry initiative. The initiative will provide comprehensive substance use disorder assessments, community-based SUD treatment, intensive case management, and wraparound services to 75 adult men and women diagnosed with SUD or co-occurring mental health disorders returning to Cocke and Jefferson Counties, Tennessee from...