This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) provides $850,000 to Miami-Dade County to implement the Reconnect Resource Nexus, a technology-based intervention designed to mitigate barriers faced by probation clients in accessing community-based resources and to enhance information sharing between probation officers and treatment providers. The key objectives are: (1) deploying an advanced...
This Project Grant award from 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, provides $800,000 over 5 years to the Miami-Dade County Office of Strategic Business Management to implement the Miami-Dade Adult Drug Court Trauma Stimulant Initiative. The initiative aims to address substance use disorders, trauma, anger management, and co-parenting...
This federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) provides $1,125,000 to Oriana House Inc., a non-profit community corrections agency, to implement the OHI COACH Program. The program will deliver substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery coaching services to approximately 1,300 pre-trial felony offenders incarcerated at the Summit County Jail and transferred to the Oriana House Community Alternative...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Adamhs Board of Erie County, Ohio. The grant supports the Mobile Outreach Response and Engagement (MORE) program, which aims to strengthen collaboration between mental health providers and the criminal justice system in Erie County. The program seeks to address the disproportionate involvement of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $662,616 Project Grant under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) to the Adamhs Board of Erie County, doing business as The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Erie & Ottawa Counties. The grant will fund the implementation of an AOT program in Erie County, Ohio to address the critical need for mental health services targeting individuals...
The Community Mental Health of Ottawa County (CMHOC) in Michigan received a $1,300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSUP). This 3-year grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, will enable CMHOC to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances among justice-involved individuals in Ottawa County. The key services to be...
The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program." The 36-month project aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the City of Maumee Municipal Court under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will support the planning and implementation of an Adult Treatment Court (ATC) program in Maumee, Ohio to serve at least 70 participants over the 4-year project period. The ATC will provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, recovery support services, drug testing, case management, and judicial...
The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office will receive $1.3 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to establish the Metropolitan Overdose Data to Action Program (MODTAP). MODTAP will consolidate existing anti-opioid committees into a single coordinating body charged with collecting, reviewing, and disseminating overdose data from...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), awarded a $1,198,617 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the County of Hamilton, Tennessee. This grant will fund a collaborative initiative between the Hamilton County Office of Economic and Community Development, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Quality Correctional Health Care, and the McNabb Center to implement a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program...