Project Grant H79TI082128

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan, Inc., doing business as Alliance for Positive Change. The funding will support the "Women Accessing Options for Opioid Management (OPTIONS)" program, which provides comprehensive substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, harm reduction strategies, and recovery support services...

Through the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, Latin Women In Action will provide $495,000 in culturally relevant services to Hispanic victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in the Chicago area over a 4-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. Key services include counseling, therapy, medical and legal advocacy, immigration assistance,...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), Casa Juana Coln, Apoyo Y Orientacin a la Mujer, Inc. (CASA JUANA COLN) will serve children and youth ages 11-18 in Comero, Puerto Rico over a 36-month project period. The funding supports CASA JUANA COLN's...

This federal 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 program (CFDA 93.243) will provide $388,107 to the Unified Court System of New York State to expand the FOCUS program in Suffolk County, New York. The program aims to improve child welfare, expedite permanency, and address the needs of court-involved families affected by substance use...

This $8,911,329 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838) supports new or existing local nonprofit programs in implementing best practices or promising approaches for drug prevention programs targeted to youth in school and extracurricular settings. Key activities include selecting and administering subawards to project...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), totaling $444,826, is focused on adapting and testing an innovative, trauma-informed intervention to reduce overdose risk among women re-entering the community from prison. The key activities include: 1) Adapting the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) approach by engaging stakeholders to align it with the unique needs of justice-involved women,...

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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $400,000 in funding to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The project, titled "Project RENEW," aims to expand trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery, and reentry services for 18-35...

The Latina Center, Inc. was awarded a $575,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to implement the "Creating Culturally Specific Caminos al Apoyo (Pathways to Support)" project from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The project will enhance culturally specific services and resources for Latino/Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant funding is provided through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), which supports successful reintegration of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Casa Esperanza's "TRANSCEND: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program" will serve Latino returning...

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Substance Use Disorder Initiative is a $749,939 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842). The initiative will provide multidisciplinary, trauma-informed, dyadic-based, longitudinal medical and mental healthcare at MGH's HOPE Clinic, aimed at reducing the intergenerational transmission of substance use and minimizing future juvenile...