The County of Essex in Newark, New Jersey received a $1.2 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Essex County Corrections Medication Assisted Treatment Program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP), formerly known as COSSAP. COSSUP aims to provide financial and technical...
The New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJ DHS) was awarded a $206,364,729 Project Grant 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 goals of the NJ State Opioid Response (NJ-SOR) project are to: 1) increase access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD); 2) support the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to the New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJ DHS) to implement the Collaborative Care Model (COCM) in two primary care and one pediatric care clinics located in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The project will serve 1,100 unduplicated individuals with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and co-occurring physical health or substance use disorders over...
The County of Hudson, New Jersey was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (CFDA 16.838). The 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will support the expansion of several initiatives to prevent drug overdoses and reduce substance use across the county, which has an urban population of 702,463 residents. Key activities include continuing an Overdose Fatality Review Team, embedding...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $749,996 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Children's Aid and Family Services Inc. (CAFS), a non-profit organization in Paramus, New Jersey. The grant will fund the establishment of the Bergen County Higher Education Addiction Prevention Consortium (BC HEAP) in collaboration with five postsecondary institutions...
The Essex County Sheriff's Department (ECSD), in collaboration with Volunteers of America Massachusetts (VOAMASS), received a $550,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year grant, beginning October 1, 2023, will expand the Essex Mental Health Diversion Program (EMHDP) to serve 250 eligible pre-trial inmates in Essex County. The project will implement a comprehensive,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,950,000 Project Grant to the North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), a non-profit organization in Newark, New Jersey, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The funding will support the North Jersey Portable Clinical Care Pilot Project, which aims to provide comprehensive healthcare services to underserved and...
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 $599,580 to the County of Lancaster Administration Building in South Carolina. The primary objectives of this 24-month grant, with a start date of September 30, 2024, are to: Increase the number of paramedics by developing an on-site certification program to serve...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $398,244 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia. The purpose of this 2-year project is to recruit and train rural emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide holistic, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care for patients with mental health and substance...
The federal Project Grant award of $9,395,720.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) will fund the "Health in Action Project" at the Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center in Somerset County, New Jersey. The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare services for 1,000...