Project Grant H79TI088959

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Hope Sheds Light Inc. $335,200 under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490) on September 30, 2026.

Hope Sheds Light Inc., a New Jersey-based nonprofit, will deliver peer recovery support services and trauma-informed case management to individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders across Ocean and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey, including Toms River, Brick, Berkeley, Manchester, Jackson, Asbury Park, Neptune, Long Branch, Howell, Middletown, and surrounding municipalities. The recipient will target low-income adults with opioid and alcohol use disorders at high risk of disengagement during transitions from detoxification, residential treatment, hospitals, emergency departments, outpatient care, recovery court, probation/parole, shelters, and reentry programs, as well as family members and loved ones when family recovery support is appropriate and desired by participants. Primary evidence-informed practices include peer recovery support services delivered by individuals with lived experience in recovery, and C.H.I.M.E.—a trauma-informed, recovery-oriented case management framework organizing recovery around five person-centered processes: connectedness, hope, identity, meaning, and empowerment. The award funds three goals: improving access to recovery support and continuity of care across the region, reducing barriers to sustained recovery, and increasing workforce readiness and recovery-supportive employment opportunities. Period of performance runs from September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2029, with place of performance in Toms River, New Jersey.