Cooperative Agreement NH28CE003020

The Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Disabilities (DBHDD), in partnership with the Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD), has been awarded a $1,599,999 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substance Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will fund the Fulton County Diversion and Deflection Recovery Program (FDR) to address substance use disorders, promote public safety, and increase access to...

This $43,892,064 federal Block Grant award was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The grant supports a wide range of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation activities in the state of Georgia, including counseling, crisis intervention, medication-assisted treatment, recovery support, and community-based mental health initiatives. The...

The Asian Health Coalition (AHC) was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant 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. The 4-year "Together to Stop Underage Drinking" project aims to reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the South Lawndale, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Brighton Park, and McKinley Park neighborhoods of Chicago's...

The Elbert County School District was awarded a $250,000 Drug-Free Community Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund a five-year project to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions dedicated to preventing and reducing substance use among youth in Elbert County, Georgia. The project...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $4.7 million Block Grant to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The funding supports several substance abuse prevention and treatment services delivered by DBHDD and various...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Atlantic Prevention Resources, Inc. in Absecon, New Jersey. The grant, which runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will support the Greater Atlantic Partnership (GAP) Coalition's efforts to establish and strengthen community-based collaborations focused on...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), awarded a $250,000 five-year Project Grant to The Orange County Council On Alcoholism, Inc. (doing business as Alcohol And Drug Awareness Council Of Orange County) on September 30, 2024. This grant aims to establish and strengthen a community coalition to prevent and reduce substance use among youth in Middletown, New York. The funded activities are expected to...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) was provided to the Akron-Newstead Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition (ANDAC) to reduce substance use prevalence among youth in the Akron-Newstead community. The key products and services to be delivered through this five-year grant include implementing evidence-based prevention strategies, youth leadership training, media campaigns,...

This Project Grant award of $280,000 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 will enable Westcare Georgia, Inc. to provide substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, as well as HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis prevention, testing, vaccination, and linkage to care for youth and adults aged 13 and older in the Atlanta metropolitan...

This Project Grant award for $1,551,042 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will establish a Regional Research Hub (RRH) in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia to improve linkages to care for recently incarcerated individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) and HIV status-neutral populations. The key aims of the project are to: 1) pilot test an intervention called SUCCESS-E to link persons with SUD in the Fulton County...