Grants and Settlements

Provided by: United States Department of the Treasury

Availability: Multiple funding opportunities available.

Website: American Rescue Plan Fiscal Recovery Funds

About: The American Rescue Plan delivered $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to respond to the Covid-19 emergency. Funds were allocated to address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed to the unequal impact of the pandemic, including drug overdoses.

Provided by: U.S. Department of Justice

Eligibility:

• City or township governments
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• State governments
• Other
  • Public and state controlled institutions of higher education with on-campus police departments

Website: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171627

Summary: This opportunity seeks applications for grant funds from state, local, and tribal law enforcement and correctional entities to develop and implement law enforcement or corrections crisis response training programs. This program supports law enforcement partnerships with mental health, substance use disorder, and community service agencies to improve appropriate and effective responses to individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or physical disabilities and to achieve safe outcomes for all individuals in the community.

Provided By: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Eligibility: Multiple funding opportunities available.

Website: Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Programs (COSSAP)

About: Supporting effective local, state, and tribal responses to illicit substance use and misuse in order to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system.

Provided by: The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office)

Eligibility: State Law Enforcement Agencies

Website: COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program (AHTF)

Summary: The Fiscal Year 2023 COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program is a competitive award program designed to advance public safety by providing funds directly to state law enforcement agencies in states with high per capita rates of primary treatment admissions for the purpose of locating or investigating illicit activities through statewide collaboration relating to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, or carfentanil, or to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids.

Provided by: Department of Justice

Eligibility:

• Private institutions of higher education
• Public and state controlled institutions of higher education

Website: FY 2023 Drug Data Research Center to Combat the Overdose Crisis

About: This opportunity provides funding to create a regional drug data research center that promotes the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information critical in response to the overdose crisis and impacts of opioids, stimulants, and other substances.

Institutions awarded under this solicitation and their respective data research centers will work with the FY 2022 Drug Data Research Centers to Combat the Overdose Crisis-funded center at the University of Alabama and will serve as both a model and technical advisor to translate this model to other regions in the United States.

Provided by: National Institutes of Health

Eligibility: MA, OH, KY, and NY.

Website: HEALing Communities Study (HEAL) NIH Heal Initiative

About: The HEALing Communities Study test the integration of prevention, overdose treatment, and medication-based treatment in select communities hard hit by the opioid crisis. This comprehensive treatment model is tested in a coordinated array of settings, including primary care, emergency departments, and other community settings and will establish best practices for integrating prevention and treatment strategies that can be replicated by communities nationwide.

Provided by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Eligibility: View details about and register for a solicitation-specific webinar that will be held April 20, 2023.

Website: Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse

About: With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by opioids and other drug misuse. OJJDP aims to assist youth and their families negatively affected by opioids and other substances, especially youth in historically marginalized and underserved communities who will benefit the most from prevention and intervention programs. The program’s goal is to improve outcomes (such as improved academic performance and reduced school dropout rates) for youth impacted by opioids and other substance misuse through mentoring. Multiple categories available.

Provided by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eligibility: Available to all 50 states.

Website: State Opioid Response Grants (SOR)

About: The program aims to address the opioid crisis by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment using the three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder, reducing unmet treatment need, and reducing opioid overdose related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD) (including illicit use of prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl and fentanyl analogs). This program also supports evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery support services to address stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine and methamphetamine. These grants will be awarded to states and territories via formula.

Provided by: U.S. Department of Justice

Website: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2023-171635

Eligibility: To be determined.

Summary: With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the establishment of a pilot demonstration program to develop, implement, and build replicable treatment models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services. The primary population served by such pilot programs will include adolescents and youth transitioning out of foster care who have experienced a history of foster care involvement, child poverty, child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice system involvement, substance use or misuse, or gang involvement. Eligible applicants can provide services to vulnerable and at-risk youth up to and including age 25.

Provided by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eligibility: Federally-recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations

Website: Tribal Opioid Response Grants (TOR)

Summary: The program aims to address the opioid crisis in tribal communities by increasing access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using one of the three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). In addition to focusing on OUD, recipients may also address stimulant misuse and use disorders, including cocaine and methamphetamine. The intent is to reduce unmet treatment need and opioid overdose-related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for OUD and, if so desired, stimulant misuse and use disorders.

Provided by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eligibility: Various

Website: Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)

About: The purpose of the SPF Rx grant program is to provide resources to help prevent and address prescription drug misuse within a state or locality. The program is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of sharing medications and the risks of fake or counterfeit pills purchased over social media or other unknown sources, as well as to work with pharmaceutical and medical communities on the risks of overprescribing. Whether addressed at the state level or by an informed community-based organization, the SPF Rx program raises community awareness and brings prescription substance misuse prevention activities and education to schools, communities, parents, prescribers, and their patients. In addition, grant recipients are required to track reductions in opioid-related overdoses and incorporate relevant prescription and overdose data into strategic planning and future programming.

Provided by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eligibility: Various

Website: Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths

About: The purpose of this program is to reduce the number of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and adverse events among individuals 18 years of age and older by training first responders and other key community sectors on the prevention of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and implementing secondary prevention strategies, including the purchase and distribution of naloxone to first responders.

Provided by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eligibility: Various

Website: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)

About: RCORP is a multi-year initiative that addresses barriers to treatment for substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD). This program is open to all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including federally recognized tribes as well as faith-based and community-based groups.

Provided by: State and local governments, commissions, etc.

Eligibility: Various

Website: Various

About: States are beginning to receive lump sums of money as the result of independent and multi-state settlement agreements with pharmaceutical companies and others involved in the distribution and sale of prescription opioids. With broad discretion as to how these funds may be used, state legislatures are acting to coordinate and direct the uses and disbursement of settlement dollars. Most states with enacted legislation have created legislatively appointed bodies to oversee dedicated opioid abatement funds, though structures and authority over allocation varies across states.