The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a grant funding opportunity announcement, Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA), which aims to expand and enhance access to MAT services for individuals with an opioid use disorder who are seeking or receiving MAT.
Eligible applicants include states, political subdivisions within states, and public and private nonprofit organizations, including tribes and tribal organizations, in states with the highest rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin and opioids per capita. The goals of the MAT-PDOA program are:
- To increase the number of individuals with an opioid use disorder who receive MAT.
- To decrease illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at six-month follow-up.
SAMHSA plans to make up to 125 awards, each with up to $524,670 per year for up to 3 years. All applications for this funding opportunity are due by Monday, July 9.
Read the full grant announcement for more details.