Is there federal funding available to support collaborative, multi-disciplinary efforts to address opioid abuse?

    Yes, in January 2017, BJA released two funding opportunities as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which is the first major federal substance abuse disorder treatment and recovery legislation in 40 years. The Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program and the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program support CARA’s goals to address the opioid epidemic by encouraging comprehensive, cross-system, data-driven, and evidence-based planning and collaboration among stakeholders from the criminal justice field and substance abuse treatment and recovery system. Under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program there is support for overdose outreach projects, which can connect overdose survivors with treatment and recovery services, including naloxone, and educate communities on overdose prevention. The deadline for both of these solicitations is April 25, 2017. 

    Additional funding is available through the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).

    Resources: 

    Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement

    Date: 
    Feb, 2017
    Contributor: 
    Bureau of Justice Assistance
    Resource Type: 
    Funding

    BJA is seeking applications to plan and implement comprehensive strategies in response to the growing opioid epidemic. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing resources to state, local, and tribal governments to intervene with persons with substance-use disorders. 

    Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement

    Date: 
    Feb, 2017
    Contributor: 
    Bureau of Justice Assistance
    Resource Type: 
    Funding

    BJA is seeking applications to plan and implement comprehensive strategies in response to the growing opioid epidemic. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing resources to state, local, and tribal governments to intervene with persons with substance-use disorders.