U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces More Than $163 Million Available to Fight Addiction Crisis

TALLAHASSE, FLORIDA – Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida,
today announced that communities across northern Florida are eligible to apply for a portion of
more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants nationwide to help communities across
America address the nation’s addiction crisis.

“Our nation is facing the difficult challenge of curbing substance addiction, which threatens
public safety and is among the Administration’s top domestic priorities,” said Katharine T.
Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
“The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight to meet this challenge. OJP is making
historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to
innovative and diverse solutions.”

Added U.S. Attorney Keefe: “So much of the criminal activity in Northern Florida – from its urban
centers to the most rural areas – can be traced back to addiction. From the addicts who commit
crimes to support their habits to the dealers who keep them hooked, this is a scourge on every
community, and the grants available to help can make a meaningful impact across the District.”

The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety
funding and crime victim assistance in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs
support a wide array of activities and services, including programs designed to prevent overdose
deaths and break the cycle of addiction and crime.

A number of funding opportunities that address the addiction crisis are currently open:

       Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program
       https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17098
       Total Available $1.75 million                                    Deadline 5/14/2020

       Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program
       https://bja.ojp.gov/COSSAP20
       Total Available $27 million                                       Deadline 5/21/2020

       Enhancing Community Responses to America's Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims
       https://www.ovc.gov/grants/pdftxt/fy-2020-enhancing-community-response-to-drug-crisis.pdf
       Total Available: $19 million                                      Deadline: 5/4/2020

       Family Drug Court Program
       https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17090
       Total Available $18.2 million                                    Deadline 4/8/2020 (Extended)

       Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
       https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17754
       Total Available $28.1                                                  Deadline 5/5/2020

       Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
       https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17051
       Total Available $7.2 million                                      Deadline 4/13/2020 (Extended)

       Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative
       https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-16930
       Total Available $48 million                                       Deadline 4/13/2020

       Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
       https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17352
       Total Available $9 million                                         Deadline 4/20/2020

       Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime
       https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17275
       Total Available $1 million                                         Deadline 4/20/2020

       Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners
       https://bja.ojp.gov/RSAT20
       Total Available $4.5 million                                      Deadline 4/6/2020

For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit
https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
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