U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announces more than $163 million available to fight addiction crisis

U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio announced today that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grant funding is available to help communities address the addiction crisis across the nation.

“We must continue to keep up the fight against substance abuse and addiction in our community,” said U.S. Attorney Herdman. “The Department of Justice is making historic amounts of grant funding available to directly benefit those groups and organizations in our community that are on the front lines of this battle.”

 The funding is available through Office of Justice Programs (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                                                        

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program

https://bja.ojp.gov/COSSAP20

Total available: $27 million                                               

Enhancing Community Responses to America's Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims

https://www.ovc.gov/grants/pdftxt/fy-2020-enhancing-community-responses-to-drug-crisis.pdf

Total available: $19 million

Family Drug Court Program

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17090

Total available: $18.2 million                                            

Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17754

Total available: $28.1 million             

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17051

Total available: $7.2 million          

Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-16930

Total available: $48 million                                             

Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17352

Total available: $9 million                                               

Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime          

https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17275

Total available: $1 million                                                           

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners

https://bja.ojp.gov/RSAT20

Total available: $4.5 million        

For more information and to review the deadline for submitting grant applications, please visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities