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

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

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 30, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

TULSA, Okla. - U.S. Attorney Trent Shores of the Northern District of Oklahoma today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants are available to help communities address America’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. “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."

“This critical funding in the fight against drug addiction is a lifeline to help the sick," said U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. “I encourage agencies to apply for these grants to fund Oklahoma tailored programs that can make a real difference to Oklahomans suffering with addiction."

The funding is available through the Office of Justice Programs, 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

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

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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