The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking applications from eligible applicants to provide programs designed to assist persons with presumed substance use disorder using liaison strategies both before and after arrest to refer alleged low-level (non-felony) offenders into community-based treatment and support services.
Donor Name: Department of Public Safety
State: Maine
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Information
There is $500,000.00 available in funding.
Project Period
- Start Date: April 1, 2024
- End Date: March 31, 2025
Allowable Use of Funds
Allowable uses of funds can include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Licensed Addiction Counselor
- Treatment therapist, family therapy
- Case management services
- Medically assisted treatment
- Health care
- Job training
Eligibility Criteria
All municipal governments, county governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments or regional jails are invited to submit bids in response to this RFA. Private and non-profit agencies are not eligible to apply for Substance Use Disorder Assistance Program funds.
Applicants may not have any outstanding debt or delinquent reports for an SUD grant due to the Department at the time of submitting an application in response to this RFA.
Funds may be used to provide individual and group treatment activities. These projects must be designed to facilitate pathways to evidence-based, community-based treatment, medically assisted treatment, and/or recovery and support services.
- Municipal or county governments or regional jails for programs designed to assist persons with presumed substance use disorder by using liaison strategies both before and after arrest to refer alleged low-level offenders into community-based treatment and support services. Programs may include, but are not limited to:
- Referral of participants in the Substance Use Disorder Assistance Program to evidence-based treatment programs, including medically assisted treatment; and
- Provision of case management services to participants in order to secure appropriate treatment and support services such as housing, health care, job training, and mental health services.
- County governments for programs in the county jails designed to facilitate the accessing by persons with presumed substance use disorder of post-adjudication diversion and reentry programs. Programs may include, but are not limited to:
- Provision of evidence-based treatment programs, including medically assisted treatment, to jail inmates; and
- Provision of case management or other support services to participants to assist in the transition from jail upon release.
- Municipal governments for programs designed to facilitate pathways to community-based treatment, recovery, and support services for persons with substance use disorder who present themselves to municipal law enforcement agencies and request assistance and referral to evidence-based treatment programs, including medically assisted treatment
For more information, visit DPS.
