The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Adult Reentry Program (AR Program).
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/06/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $400,000
Grant Duration: Up to 5 years
Details:
The purpose of this SAMHSA program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced adult offenders/ex-offenders with a SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, who are returning to their families and community from incarceration in state and local facilities including prisons, jails, or detention centers.
The sentenced adult must meet the following criteria to receive services funded under this program:
- Be assessed or diagnosed as having a SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorder;
- Either sentenced to and serving at least one month in a correctional facility (jail/prison/detention center); or
- Be on probation/parole and be at risk of being re-incarcerated in a correctional facility (jail/prison/detention center), due to a probation/parole violation;
- For those currently incarcerated, be within four months of scheduled release to the community, in order to receive services in the correctional/detention setting; and
- Upon immediate release from the correctional facility to the community, be referred to community-based treatment.
Funding Information
Up to $400,000 per year
Project Period
Up to 5 years
Allowable Activities
Allowable activities are an allowable use of funds but are not required. Allowable activities may include:
- Planning activities to coordinate systems which bring together key stakeholder agencies/organizations (e.g., corrections agencies, SUD treatment and service providers, recovery community organizations) to form partnerships that will plan, develop, and provide SUD treatment, recovery services, and related reentry services in the community.
- Purchasing and/or directly administering brief diagnostic, assessment instruments, and screening tools for identification of SUDs and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders for the targeted adult reentry population.
- Training and/or employing intake and/or case management staff with SUD treatment expertise to assist correctional staff develop individual transition plans for reentry into the community.
- Coordinating with community-based organizations, including faith-based and recovery community organization groups, to go inside correctional facilities to initiate wrap-around transition planning activities (e.g., jobs or life skills education, building connections to social support and/or educational programs, etc.).
- Where feasible, initiating the use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and/or medications for other substance use disorders during the prerelease phase.
- Developing and implementing program-wide tobacco/ nicotine inhalation (vaping) cessation programs, activities, and/or strategies.
- Providing recovery housing for program participants.
- Developing and implementing an overdose prevention program that includes an educational component with SAMHSA’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit and naloxone information and distribution.
- Providing activities that address behavioral health disparities and the social determinants of health.
- Implementing efforts aligned to the award that may expand diversity equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- Using data to understand who is served and disproportionately served (e.g., overserved or underserved).
- Developing and implementing outreach and referral pathways that engage/target all demographic groups representative of your community.
- Assess for and respond to the needs of individuals and families served by the program who are at risk for or experiencing homelessness. This could include an assessment of homelessness risk, housing status, and eligibility for federal housing programs, and collaboration with homeless services organizations and housing providers, including referral partnerships with public housing agencies and coordination with local homeless Coordinated Entry systems.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are:
- Domestic public and private non-profit entities.
- State governments, The District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply.
- Governmental units within political subdivisions of a state, such as a county, city, or town.
- Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations.
- Public or private universities and colleges
- Community- and faith-based organizations
Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe; any legally established organization of AI/ANs which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body, or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of AI/ANs in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval. A single tribe in the consortium must be the legal applicant, the recipient of the award, and the entity legally responsible for satisfying the award requirements.
General Eligibility Information
Determining whether you are eligible to apply for and receive a SAMHSA award is very important. If you are not legally eligible for a specific funding opportunity, you would spend considerable time and money completing the application process when you cannot receive the award.
There are many types of organizations generally eligible to apply for SAMHSA funding opportunities. However, eligibility is strictly tied to the statutory authority governing this award. Please be sure to double check the NOFO for eligibility. Eligibility for this NOFO may include the following:
Government Organizations
- State governments and territories
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- State-Recognized Tribes
Other Tribal Entities
- Tribal organizations
- Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations
- Urban Indian Organizations
Education Organizations
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Education agencies/authorities serving children and youth residing in federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes
Non-profit Organizations
- Non-profits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Non-profits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, including entities with 501(c)(4) status (civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees) and 501(c)(5) status (labor organizations)
For more information, visit Offender Reentry Program.
