The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to create a regional drug data research center that promotes the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information critical in response to the overdose crisis and impacts of opioids, stimulants, and other substances.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,980,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to continue developing a network of drug data research centers to combat the overdose crisis, building on the first award made in 2022. BJA anticipates making up to two awards to two accredited institutions of higher learning to support expanding an existing statewide drug data repository into a regional drug data research center (“regional data center”) that will promote the collection, analysis, research, and dissemination of information to help combat the surge in fatal and nonfatal overdoses from opioids, stimulants, and other substances. Institutions awarded under this solicitation and their respective data research centers will work with the FY 2022 Drug Data Research Centers to Combat the Overdose Crisis (DDRC)-funded center at the University of Alabama and will serve as both a model and technical advisors to translate this model to other regions in the United States.
Goals
The goal of this program is to promote the research, collection, analysis, and dissemination of overdose-related information to reduce fatal and nonfatal overdoses, promote public safety, and support prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, creating a network of regional drug data research centers that serves as a model for other regions in the United States.
Objectives
Objectives of this program are to:
- Expand the existing statewide drug data repository into a regional data center to produce and disseminate web-based, real-time, actionable multisector drug data.
- Enhance the capacity to utilize, as applicable, the open-source, regional drug data research center architecture developed by the University of Alabama.
- Facilitate electronic information sharing across multiple agencies across state lines that must include, but not be limited to, data on overdose deaths, drug-related EMS encounters, prescription drug monitoring program data, drug arrests, and drug-related emergency department visits. This effort should be complementary to, not duplicative of, other information sharing.
- Encourage the sharing of additional information from law enforcement, prosecutions, jail stays, corrections (institutional and community), public health, treatment provision, and/ or courts/pretrial services across states.
- Support collaboration among public health, behavioral health, criminal justice, and first responder agencies to use these data to inform strategies and coordinate efforts.
- Expand research to enhance knowledge to more effectively address the overdose crisis, particularly in populations who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $3,960,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $1,980,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
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