The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding to support an entity that will competitively select and fund subawards to recruit, train, and deploy paid peer recovery coaches who will assist a family member or caregiver’s recovery from substance misuse in order to support the well-being of youth who have experienced victimization as a result of the drug use; provide technical assistance to the selected subawardees; and assist in the development of a peer recovery coach paraprofessional program.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $4,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
By promoting recovery through a peer recovery coaching model, this program will support children, youth, and families, including kinship families and grandfamilies, who have been victimized by neglect, abuse, or violence because of a family member or caregiver’s drug use.
Goals
The goal of this initiative is to support children, youth, and families who have suffered victimizations as a result of a family member’s or caregiver’s substance use disorder by recruiting, training, and certifying peer recovery coaches who have lived experience. The program will result in a peer recovery coach paraprofessional program.
Objectives
- Develop a peer recovery coach-oriented workforce/paraprofessional program that successfully integrates recovery support services and supports individuals’ efforts to initiate and sustain their recovery.
- Ensure culturally responsive service provision, equity, and justice.
- Specific efforts should be made to reach out to and serve marginalized and historically underserved populations.
- Enhance knowledge and build the capacity of peer recovery coaches to serve this population more effectively.
- Use the key dimensions of recovery-oriented services (health, home, purpose, and community), as well as any new federal model standards for youth, family, and adult peer support.
- Build collaborative arrangements with other organizations or partners to guarantee program success.
- Provide services in non-treatment settings where appropriate.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $4,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $4,000,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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