The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to support first responders and members of other key community sectors on training, administering, and providing naloxone and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved opioid overdose reversal medications or devices. Recipients will be expected to establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for warm hand-off referrals to appropriate treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and other psychosocial support services. Recipients will also provide safety education around fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other drug trends associated with overdoses.
Allowable Activities
Allowable activities are not required. Applicants may propose to use funds for the following activities:
- Facilitate field initiation of low-threshold medication (e.g., buprenorphine) intended to reduce the risk of withdrawal symptoms and overdose death per applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
- Purchase and distribute naloxone and drug-checking supplies through various modalities, including, but not limited to, schools, mail programs, and vending machines.
- Develop and implement tobacco cessation and alcohol misuse programs and initiatives
- Provide community first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
- Promote health equity by implementing initiatives that expand diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, while addressing behavioral health disparities and social determinants of health.
- Conduct capacity-building activities including, but not limited to, training, education, and technical assistance; expansion of partnerships; workforce capacity development; systems strengthening; and the development of program materials.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Available Funding: $6.2M
- Estimated Award Amount: $300,000–$800,000 per year.
Project Period
Up to 4 years
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this program is statutorily limited to the following 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.
- Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations
- Local governmental entities including, but not limited to, municipal corporations, counties, cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, and townships.
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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
