The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is inviting applicants for its Grants to Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts Program.
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts. The program recognizes the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs. These awards provide a continuum of care, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, for individuals with SUD involved with the courts.
The population of focus is adults diagnosed with SUD as their primary condition who participate in an Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Court, Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC) or Adult Treatment Drug Court (ATDC). These drug court models can include Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)/Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Courts, Co-Occurring Drug and Mental Health Courts, Veterans Treatment Courts, Reentry Courts, and Municipal Courts using the problem-solving court model.
Required Activities
Recipients are required to carry out each of the following activities:
- Screen and assess clients for the presence of SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. Use the information obtained from the screening and assessment to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and/or recovery support services and treatment plans.
- Ensure screening and assessments provide equitable access to drug courts for racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minority groups.
- Screen for infectious diseases for which those with SUDs are at high risk, including, but not limited to, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, B, and C), and syphilis. Provide appropriate referral and follow-up to ensure treatment if screening tests indicate infection, and vaccination for those infectious diseases for which a vaccine is available.
- Provide evidence-based and culturally and linguistically appropriate treatment services to meet the unique needs of diverse populations at risk.
- Treatment services must include the use of FDA-approved medications in the treatment of OUD and medication management in outpatient, day treatment (including outreach-based services), intensive outpatient, or residential programs.
- Provide recovery support services (e.g., recovery housing, peer support services, childcare, supported employment, skills training and development, and transportation services) that provide emotional and practical support to maintain client/participant remission.
- If peer support services are provided, they should be designed with, and delivered by, individuals who have experience with the criminal justice system, have experienced an SUD or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, and are in recovery.
- Provide family engagement opportunities (e.g., parenting classes, fatherhood programming, family-centered or relational-based therapy, etc.).
- FTDC recipients must provide specific services and supports related to the preservation of the family including, but not limited to, family counseling and family recovery support services.
- FTDC recipients must collaborate with community partners that are trained and can serve diverse populations to provide comprehensive services (e.g., child welfare agencies as referral sources and other agencies that can address the needs of children).
- Provide comprehensive case management plans that directly address risks for recidivism, as determined by validated risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services to appropriate clients, including substance use and cognitive behavioral interventions, to address needs and reduce those risks. Case management should also include assisting eligible uninsured clients with applying for health insurance.
- Provide language access services (to include interpretation, translation, disability accommodations, and accessibility) to support required activities, as applicable
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Available Funding: $24,400,000
- Estimated Award Amount: Up to $400,000
- Length of Project Period: Up to 5 years
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are states and territories (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), including the District of Columbia, political subdivisions of states (local governments), drug courts, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations, health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or award with the Indian Health Service, or community- and faith-based organizations, or other public or private nonprofit entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
