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TI-22-008: First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Grants

Closed Closed April 5, 2022 Opportunity TI-22-008 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Total funding$12.0 million
• Expected awards21
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility for this grant program is statutorily limited (Section 546A of the Public Health Service Act [42 USC 290ee-1], as amended) to the following entities: State governments; Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations; and Local governmental entities including, but not limited to, municipal corporations, counties, cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, and townships.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance awards averaged $2.3 million; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (55% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The purpose of this program is to provide resources to first responders and members of other key community sectors at the state, tribal, and other government levels to train, carry and administer Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) approved drugs and devices for emergency reversal of known or suspected opioid overdose. Recipients will be expected to establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for: (1) referral to appropriate treatment and recovery support services support services, and (2) safety around fentanyl, carfentanil, and other dangerous licit and illicit drugs. The population of focus are: 1) populations disproportionately impacted (relative to national averages) by opioid use as evidenced by high rates of opioid and other drug-related overdose, 2) primary treatment admissions, and 3) overdose rates. Applicant organizations must also demonstrate that their population of focus is underserved as demonstrated by a lack of accessibility to treatment providers, emergency medical services, and recovery and other psychosocial support services.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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