Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult Criminal Justice Populations

The summary for the Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult Criminal Justice Populations grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult Criminal Justice Populations: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 Adult Criminal Justice Treatment grants. This program is designed to address gaps in substance abuse treatment services for adult individuals involved with the criminal justice system by supporting rapid and strategic responses to demands for substance abuse (including alcohol and drug) treatment services in communities with serious, emerging drug problems as well as communities with innovative solutions to unmet needs. The purpose of this program is to expand and or/enhance the communitys ability to provide a comprehensive, integrated, and community-based response to a targeted, well-documented substance abuse treatment capacity problem and/or improve the quality and intensity of services for adult individuals in the community who are involved with the criminal justice system. To address the broad needs of this population, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment seeks to increase substance abuse treatment and recovery services for persons who are substance-involved, substance-dependent, have a substance abuse disorder or a co-occurring disorder and are involved in community justice systems. Given the linkage between drugs and crime it is intended that these grants will help decrease recidivism and drug use for adults involved with the criminal justice system. Metrics such as SAMHSAs National Outcomes Measures along with additional criminal justice measures as captured by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Client Level Tool will be used to measure achievement of this goal. The targeted population of the Adult Criminal Justice Treatment (ACJT) grant is adult individuals who are under some form of the judicial or community justice supervision and who are: 1) screened and assessed as substance-involved; and/or 2) have been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder or co-occurring disorder of substance abuse and mental health. These individuals must be under the supervision of the judiciary or community justice/corrections agencies (such as probation, parole, community corrections). SAMHSA funds treatment and recovery services for individuals in the community. Therefore, funding cannot be used for providing services to incarcerated populations (defined as those persons in jail, prison, detention facilities or in custody where they are not free to move about in the community). Also, this RFA precludes drug courts from applying because SAMHSA/CSAT offers funding for grants specific to drug courts. Applicants are encouraged to give priority to expanding and/or enhancing substance abuse treatment and recovery services for returning veterans and chronic inebriates who are part of the targeted criminal justice population. The ACJT grant program is one of SAMHSAs services grant programs. SAMHSAs services grants are designed to address gaps in substance abuse services and/or to increase the ability of States, localities, tribes, urban Indian centers and/or tribal organizations to help specific populations or geographic areas with serious, emerging substance abuse problems. For example, a community might seek an Adult Criminal Justice Treatment grant to add state-of-the-art treatment approaches or new services to address emerging trends or unmet needs (e.g., intensive case management and referral to services to address related HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, and other primary health care needs of substance abusing clients) and other co-occurring issues (substance abuse and mental health).SAMHSA intends that its services grants result in the delivery of services as soon as possible after award. Service delivery should begin by the 4th month of the project at the latest.Adult Criminal Justice Treatment grants are authorized under Section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 26 (Substance Abuse).