U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft has announced that the Department of Justice has made available more than $163 million to help communities that are addressing America’s addiction crisis. Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), said, “Our nation is facing the difficult challenge of curbing substance addiction, which threatens public safety and is among the Administration’s top domestic priorities.”
Sullivan added, “The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight to meet this challenge. OJP is making historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to innovative and diverse solutions.” The funds will available through OJP. OJP is the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions.
A wide array of activities and services are supported by the OJP’s programs. The services include programs designed to prevent overdose deaths and break the cycle of addiction and crime. A number of funding opportunities that address the addiction crisis are currently open:
https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17098
Total Available $1.75 million Deadline 5/14/2020
https://bja.ojp.gov/COSSAP20
Total Available $27 million Deadline 5/21/2020
https://www.ovc.gov/grants/pdftxt/fy-2020-enhancing-community-responses-to-drug- crisis.pdf
Total Available: $19 million Deadline: 5/4/2020
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17090
Total Available $18.2 million Deadline 4/8/2020 (Extended)
https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17754
Total Available $28.1 Deadline 5/5/2020
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17051
Total Available $7.2 million Deadline 4/13/2020 (Extended)
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-16930
Total Available $48 million Deadline 4/13/2020
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17352
Total Available $9 million Deadline 4/20/2020
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17275
Total Available $1 million Deadline 4/20/2020
https://bja.ojp.gov/RSAT20
Total Available $4.5 million Deadline 4/6/2020
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