BJA FY 19 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program | BJA 2019 15111

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2019 15111

The BJA FY 19 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program (funding opportunity number BJA 2019 15111) is a discretionary grant initiative from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, focused on helping communities respond to the opioid crisis through coordinated, on-the-ground strategies. The program is built around the idea that opioid misuse is not only a public health issue but also a driver of justice-system involvement, victimization, and family trauma, so solutions need to be broad, practical, and integrated across agencies. Rather than funding a single narrow service, this opportunity is meant to strengthen local and state capacity to reduce harm, improve public safety, and build sustainable systems that can better prevent overdoses and support recovery.

At its core, the program supports comprehensive responses that connect first responders, courts, corrections, treatment providers, victim services, and other community partners. Funding is intended to help jurisdictions support first responders dealing with opioid-related incidents, expand services for crime victims impacted by opioid-related crime and violence, and create or strengthen diversion and alternatives-to-incarceration pathways for non-violent individuals whose justice involvement is linked to illicit or prescription opioid misuse. Another key purpose is to implement and enhance prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), which are tools used to track prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances and can help reduce doctor shopping, unsafe prescribing patterns, and missed opportunities for intervention. The program also emphasizes cross-system planning and better coordination of service delivery, recognizing that fragmented services often lead to repeated crises, gaps in treatment access, and avoidable justice involvement.

A major goal is reducing fatal overdoses associated with opioid use. That includes supporting approaches that improve overdose response readiness and continuity of care after an overdose event, and encouraging coordinated strategies that address the full sequence of risk: prevention, early identification, crisis response, treatment engagement, and longer-term recovery supports. The description also highlights that effective responses must account for the needs of people who use drugs as well as the children and loved ones around them, who may be dealing with trauma, violence, neglect, and other forms of victimization. In practice, that framing points applicants toward models that incorporate family-focused services, trauma-informed practices, and victim-centered supports alongside justice and treatment interventions.

The award mechanism for this opportunity is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the funding agency expects to have more active involvement than in a standard grant, such as providing guidance, requiring structured reporting, or supporting implementation through federal technical assistance. The opportunity falls under several funding activity categories, including education, employment and training, health, humanities/cultural affairs, and information and statistics, reflecting the program’s multi-system scope and the role of data tools like PDMPs in opioid response work. The CFDA number associated with this program is 16.838.

Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. For FY 2019, the opportunity was posted on April 5, 2019, with an original closing date of June 5, 2019. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) was listed as $5,000,000, and the program anticipated making about 150 awards, suggesting an intent to reach a broad range of communities with varying needs and levels of existing infrastructure.

Overall, this grant opportunity is designed to help jurisdictions build a coordinated opioid response that balances immediate public safety needs with long-term solutions, including diversion for non-violent individuals, stronger victim support, improved monitoring and data-driven decision-making, and better cross-agency planning to prevent overdoses and reduce the broader community harm tied to opioid misuse.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the education, employment, labor and training, health, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 19 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.838.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 05, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 05, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 150 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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