Nevada Fights Addiction Crisis, $163M in Funding Available, Nevada 2024

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.

“Our nation is facing the difficult challenge of curbing substance addiction, which threatens public safety and is among the Administration’s top domestic priorities,” said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. “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 cycle of addiction not only affects the individual and their loved ones, but also their community and public safety,” said U.S. Attorney Trutanich. “The OJP grant funds will provide assistance and needed resources to treatment providers, drug courts, and other organizations, serving as a lifeline to help stem the tide of substance addiction. These grants demonstrate the Department of Justice’s commitment to stopping the drug abuse and addiction cycle.”

The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including 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:

1. Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program ($1.75 million, Deadline: 5/14/2020)

2. Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program ($27 million, Deadline: 5/21/2020)

3. Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims ($19 million, Deadline: 5/4/2020)

4. Family Drug Court Program ($18.2 million, Deadline: 4/8/2020)

5. Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program ($28.1 million, Deadline: 5/5/2020)

6. Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program ($7.2 million, Deadline: 4/13/2020)

7. Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative ($48 million, Deadline: 4/13/2020)

8. Opioid Affected Youth Initiative ($9 million, Deadline: 4/20/2020)

9. Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime ($1 million, Deadline: 4/20/2020)

10. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners ($4.5 million, Deadline: 4/6/2020)

For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities

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