Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program

Office of Justice Programs Response Center:
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The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (Short Title: COSSUP) provides grants to develop, implement, and/or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impact of illicit opioids, stimulants, or other substances. The program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to reduce substance misuse and overdose deaths, increase access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, and develop and increase other resources and supports in the community and justice system.

Rural applicants should apply under Subcategory 1c for projects in rural areas as defined by the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. Jurisdictions not designated as rural via this tool but have a population of less than 100,000 should apply in Subcategory 1b.

Funds may be used for:

• Harm reduction activities that include increasing availability and access to naloxone through both place-based care and teleservices
• Identifiable and accessible prescription drug take-back programs for unused controlled substances found in the home and used by hospitals and long-term care facilities
• Law enforcement and other first responder deflection and diversion programs
• Education and prevention programs to connect law enforcement agencies with K-12 students
• Embedding social services with law enforcement to drug overdose responses impacting children
• Comprehensive, real-time, regional information collection, analysis, and dissemination
• Post arrest alternative to incarceration programs, such as pretrial, prosecutor, and court diversion or intervention programs, that serve individuals at high risk for overdose or SUD
• Expanded access to SUD treatment in jails and court programming including withdrawal management and medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
• Screening individuals for eligibility for insurance coverage and connections to care and providers upon release
• Wraparound services to improve engagement and retention in substance use services among individuals reintegrating into communities
• Transitional or recovery housing and peer recovery support services
• Embedding social workers, peers, and persons with lived experience to help people navigate the justice system and connect them to treatment and recovery services
• Expanding workforce of peer recovery specialists and supports
• Field-initiated projects that bring together justice, behavioral health, and public health to implement new or promising practices

Priority will be given to applications that:

• Demonstrate a greater than 50% annual increase in recent drug-related overdose deaths
• Include a research partner for Category 1 applications

Eligible applicants are city, township, county, state, and federally recognized tribal governments.

To be eligible under the rural subcategory, a jurisdiction must be defined as rural by HRSA's Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer or be a tribal government.

Rural Subcategory:
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 10

Tribal Category:
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 10

Estimated total program funding: $127,300,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applicants should submit an SF-424 in grants.gov by March 12, 2025.

Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by March 19, 2025.

Applicant webinar
(Registration required)
February 26, 2025
2:00 p.m. Eastern