Targeted Capacity Expansion: Special Projects

For programmatic or technical questions:
Melissa de Jesús
240.276.1246
melissa.dejesus@samhsa.hhs.gov

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240.276.1400
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The Targeted Capacity Expansion: Special Projects Program (Short Title: TCE – Special Projects) provides grants to develop and implement evidence-based, targeted strategies for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to address a specific population or area of focus identified by a community.

Required activities include:

• Screen and assess clients for the presence of SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and use the information obtained from the screening and assessment to develop appropriate treatment approaches
• Provide evidence-based and population appropriate treatment approaches to meet the unique needs of diverse populations at risk
• Provide recovery support services, such as vocational, educational, and transportation services designed to improve access and retention in services
• Develop and implement strategies to recruit and engage clients in care to ensure that clients with the greatest need are being served
• Collaborate with community partners to provide comprehensive services

Allowable activities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement tobacco cessation programs, activities, and/or strategies
• Utilize innovative strategies such as the implementation of ECHO-based models of care to increase and expand the reach of service provision and address barriers to treatment
• Implement mobile and/or non-mobile medication units to address opioid use disorder
• Implement evidence-based contingency management programs to treat stimulant use disorder, concurrent substance misuse, and to improve retention in care
• Education, screening, care coordination, risk reduction interventions, testing, and counseling for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases for people with SUD who are receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD)
• Develop and implement a low threshold MOUD treatment approach that offers services and makes minimal requirements of patients, thus removing or reducing barriers to treatment and recovery and expanding access to care
• Purchase, distribution, and training on the use of fentanyl test strips, FDA approved overdose reversal medications, and other harm reduction activities
• Up to $25,000 of the total grant award for the budget period can be used for technical assistance costs.

This program is designed to allow the applicant organization to identify the specific need it wishes to address in its program. This may be a specific underserved population, such as LGBT, individuals using methamphetamine or other stimulants, individuals living in rural areas, or individuals who misuse alcohol. Applicants may also choose a specific area of focus, such as the expansion of telehealth or peer recovery support services.

Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities including:

• State, territory, and local units of government
• Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations
• Public and private universities and colleges
• Community-based and faith-based organizations

Award ceiling: $375,000 per year
Project period: Up to 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 22
Estimated total program funding: $8,300,000

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