Supporting effective local, state, and tribal responses to illicit substance use and misuse in order to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system.
Press Release
Details can be found at https://bja.ojp.gov/news/department-justice-announces-more-341-million-grants-combat-americas-addiction-crisis.
View the press release here.
The corresponding Opioid & Stimulant Fact Sheet can be accessed here.
Publication
Learn how law enforcement-led deflection presents opportunities to help drug-endangered children, the youngest victims of the nation’s opioid crisis. View the new resource here.
Publication
The article highlights efforts that collect near-real-time data, identify types of abused substances, and rapidly disseminate critical data to where they are needed. Read the article here.
Resource
The COSSAP Data Visualization Tool enables interested persons to see the types of agencies that received funds, where those agencies are located, the projects and activities that are being done at each site, and site profiles. View it at https://www.cossapresources.org/Program/SiteGrants/Data/Visuals/COSSAP.
