SAMHSA is Accepting Applications for More than $39.6 Million in Grants to Help People Transition from the Criminal Justice System to the Community
Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: GrantsThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2010 for Offender Reentry Program grants. The purpose of this programis toexpand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced juvenile and adult offenders returning to the community from incarceration for criminal/juvenile offenses.
Applicants are expected to form stakeholder partnerships that will plan, develop and provide a transition from incarceration to community-based substance abuse treatment and related reentry services for the targeted populations.
SAMHSA expects that a total of $39.6 million in funding will be available for the three year project period. It is anticipated that up to 33 grants of up to $400,000 per year will be available for each of the three years, $13.2 million per year. That actual award amount may vary, depending on the availability of funds and the progress achieved by the awardees. These grants will be awarded by the SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
WHO CAN APPLY: Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. [See Section III-1 of the RFA for complete eligibility information.]
HOW TO APPLY: Applications for No. TI-10-006 are available by calling SAMHSA’s Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA7 or by downloading the application http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2010/TI-10-006.aspx. Applicants are encouraged to apply online using http://www.grants.gov/.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: January 19, 2010. Applications must be received by the due date and time to be considered for review. Please carefully review Section IV-3 of the application announcement for submission requirements.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants with questions about program issues should contact Kenneth Robertson at 240-276-1621 or kenneth.robertson@samhsa.hhs.gov . For questions on grants management issues, contact William Reyes at 240-276-1406 or william.reyes@samhsa.hhs.gov .
SOURCE: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0911042557.aspx
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