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SAMHSA RESOURCES DATABASE

Funding Opportunities

Grants

If you have never applied for a federal grant, you may have a number of questions about the process. The first step is to 

visit Grants.gov, your place for finding and applying for federal grants. It features a list of Frequently Asked Questions to help 

applicants. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov—an 

initiative that is having an unparalleled impact on the grant community.

Other websites that can help you navigate the federal grant application process include:

• The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) provides a list of all federal programs available to state, local, tribal, 

and territorial governments. These programs are also available to public, quasi-public, private for-profit and nonprofit 

organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

• Benefits.gov, formerly GovBenefits.gov, aims to reduce the expense and difficulty of interacting with the government 

while increasing access to government benefit and assistance programs.

• The Tribal Directory Assessment Tool (TDAT) Version 2.0 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is 

an online database that contains information about federally recognized tribes and their geographic areas of current and 

ancestral interest. It links tribes’ areas of interest down to the county level. The tool also lists names and contact 

information for tribal leaders and tribal historic preservation officers. Users can query the database by street address, 

county, state, and tribe. Information generated from TDAT can be exported in spreadsheet format for use in other 

programs. The TDAT Version 2.0 User Manual (PDF | 6.24 MB) provides users with assistance in using the database.

• The Tribal Consultation Opportunities Tracking System (TCOTS) at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publicizes 

upcoming and current EPA consultation opportunities for tribal governments. TCOTS allows users to view and sort 

information, and to submit comments on a tribal consultation.

• The White House website provides a page of resources within federal agencies that focus on American Indian and Alaska 

Native affairs.

Contracts

Federal Business Opportunities, or FedBizOpps.gov, posts all federal procurement opportunities valued at more than $25,000. 

Think of it as the federal government’s proposal central. The website’s sophisticated search engine can find more than 40,000 

immediate Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities, as well as archived RFPs. It also lists possible future federal contract 

opportunities and all General Service Administration (GSA) schedule solicitations.

HHS Application Assistance

HHS has a number of websites dedicated to helping you prepare for the application process, including the following:

• The Tribal Affairs component of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs serves as the official first point of 

contact for tribes, tribal governments, and tribal organizations wishing to access HHS funding opportunities.

• The Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) is a robust reporting tool developed by the HHS 

Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability. The TAGGS database is a central repository for grants awarded 

by the 11 HHS Operating Divisions. TAGGS tracks obligated grant funds at the transaction level.

• The HHS Grants Forecast is a database of planned grant opportunities proposed by HHS agencies. Each forecast record 

contains actual or estimated dates and funding levels for grants that the agency intends to award during the fiscal year. 

Forecast opportunities are subject to change based on enactment of congressional appropriations. When funding is 

available and an agency is ready to accept applications, it will issue an official notice, known as a funding opportunity 
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announcement (FOA), which will be available on Grants.gov. The FOA provides guidance on how to receive an application 

kit and instructions on how to apply.

The following are additional HHS resources to help you better understand the HHS grant process:

• Tips for Preparing Grant Proposals

• HHS Grant Information and Administrative Tools

• HHS Grant Process

• Responsibilities of the HHS Office of Grants Policy, Oversight, and Evaluation

Funding Opportunities by HHS Operating Divisions

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funding opportunities promote the economic and social well-being of 

families, children, individuals, and communities through a range of educational and supportive programs in partnership 

with states, tribes, and community groups.

• Administration for Community Living (ACL) funding opportunities aim to increase access to community support and 

resources for older adults and people with disabilities across the lifespan.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding opportunities support research designed to improve the 

quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential 

services.

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) funding opportunities aim to help prevent exposure to 

hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment 

that can cause adverse health effects in people.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding opportunities aim to protect public health by providing 

leadership and direction in the prevention of and control of diseases and other preventable conditions, and responding 

to public health emergencies.

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding opportunities are designed to ensure that food is safe, pure, and 

wholesome; human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective; and electronic 

products that emit radiation are safe.

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funding opportunities aim to improve and expand health care 

services for underserved people.

• Indian Health Service (IHS) funding opportunities are designed to provide a comprehensive health services delivery 

system for American Indians and Alaska Natives, with opportunities for maximum tribal involvement in developing and 

managing programs to meet their health needs.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunities support behavioral health research domestically and abroad 

and promote acquisition and distribution of medical knowledge.

• SAMHSA grants support programs designed to prevent and treat mental and/or substance use disorders. They also aim 

to improve access and reduce barriers to high-quality health care for individuals who experience or are at risk for these 

disorders, as well as for their families and communities.

Department of the Interior (DOI) Funding Opportunities

• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

• Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)

Department of Justice (DOJ) Funding Opportunities

Application Assistance

DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provides information on its funding programs and the five stages of the grant-making 

process at its Grants 101 overview.
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Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Grant Process

In Fiscal Year 2010, DOJ launched its Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS). This effort responded to concerns 

raised by tribal leaders that DOJ’s grant process was not flexible enough to allow them to address their communities’ criminal 

justice and public safety needs.

Through CTAS, federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia are able to submit a single application for most of the 

department’s tribal grant programs. DOJ designed this comprehensive approach to save time and resources and allow tribes 

and the department to gain a better understanding of the tribes’ overall public safety needs. DOJ has two primary goals in 

mind with this program: increasing access and streamlining the grant process.

Each year, CTAS reflects improvements and refinements from earlier versions. Tribal applicants and grantees provide feedback 

through consultations and listening sessions, using a specially developed assessment tool about the application experience 

and written comments from applicants and grantees.

Under CTAS, a tribe or tribal consortium may submit a single application and select from the various competitive grant 

programs referred to as purpose areas. This approach allows DOJ’s grant-making components to consider the totality of a 

tribal community’s overall public safety needs. The nine CTAS purpose areas, and the DOJ operating division that manages 

them, include:

• Public Safety and Community Policing, managed by the Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS)

• Justice Systems, and Alcohol and Substance Abuse, managed by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

• Corrections and Correctional Alternatives, managed by BJA

• Violence Against Women, managed by the Office on Violence Against Women

• Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance Program, managed by Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

• Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities, managed by OVC

• Comprehensive Planning Demonstration Project, managed by BJA

• Tribal Youth Program, managed by OJJDP

Public Safety and Community Policing Funding Opportunities

Learn more about grants and funding for the following COPS programs:

• The Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP) Hiring and Equipment/Training is designed to expand the implementation of 

community policing and meet the most serious needs of law enforcement in tribal communities through a broadened 

comprehensive program. The funding can be used to hire or re-hire career law enforcement officers and village public 

safety officers and to purchase basic equipment or provide training to assist in the initiation or enhancement of tribal 

community policing efforts.

• Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants aim to advance the practice of community policing in law 

enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance, the development of innovative community policing 

strategies, applied research, guidebooks, and national best practices.

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) provides training to BIA and tribal law enforcement officers to better conduct 

investigations of Indian country crime.

• The Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods [PSN]), a partnership of BJA and 

the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained 

reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence. The program’s effectiveness is based on the cooperation of 

local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. attorney in each district. The U.S. 

attorney is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and 

other community members to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention, and prevention initiatives 

within the district. Through the PSN task force, the U.S. attorney implements the five design features of PSN: 

partnerships; strategic planning, research integration, and crime analysis; training; outreach; and accountability. This 

approach addresses specific gun crime and gang violence in the most violent neighborhoods. Access the Fiscal Year 2015 

PSN Competitive Grant Announcement (PDF | 482 KB).
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Justice Systems, and Alcohol and Substance Abuse Funding Opportunities

Learn more about these and other current BJA funding opportunities: 

• The Smart Prosecution Initiative (SPI) assists state and local jurisdictions in preventing and reducing crime. It is designed

to promote effective data-driven, research-based approaches to prosecution and prosecutor-led justice systems 

innovations and reforms. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 Competitive Grant Announcement (PDF |109 KB). 

• The Justice Information Sharing Solutions (JIS) Implementation Program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in 

reducing crime and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system through more effective information sharing; 

multi-agency collaboration; and implementation of data-driven, evidence-based strategies. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 

JIS Competitive Grant Announcement (PDF | 155 KB). 

• The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program supports BJA funding of entities that plan and implement placebased, community-oriented strategies to address targeted crime issues within a neighborhood as a part of a broader

neighborhood revitalization initiative. BCJI resources will target hot spots of crime where a significant proportion of 

crime occurs as compared to the overall jurisdiction. BCJI leads efforts to enhance the capacity of local and tribal 

communities to effectively target and address significant crime issues through collaborative, cross-sector approaches 

that help advance broader neighborhood development goals. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 BCJI Competitive Grant 

Announcement (PDF | 276 KB). 

• The Tribal Courts Assistance Program and Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Program assists tribal 

governments in the development, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal judicial systems, including inter-tribal 

court systems. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 CTAS Fact Sheet (PDF | 139 KB) to learn more about these programs.

• The Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program, a collaboration of BJA and OJJDP, provides financial and technical 

assistance to help develop and implement drug courts that effectively integrate substance abuse treatment, mandatory 

drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction 

over nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders.

Corrections and Correctional Alternatives Funding Opportunities

Learn more about these and other current BJA funding opportunities: 

• The Smart Supervision Program (SSP): Reducing Prison Populations, Saving Money, and Creating Safer Communities 

Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative seeks to improve probation and parole success rates, which would in turn 

improve public safety, reduce admissions to prisons and jails, and save taxpayer dollars. Funds can be used to implement 

evidence-based supervision strategies and to innovate new strategies to improve outcomes for supervisees. This 

program is funded under the Second Chance Act appropriation. Signed into law on April 9, 2008, the Second Chance Act 

(Public Law 110-199) (PDF | 221 KB) was designed to improve outcomes for people returning to communities from 

prisons and jails. This first-of-its-kind legislation authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit 

organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, 

victims support, and other services that can help reduce recidivism. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 SSP Competitive Grant 

Announcement (PDF | 191 KB). 

• The Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure Program provides resources to allow eligible American Indian Tribes and Alaska 

Native villages to build correctional facilities on tribal lands, with consideration given to the detention bed space needs 

and the violent crime statistics of the applicant tribe or village.

• The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance” Cultures for 

Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities aims to assist facilities in implementing prevention, identification, and response 

mechanisms that reduce the incidence of sexual abuse in confinement facilities. Access the Fiscal Year 2014 Competitive 

Grant Announcement for the PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance” Cultures for Sexual 

Assault in Correctional Facilities (PDF | 220 KB). 

Violence Against Woman Funding Opportunities

Learn more about these and other Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) grant programs: 

• The Violence Against Women Tribal Governments Program aims to enhance the ability of tribes to respond to violent 

crimes against Indian women, enhance victim safety, and develop education and prevention strategies.
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• The STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grants are designed to help grantees develop and strengthen effective law 

enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and develop and strengthen victim 

services in cases involving crimes against women.

• Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvement Grants aim to improve court responses to adult and youth 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

• The Engaging Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program 

supports the development or enhancement of programs related to engaging men and youth in preventing domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by helping them to develop mutually respectful, nonviolent 

relationships.

• The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP)-Cultural supports victims of sexual assault in tribal communities and 

culturally and linguistically specific communities, respectively.

• The Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities Grant 

Program is designed to provide training, consultation, and information on domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, 

and sexual assault against individuals with disabilities and to provide direct services to such individuals.

• The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (Arrest Program) is a 

discretionary grant program designed to encourage state, local, and tribal governments and courts to treat domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated 

involvement of the entire criminal justice system.

• The Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Assistance Program is a discretionary grant 

program designed to enhance services available for child, youth, and adult victims in rural communities by encouraging 

community involvement in developing a coordinated response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking.

• The Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program aims to reduce barriers to assistance for people 

50 years of age or older who are victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The program, created by Congress, is 

also designed to assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking within the same age 

group.

• The Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant Program is a discretionary grant program that helps create safe 

places for visitation with and exchange of children in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, child abuse, sexual 

assault, or stalking.

Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance Program Funding Opportunities

• OVW grant programs fund efforts that aim to provide transitional housing assistance for victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault. These funds also provide related support services to minors, adults, and their 

dependents who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of fleeing a 

situation of violence, stalking, or assault.

• OVW grant programs also fund legal assistance for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking in matters arising from the abuse or violence.

• DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) provides victim assistance in the form of grants and funding. For instance, Victims 

of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grants for crime victim compensation are awarded to every state, the District of Columbia, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. These grants supplement state funds that reimburse victims for out-of-pocket 

expenses resulting from the crime.

• Other OVC grants and funding include discretionary grants for national-scope demonstration projects and training and 

technical assistance delivery to enhance the professional expertise of victim service providers. Such grants can be 

awarded to states, local units of government, tribal communities, individuals, educational institutions, and private 

nonprofit organizations to identify and implement promising practices, models, and programs. They can also be used to 

address gaps in training and technical assistance for the victim services field.

• The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) within DOJ’s Office 

of Justice Programs funds the Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program to assist jurisdictions with developing and 

enhancing programs designed to implement requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 

(SORNA).
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Juvenile Justice Funding Opportunities

• The Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program aims to increase accountability for delinquent tribal youth and 

strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems to promote greater system accountability. This funding opportunity, 

administered by OJJDP, is supported under the Juvenile Justice and Tribal Youth Program Purpose Areas.

• OVW grant programs fund efforts that aim to provide services for children and youth exposed to violence. This includes 

services for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and may include direct 

counseling, advocacy, or mentoring, and must include support for the non-abusing parent or the child's caretaker. 

Applicable services may also include training, coordination, and advocacy for programs that serve children and youth 

(such as Head Start, child care, and after-school programs) on how to safely and confidentially identify children and 

families experiencing domestic violence and properly refer them to programs that can provide direct services to the 

family and children.

• OJJDP provides Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Program Support to state and regional ICAC task forces. Funding 

under this effort aims to develop a collaborative, national network of law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies that 

prevent, interdict, and investigate technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and Internet crimes against children.

Other Funding Opportunities

National Institute on Drug Abuse

https://www.drugabuse.gov/funding

Learn the nuts and bolts of applying for grants, contracts, and research training fellowships, and the policies and guidelines for 

engaging in clinical research.

Stop Underage Drinking

https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/funding.aspx

Check this page for the latest funding opportunities available from the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention 

of Underage Drinking agencies.

Rural Health Information Hub

https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/substance-abuse/funding

If you're looking for information, opportunities, and resources on rural health, you've come to the right place.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/grant-funding

NIAAA funds wide-ranging extramural grants for research and training projects on alcohol use disorder (AUD) and other health 

effects of alcohol. The majority of NIAAA’s budget is devoted to supporting extramural research.

Grant Watch

https://www.grantwatch.com/cat/35/substance-abuse-grants.html

Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Grants for nonprofit organizations and small businesses to provide programs for 

the prevention, treatment and recovery from alcohol abuse, substance abuse and dependence.

Child Welfare Information Gateway

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/management/funding/program-areas/substance-abuse/

Find out how substance abuse services are funded and where to locate grant opportunities.
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The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

http://www.thetowerfoundation.org/substance-abuse

http://www.thetowerfoundation.org/documents/Guidelines/2017%20Core%20Programs%20and%20Services%20Updated%2

0Guidelines%20-%20FINAL.pdf

The Tower Foundation will now offer three opportunities per year to apply for funding for its Core Programs and Services 

grants (in Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorders) as well as for Technology 

and Small Grants. Organizations primarily serving residents of the Massachusetts (Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, 

Nantucket, Erie and Niagara) are eligible to apply.

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Funding

https://www.bja.gov/funding.aspx

Office of Justice Programs

https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

https://www.nij.gov/funding/pages/welcome.aspx

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program (OJJDP)

https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) offers funding through formula and discretionary grants, cooperative agreements, and 

payment programs. See the annual Department of Justice Program Plan for information about funding opportunities and 

initiatives that OJP and its bureaus and offices intend to fund during the year.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a wide array of programs which are working to help build a national Culture of 

Health.

Botvin Life Skills Training

http://www.lifeskillstraining.com/grants.php

The Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA) is a grassroots organization that is dedicated to fighting alcohol, 

tobacco and other drug abuse in Calvert County.

In an effort to help local community groups provide alcohol and other drug abuse prevention activities in their community, we 

are making a number of mini-grants available for prevention efforts.

ADARP

https://adarp.wsu.edu/adarp-funding-opportunities/

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program has several different opportunities for research funding. The purpose of the 

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (ADARP) at Washington State University is to promote research on substance abuse within 

the state of Washington. This program receives a portion of alcohol taxes and distributes the money to substance abuse 

researchers for pilot grant projects. The program also sponsors seminars on substance abuse, helps to buy pertinent library 

materials, and assists in the recruitment of faculty having research expertise in the field of substance abuse.

NC Health and Human Services

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/grant-opportunities/mental-health-developmental-disabilities-substance-abuse-servicesgrant-opportunities
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The Department of Health and Human Services manages the delivery of health- and human-related services for all North 

Carolinians, especially our most vulnerable citizens – children, elderly, disabled and low-income families. The Department 

works closely with health care professionals, community leaders and advocacy groups; local, state and federal entities; and 

many other stakeholders to make this happen.

University of WA ADAI

http://adai.washington.edu/grants/

ADAI awards funds to new and established UW researchers for alcohol and drug abuse research at the University of 

Washington. The principal goal of the Small Grants Program is to stimulate research by providing initial funding for promising 

pilot projects which may ultimately be developed into full research studies with outside grant support. Research is supported 

across a broad range of study related to alcohol and drug use and abuse, from basic pharmacology to clinical and psychosocial

research.

Professional Heart Daily

http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_316909_ApplicationInformation.jsp

American Heart Association research awards are limited to U.S.-based non-profit institutions, including medical, osteopathic 

and dental schools, veterinary schools, schools of public health, pharmacy schools, nursing schools, universities and colleges, 

public and voluntary hospitals and others that can demonstrate the ability to conduct the proposed research. Applications will 

not be accepted for work with funding to be administered through any federal institution or work to be performed by a 

federal employee with the exception of (1) applications specifically related to the AHA’s Institute for Precision Cardiovascular 

Medicine, and (2) the Veterans Administration employees.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/research/funding

Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences

https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_apply.html#tcrb

The Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences funds a large portfolio of grants and contracts. The portfolio currently 

includes approximately 800 grants valued at nearly $450 million. Here we provide a listing of funding opportunities that are 

currently accepting applications. Please visit this page regularly as new funding opportunities are added upon approval by NCI.

Pennsylvania Mental Health & Justice

http://www.pacenterofexcellence.pitt.edu/funding.html

The Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence is a collaborative effort of Drexel University and the 

University of Pittsburgh. It is funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Office of 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The purpose of the Center is to work with Pennsylvania communities to identify 

points of interception at which an intervention can be made to prevent individuals with mental illness from entering or 

penetrating deeper into the criminal justice system.

University of Virginia School of Medicine

https://news.med.virginia.edu/deansoffice/uvasomrestriction/category/funding-opportunities/

University of Idaho

https://www.uidaho.edu/research/news/research-newsletter/2017/may/funding-opportunities

The Department of Defense Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders Research Program will be seeking applications to explore 

integrated approaches to address alcohol and substance use disorder, especially related to traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder through multidisciplinary, team-based research efforts.
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County of Los Angeles Public Health

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/sapc/funding/funding.htm

The Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) program leads and facilitates the delivery of a full spectrum of 

prevention, treatment, and recovery support services proven to reduce the impact of substance use, abuse, and addiction in 

Los Angeles County. Services are provided through contracts with over 150 community-based organizations to County 

residents, particularly the un- and/or underinsured. SAPC staff serve as technical experts and consultants to meet the needs of

the public and contracted organizations in the field of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and abuse.

New York State

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-25-million-prevent-underage-drinking-and-substanceabuse-20-suny-and

Funding to Help Campuses Implement Substance Abuse Prevention Strategies. Initiative Builds Upon the Governor's Successful 

Safety Programs on College Campuses

Foundation Center

http://foundationcenter.org

We deliver knowledge, transparency, and expert guidance to fundraisers and grantmakers solving social problems through 

philanthropy. We’re an innovative nonprofit that gathers and analyzes data, shares it worldwide, and empowers people like 

you to understand and increase philanthropy’s ability to improve the world.

The Granstmanship Center

https://www.tgci.com

Get funding. Create Change. Our mission is to help private and public nonprofits make better communities. We do that by 

offering training and publications to help organizations plan solid programs, write logical, compelling grant proposals and

create earned income opportunities.

The Indiana Youth Institute

https://www.iyi.org/grants-fundraising/

The Indiana Youth Institute offers information about grants, fundraising resources and much more. We can assist you with 

raising support for your organization through proposal review and grant tips. Our mission is to promote the healthy 

development of Indiana children and youth by serving the people, institutions and communities that impact their well-being.

Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts

http://www.wellnesscourts.org/federal-funding-agencies/

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute is a 100% Native American operated non-profit corporation organized to design and deliver 

education, research, training, and technical assistance programs which promote the enhancement of justice in Indian country 

and the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples. We are guided by a Board of Directors. We utilize an Approach to 

Training and Technical Assistance which is incorporated into all of our projects and services.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/aoda

The Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) AODA program, first authorized under Chapter 331, Laws of 1979, is designed to 

help local school districts utilize their staff and program resources to develop comprehensive AODA programs. The DPI 

provides assistance to school districts to develop comprehensive AODA programs which encompass both prevention and 

intervention services. Prevention programs are designed to help students avoid or minimize future problems related to 

alcohol and other drug use, while intervention programs are designed to help students who are already experiencing 
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problems. Resources are provided to districts in four general categories: training, technical assistance, information 

dissemination, and grants. The discretionary grant program supports the development and expansion of district-wide 

comprehensive, kindergarten through grade 12, alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and early intervention programming 

as part of a coordinated school health program.

Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services

http://mha.ohio.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=725

Ohio MHAS leadership elected to focus on several core prin-ciples, including: Medication-Assisted Treatment; prevention; 

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT); recovery supports; workforce devel-opment; and addressing 

secondary trauma among first responders (law enforcement, EMTs, fire personnel, etc.)

Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation

http://www.agassifoundation.org/

Grants given to support K-12 education, limited to at-risk youth programs targeting education in the Las Vegas, NV, area. For 

example, CLASS! Publications is a teen-focused periodical distributed free of charge to Clark County high schools, with an 

emphasis on helping at-risk youth. CLASS! also offers computer education workshops where students can learn marketable 

skills that will increase their interest in school, help them excel in school activities, assist in their post-graduation job search 

and help keep them away from substance abuse and crime.

Ash Grove Charitable Foundation

P.O. Box 25900

Overland Park, KS 66225-5900

The Ash Grove Charitable Foundation awards grants to organizations in AR, ID, KS, MO, MT, NE, OR, and WA. The foundation 

supports community foundations and organizations involved with education, conservation, cancer, crime and violence 

prevention, human services, and community development. No support for secondary schools.

J. R. Beadel Central Texas Foundation

bellisbell@verizon.net

The J. R. Beadel Central Texas Foundation awards grants to organizations in Brown County, TX, and immediate adjacent 

counties surrounding Brown County. The organization requesting funds must be located in either Brown, Callahan, Coleman, 

Comanche, Eastland, Mills or San Saba counties. Giving primarily for education, children's organizations, and health and 

human services.

The Cooperative Foundation

http://thecooperativefoundation.org

Giving focused on Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Grants are given to support K-12 and higher 

education, to also include funding for adult/continuing education and business school/education, on a national basis.

CUNA Mutual Group Foundation, Inc.

http://www.cunamutual.com/

Giving primarily in IA and WI supporting credit unions and organizations involved with education, health, human services, and 

community development. Special emphasis is directed toward programs designed to serve at-risk youth.

Daniels Fund

http://www.danielsfund.org/

Giving primarily in CO, with emphasis on Denver; funding also in NM, WY and UT with a limited basis nationally; primarily for 

child care and early childhood education, higher education, youth development, the elderly, homelessness and self-
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sufficiency, alcoholism, and substance abuse, amateur athletics, and for people with physical disabilities. No grants to 

individuals (except for Daniels Fund Scholarship Program) or for academic, medical, or scientific research, or conferences, 

symposia, or workshops, or for debt elimination, endowments, fund raising or special events (purchase of tables or 

conferences), or for creation, publication or distribution of publications or for video productions and no support for arts and 

cultural programs.

The Ford Family Foundation

http://www.tfff.org/

Giving primarily in rural OR, with special interest in Douglas and Coos counties; giving also in Siskiyou County, CA. The 

foundation focuses on funding four key categories: 1) Positive Youth Development; 2) Access to Health and Dental Services for 

Children; 3) Child Abuse and Intervention; and 4) Public Convening Spaces. The foundation will invest in the best ideas in these 

categories from nonprofit public charities that seek to drive lasting change on systemic problems and issues. In addition, the 

foundation remains committed to its initiatives (Scholarship Program and Institute for Community Building).

The Lynn and Foster Friess Family Foundation

http://fosterfriess.com

Giving primarily in Wilmington, DE, Jackson, WY, and Maryvale (Phoenix), AZ; primarily to faith-based entrepreneurial innercity programs, especially one-on-one mentoring. Applications not accepted.

John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation

http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/fowler/

Awarding grants only to organizations headquartered in and providing services for residents of Washington, DC and the 

surrounding Maryland & Virginia suburbs. The foundation is particularly interested in funding organizations that are 

addressing the following issues: homelessness, hunger, at-risk children and youth (pre-school through high school), adult 

literacy, and job training and placement.

Roy A. Hunt Foundation

http://www.rahuntfdn.org/

The geographic focus of the Foundation's giving is Southwestern Pennsylvania (primarily in Pittsburgh) and New England 

(mainly the Boston area), although organizations of particular interest to individual Trustees may be located anywhere 

throughout the United States. The majority of grants are made in support of Arts and Culture, Environment, Health, and 

Human Services. While the Foundation also supports Education, preference is given to educational institutions of particular 

interest to individual trustees. to improve the quality of life through grants for education, the arts and cultural programs,

social services, the environment, health services, community development, and youth violence prevention. No grants to 

individuals.

The J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation

https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/global-philanthropy.htm

Giving throughout the United States for education, community development, and arts and culture. The focus in education is to 

ensure that all children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have access to high quality educational 

opportunities with a particular focus on K-12 public schools that help them acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be 

productive, engaged students. Support is in the following areas: development of instructional leaders, implementation of 

innovative curricula, deepen teacher content knowledge, strengthening of instructional strategies, strengthening district 

capacity to support innovation, extending learning opportunities, college access initiatives, and dissemination of best 

practices. See website for additional information.

Logan County Charitable and Educational Foundation

http://www.lcedfd.org/home.html
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The Logan County, WV Charitable & Educational Foundation makes annual discretionary grants to charitable organizations in 

the Logan area for the benefit of the community in areas of education, health and human services, public recreation, civic 

beautification, and artistic endeavors.

QueensCare

http://www.queenscare.org/charitable_grants

The QueeensCare Charitable Division supports programs providing healthcare-related services to low income, uninsured 

people living in Los Angeles, by funding grants to other agencies and scholarships to students in the healthcare profession. 

School-based healthcare programs do qualify for funding.

QuikTrip Corporation Contributions Program

http://www.quiktrip.com/community/contributions2.asp

Education grants given to support initiatives and programs which will positively influence at-risk youth, including agencies and 

educational efforts that discourage alcohol use/abuse, smoking, violence, crime, etc. The program also funds educational 

initiatives, programs and projects that focus on educational reform. Distributions are made primarily in areas of company 

operations in Oklahoma with emphasis on Tulsa, OK, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, KS, Wichita, KS, Des Moines, IA, Omaha, 

NE, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, St. Louis, MO, Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ.

Robins Foundation

http://www.robins-foundation.org/

Giving primarily in Richmond, VA to a broad causes in the Richmond, VA, area. Categories of support include, but are not 

limited to: cultural, charitable, scientific, environmental and educational. Currently, we are particularly interested in grants 

that improve the lives and opportunities of at-risk youth.

The Skillman Foundation

http://www.skillman.org

Though grants are made throughout Metropolitan Detroit, the bulk of grant dollars are spent in six Detroit neighborhoods - 

Brightmoor, Cody/Rouge, Central/Northend, Osborn, and the Chadsey/Condon and Vernor communities in Southwest Detroit 

- and on innovative and successful schools throughout the city of Detroit. The chief aim of our grantmaking is to help develop 

good schools and good neighborhoods for children. The Good Schools and Good Neighborhoods programs are the primary 

focus of the Foundation's grantmaking. The Good Opportunities program is set up to support the Foundation's primary work 

and to invest in special opportunities that can accomplish significant results for children.

Staunton Farm Foundation

http://www.stauntonfarm.org/

Following the direction set in her will and in response to current needs, the Trustees of the Staunton Farm Foundation make 

grants to support treatment, services, and systems improvements for children, youth, and adults with behavioral health 

issues. Grants are limited to non-profit organizations that benefit people of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Corporation for National & Community Service

https://www.nationalservice.gov/build-your-capacity/grants

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is an independent, federal grant-making government agency 

whose mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic participation through service and volunteering. 

For almost 20 years, CNCS—through its programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), and Social 

Innovation Fund (SIF)—has helped to engage millions of citizens in meeting community and national challenges through 

service and volunteer action. CNCS provides grants to national and local nonprofits, schools, government agencies, faith-based 

and other community organizations and other groups committed to strengthening their communities through volunteering.
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USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

https://nifa.usda.gov/grants

USDA fosters positive youth development, supports rural and community development efforts and promotes healthy eating 

and nutrition. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) advances knowledge for agriculture, the environment, 

human health and well-being, and communities by supporting research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant 

University System and other partner organizations. NIFA funds research, education, and extension at the state and local levels 

and provides program leadership in these areas. The Food and Nutrition Service administers the food and nutrition assistance 

programs within USDA. FNS provides children and needy families with better access to food and a more healthful diet through 

its programs and nutrition education efforts. Rural Development works to eliminate substandard housing from rural America 

by helping citizens buy, build, or rent decent housing. The division funds the growth and creation of rural businesses and 

cooperatives. Other Rural Development programs help communities build or improve utilities and facilities such as schools, 

health clinics, and fire stations.

Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

http://substanceabuse.az.gov/substance-abuse/grants

The Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) distributes state and federal funds. Public and private sector 

organizations that address one or more of the issues identified by GOYFF can apply for these funds. Grants are then awarded 

through a formal application process called a Request for Grant Application.

Minnesota Department of Human Services

http://dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg%3FIdcService%3DGET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION%26dID%3D92580

The Minnesota Department of Human Services, through its Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (DHS ADAD)(STATE), is seeking 

proposals from qualified responders to utilize a collective impact model (multiple agencies and sectors of a community 

working together toward a common goal) to implement Community-Level Interventions (comprehensive, integrated, 

evidence-based prevention programs and strategies in local communities) to reduce youth alcohol use through communitybased Planning and Implementation (P&I) grants. Funded communities will be required to focus on youth alcohol use/abuse 

as the primary drug of focus. Communities may be allowed to focus on a secondary drug of abuse with justification as 

determined by community-level data provided by the applicant and approved by ADAD.

NNED 

http://nned.net/funding_opportunities/

Drug Rehab

http://www.drugrehab.org/scholarships-and-grants-to-cover-costs-of-drug-rehabilitation/

Scholarships and Grants to Cover Costs of Drug Rehabilitation
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Training & Technical Assistance

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

• The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Applicant Training and Technical Assistance, in collaboration with 

regional training and technical assistance providers, implements three types of services to prospective applicants across 

the United States and the Pacific territories:

• Project planning and development training

• Pre-application training

• Pre-application electronic technical assistance

Services are free for prospective applicants. Access the ANA’s Training and Technical Assistance Regions Map to find a 

technical assistance center close to you.

• The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth works to end youth 

homelessness, teen pregnancy, and family violence. Its mission is to educate the family and youth workforce—including 

FYSB grantees and aspiring grantees—about research and effective practices that can improve the long-term social and 

emotional well-being of families and youth. The Clearinghouse publishes more than 250 articles, podcasts, and videos 

each year about interesting and innovative work going on in the field.

To learn more, contact the Clearinghouse or subscribe to its e-newsletter. If you’re looking for tips on how to get your own 

ideas off the ground, access the Guide to Starting a Youth Program.

• The National Center on Tribal Child Care Implementation and Innovation (NTC) helps tribal grantees administer and 

implement child care and development fund programs. NTC activities, expertise, and resources support Indian tribes and 

tribal organizations in their efforts to increase the quality, affordability, and availability of child care in Native American 

communities. Targeted technical assistance services support more than 539 federally recognized tribes, either directly or 

through tribal consortia. These services include a toll-free information and referral line; development and dissemination 

of publications and resources; a peer learning and leadership network; national and regional webinars and other inperson and distance-learning technical assistance events; onsite and remote consultations with program administrators; 

and promotion of tribal-state collaboration and linkages between states, tribes, and local early childhood and school-age 

care education programs.

• The Early Childhood National Centers for Training and Technical Assistance promote excellence through high-quality, 

practical resources and approaches. They are designed to build early childhood program capacity and promote 

consistent practices across communities, states, tribes, and territories. These centers bring together the knowledge and 

skills from Head Start, child care, and our health partners across HHS.

Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA)

• The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program is a competitive federal program that awards scholarships 

to students in return for a commitment to provide care in underserved communities. The program pays tuition and fees 

and provides a living stipend to students enrolled in accredited medical (M.D. or D.O.), dental, nurse practitioner, 

certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant training. Upon graduation, scholarship recipients serve as primary care 

providers between two and four years in a community-based site in a high-need health professional shortage area 

(HPSA) that has applied to and been approved by the NHSC as a service site. Awards are made to applicants most 

committed to serving underserved people and most likely to build successful careers in HPSAs and meet future needs for 

care throughout the nation.
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Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Behavioral Health

• The Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) Evaluation Toolkit combines onscreen lessons, 

interactive exercises, and tools to help programs carry out evaluation efficiently using local resources. The toolkit is 

flexible enough to be used with all types of programs.

• The IHS Telebehavioral Health Center of Excellence (TBHCE) was developed through support from the IHS Division of 

Behavioral Health and a partnership with the University of New Mexico Center for Rural and Community Behavioral 

Health. TBHCE’s mission is to provide, promote, and support the delivery of high quality, culturally competent

telebehavioral health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives when they are needed. To accomplish this mission, 

TBHCE focuses on three areas: clinical services, provider education, and telehealth support.

• IHS has funded the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) to develop, deliver, and evaluate in-person and 

web-based training related to the identification, collection, and preservation of medical forensic evidence obtained 

during the treatment of victims of sexual and domestic violence. The Tribal Forensic Healthcare Training Project(link is 

external) provides training for sexual assault examiners, pediatric sexual abuse examiners, sexual assault clinical skills 

development, pediatric sexual abuse clinical skills development, domestic violence examiners, and domestic violence 

awareness. Web-based trainings are archived and available to allow medical professionals to acquire and maintain the 

knowledge, skills, and competent clinical forensic practice to improve the response to domestic and sexual violence in 

hospitals, health clinics, and health stations within the Indian health system.

Office of Minority Health (OMH)

• The OMH Resource Center has established an initiative called the Higher Education Technical Assistance Project (HETAP). HE-TAP was created to strengthen the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to secure resources and build 

partnerships that enhance their efforts to address community health issues and workforce development, and further 

academic research. HE-TAP targets institutions of higher education, including tribal colleges and universities and other 

minority-serving institutions. The initiative also provides resources to connect both faculty and students with current

data, information, lessons learned, funding opportunities, resource references, and university grant writing trainings.

SAMHSA

• The SAMHSA Tribal Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center provides comprehensive, focused, and intensive 

training and technical assistance to federally recognized tribes and other American Indian and Alaska Native 

communities. It seeks to promote mental health and address and prevent suicide and mental and substance use 

disorders. The Tribal TTA Center’s goal is to use a culturally relevant, evidence-based, holistic approach to support native 

communities in their self-determination efforts through infrastructure development, capacity building, and program 

planning and implementation.

• The SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) is a national substance abuse prevention 

training and technical assistance system dedicated to strengthening prevention systems and the nation’s behavioral 

health workforce. Specifically, CAPT provides capacity-building training and technical assistance designed to help 

SAMHSA-funded grantees successfully implement all five steps of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, use data 

to inform strategic planning, and select and implement evidence-based interventions. CAPT is an integrated national 

system, providing services across all of the 10 HHS regions.

• The National American Indian & Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)(link is external) is a 

nationwide, multi-disciplinary resource for professionals in the addictions treatment and recovery services field. The 

ATTC Network raises awareness of evidence-based and promising treatment and recovery practices, builds skills to 

prepare the workforce to deliver state-of-the-art addictions treatment and recovery services, and changes practice by 

incorporating these new skills into everyday use to improve addictions treatment and recovery outcomes.

• The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) provides technical assistance on substance abuse 

issues in the child welfare population. Assistance is available to national, state, tribal, and local agencies and individuals. 

A key feature of NCSACW’s efforts is assistance in developing the cross-system partnerships and practice changes 

needed to address the issues of substance use disorders among families in the child welfare system. These services are 
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free. NCSACW is an HHS initiative and jointly funded by the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and 

the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect within the Administration for Children & Families’ Children’s Bureau.

Department of the Interior (DOI)

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

• The Indian Police Academy handles registration for all Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of Justice Services 

(OJS) training programs for law enforcement and courts. Training programs, webinars, and other resources can be found 

at the website for Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)-Artesia, New Mexico.

• DOI University and the National Indian Programs Training Center provide programs designed for Native American tribal 

governmental and supportive services training programs.

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

DOJ Office of Justice Programs (OJP) training and technical assistance services are available to the juvenile and criminal justice 

field, as well as to victim service providers.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974authorized the creation of the DOJ Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), recognizing the central role of training and technical assistance in the national effort to 

reduce youth crime and improve the juvenile justice system. OJJDP provides training and technical assistance to thousands of 

juvenile justice practitioners, policymakers, and constituents each year through a network of approximately 60 service 

providers.

The OJJDP TTA Network (NTTAC) provides a variety of capacity building services intended to improve knowledge and skills, 

increase collaboration, improve infrastructure, improve coordinated response efforts, and allow practitioners to better serve 

children. NTTAC provides numerous services ranging from information dissemination, to online and classroom trainings, to 

individualized onsite services.

OJJDP also administers the Tribal Youth Program and the Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Grants (T-JADG), both of 

which support tribal efforts to improve juvenile justice systems for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. All federally 

recognized tribes are eligible to apply for these grants. To date, more than 200 individual tribes and 350 grantees have 

received critical funding through these programs through annual congressional appropriation. OJJDP offers all grantees and 

tribes training and technical assistance to support program planning, enhancement, implementation, and evaluation around 

juvenile justice services.

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

The DOJ Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) provides resources and coordination to increase American Indian and Alaska Native 

(AI/AN) communities’ ability to provide comprehensive and culturally appropriate services to victims, their families, and the 

community. The OVC AI/AN Training and Technical Assistance Program uses a victim-centered approach, designed to foster 

dignity and spiritual, mental, and physical health. Training and technical assistance providers assist OVC in supporting the 

training and technical assistance needs of AI/AN communities that receive grant funds from OVC, including Purpose Area 6 

(Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities) and Purpose Area 7 (Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance 

Program) of DOJ’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS), and the OVC Vision 21 Community Wellness Centers 

solicitation.

The OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)provides comprehensive training, technical assistance, and 

other support to help the field build its collective capacity to serve crime victims.
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Partner Programs and Providers

Learn about the many DOJ-supported training programs and service providers in the following areas:

Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry

• Education Development Center (EDC)

• National Indian Justice Center (NIJC)

• National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC)

Domestic and Sexual Violence Crimes

• Institute for Native Justice (INJ)

• Red Wing Consulting

• Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP)

Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse

• National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC)

• National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) at Fox Valley Technical College

• Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance Center at Brandeis University

• Strategic Applications International (SAI)

Information Sharing

• National Center for Rural Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Institute-University of Arkansas System (NCRLE)

• Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR)

Intergovernmental Collaboration

• Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEP) at Oregon Health & Science University

• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)

• National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Justice

• Amber Alert Training at NCJTC

• The Indian Country Child Trauma Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center develops trauma-related 

treatment protocols, outreach materials, and service delivery guidelines designed for American Indian and Alaska Native 

children and their families. This OJJDP project provides culturally focused, trauma-informed training and technical 

assistance to OJJDP tribal grantees. Contact the project to see if you are eligible to receive services. Write to:

OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center

Indian Country Child Trauma Center

940 NE 13th Street, Nicholson Tower, 4N, 4900

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Or send an email to ICCTC@ouhsc.edu or call 405-271-8858.

• National Gang Center

• National Mentoring Resource Center

• Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Training and Technical Assistance Center at NTTAC
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• The Resource Basket, a program of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAL CAP), aims to build the capacity 

of the Alaska Native tribal community and youth-serving organizations that nurture positive youth development and 

support strength-based and data-driven juvenile approaches. Since July 2013, The Resource Basket has provided TTA 

services to 1,000 people from numerous villages. It also provides Alaska-specific TTA to Alaska-based OJJDP grantees.

Law Enforcement

• ICF International –Tribal

• Indian Country Training Institute

• Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute (UMCPI)

• Western Community Policing Institute (WCPI) at Western Oregon University

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

• Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR)

• National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) at Fox Valley Technical College

Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance

• American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)

• National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA)

Tribal Courts

• Center for Court Innovation

• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)

• The National Tribal Judicial Center at The National Judicial College

• Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law

• Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI)

Victim Services

• Unified Solutions Tribal Community Development Group

Other 

NCJTC

https://ncjtc.fvtc.edu/resources?cat=CAT0000040#findResources

At NCJTC, we know you want reliable, easy-to-execute solutions to address your public safety challenges. You can count on us 

to provide a variety of tools and resources to help you improve practices and outcomes. Browse our Resource Center to see 

what NCJTC has to offer.
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Partners & Foundations

Congressional Committees

• House Committee on Natural Resources

• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Federal Agencies

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• American Indian and Alaska Native Programs

• Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

• U.S. Forest Service – Tribal Relations

Department of Commerce (DOC)

• Minority Business Development Agency

• New Mexico Native American Business Enterprise Center

• U. S. Census Bureau – Native American and Alaska Native Resources

Department of Energy (DOE)

• DOE Tribal Program

• Office of Environmental Management – Tribal Programs in Indian Country

• State and Tribal Government Working Group

• Tribal Affairs

• Tribal Energy Program

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Administration for Native Americans

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry – Office of Tribal Affairs

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – American Indian and Alaska Native Center

• Indian Health Service

• Office of Child Support Enforcement

• SAMHSA – Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) Implementation

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – Tribal Affairs

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• Code Talk

• Office of Native American Programs

• Public and Indian Housing
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Department of the Interior (DOI)

• Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Bureau of Indian Education

• Bureau of Land Management – Tribal Consultation

• Indian Arts and Crafts Board

• National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Program

• National Park Service

• Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

• Tribal Preservation Programs and Grants

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Native American Liaison

• U.S. Geological Survey – Office of Tribal Relations

Department of Justice (DOJ)

• American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs information at the Office of Justice Programs

• Office of Tribal Justice

• Tribal justice and safety information at DOJ

Department of Labor (DOL)

• Employment and Training Administration – Indian and Native American Programs

Department of Transportation (DOT)

• Federal Highway Administration – Tribal Transportation Planning Program

Department of the Treasury

• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – Native American Banking Resource Directory

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• American Indian Environmental Office

• Waste Management in Indian Country

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Native Nations Consultation and Policy

Internal Revenue Services (IRS)

• Tax Information for Indian Tribal Governments

National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)

• NIGC.gov
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

• Office of Native American Affairs

Foundations

• The mission of the Notah Begay III Foundation is to prevent type 2 diabetes and its leading cause, childhood obesity, 

through sports, health, and wellness programs that are based on proven best practices. The foundation’s holistic 

approach to programming and evaluation addresses Native Americans’ nutrition, physical fitness, and communitybuilding needs, with the goal of producing measurable, long-term change in the health of tribal communities.

• The Philanthropy News Digest publishes requests for proposals and notices of awards as a free service for grant-making 

groups and nonprofits.

National and Regional Associations; Philanthropic Groups

• The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) is dedicated to improving the health, safety, and overall well-being of 

Native American youth through communication, policy development, and advocacy.

• The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) was established as a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board, a community 

health center for urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. The UIHI is one of 12 tribal epidemiology centers (TECs) 

funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). While the other 

11 TECs work with tribes regionally, the UIHI focuses on urban American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. 

As a crucial component of the health care resources for all Native Americans, TECs are responsible for managing public 

health information systems; investigating diseases of concern; managing disease prevention and control programs; 

communicating vital health information and resources; responding to public health emergencies; and coordinating these 

activities with other public health authorities.

Other Partners

• AmeriCorps

• Indian Law and Order Commission

• USA.gov – Tribal Governments Contact Information
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Publications & Resources

Federal Resources

The following is a list of publications and resources developed by SAMHSA’s partnering agencies that may help you develop 

a tribal action plan (TAP).

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Guide to USDA Programs – 2007 (PDF | 346 KB) is a reference for the USDA’s 

numerous programs available to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Department of Commerce (DOC)

• The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2010 (PDF | 3.4 MB) provides a portrait of the Native American 

population in the United States and discusses that population’s distribution at the national level and at lower levels of 

geography.

• Census 2000 – American Indians and Alaska Natives Wall Map shows the American Indian and Alaska Native areas 

reported or delineated for Census 2000.

Department of the Interior (DOI)

• The Crime-Reduction Best Practices Handbook: Making Indian Communities Safe, 2012 (PDF | 16 MB) is based on the 

Office of Justice Services’ successful deployment of its 2010 High Priority Performance Goal initiative, which aimed to 

reduce violent crime by at least 5% over 24 months on four reservations experiencing high rates of violent crime. Those 

reservations include Rocky Boy’s in Montana, Mescalero in New Mexico, Wind River in Wyoming, and Standing Rock in 

North and South Dakota. The effort resulted in a 35% drop in violent crime across the four sites. This was achieved by 

implementing a comprehensive strategy involving community policing, tactical deployment, and critical interagency and 

intergovernmental partnerships. The handbook is a compendium of best practices from that strategy. It is intended to 

guide law enforcement entities in Indian country. It includes strategies that worked as well as those that didn’t, and 

offers information ranging from general approaches to detailed plans for reducing crime.

• The Tribal Leaders Directory contains a complete list of the 566 federally recognized tribes.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Alcohol-Attributable Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost Among American Indians and Alaska Natives – United States, 

2001-2005 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains findings that underscore the importance of 

implementing effective population-based interventions to prevent excessive alcohol consumption among Native 

Americans.

Administration for Children & Families

• The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and its National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth work to end youth 

homelessness, teen pregnancy, and family violence. The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth provides free, 

educational information for the family and youth workforce—including FYSB grantees and aspiring grantees—about 

research and effective practices that can improve the long-term social and emotional well-being of families and youth.

• Information provided by the FYSB and its National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth includes tips for reaching out to 

Native American Youth.

• The Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) promotes proven and culturally appropriate methods for 

reducing adolescent pregnancy, delaying sexual activity among youths, and increasing condom use and other 
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contraceptives among sexually active youth in Native communities. Programs follow design guidelines similar to those of 

State PREP, but are specially designed to honor tribal needs, traditions, and cultures. Discretionary grants are available to 

tribes to combat the disproportionately high rates of teen pregnancy and birth.

SAMHSA Resources

• Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking – 2013 (PDF | 23 MB) provides information 

on the nature and extent of underage drinking in the United States. It also includes an overview of the federal 

government’s response.

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

• BJA – Publications

• The Tribal Training & Technical Assistance Provider Directory 2013-2014 provides TAP developers with contact 

information for technical assistance providers as well as information about providers’ areas of expertise, conferences, 

publications, and other resources.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

• Indian Country Justice Statistics helps support tribal participation in national records and information systems.

• Publications and Products on Jails in Indian Countryincludes findings from surveys of jails, confinement facilities, 

detention centers, and other correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Department of the Interior’s 

Bureau of Indian Affairs.

• Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2012 (PDF | 1.6 MB)describes activities supporting BJS’s tribal crime data 

collection system and summarizes findings and program enhancements between 2008 and 2012.

• Tribal Law Enforcement provides information about tribally operated agencies’ public safety services. This includes 

responding to calls, engaging in crime prevention activities, executing arrest warrants, enforcing traffic laws, serving 

court papers, providing court security, and carrying out search and rescue operations. Findings are based on the 2008 

Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

• Challenges Facing American Indian Youth features interviews with leading authorities on issues related to American 

Indian youth.

• Justice in Indian Country provides information about crime and justice issues facing tribal communities.

• Tribal Victim Publications provides links to publications and other resources for American Indians and Alaska Natives who 

have been victimized.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

• American Indian and Alaska Native Justice Publications

• Tribal Crime and Justice provides an overview of tribal crime and justice research.

• Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Program of Research evaluates the effectiveness of federal, 

state, tribal, and local responses to violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women.

Other DOJ Reports

• The Eagle Feathers Policy Consultations Summary – 2012 (PDF | 173 KB) is a DOJ summary of tribal stakeholders’ views 

of the department’s policy on the use and possession of eagle feathers. This policy, announced on October 12, 2012, 

addresses an issue of great cultural significance to many tribes and their members. Attorney General Eric Holder signed 
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the new policy after extensive department consultation with tribal leaders and tribal groups. The policy covers all 

federally protected birds, bird feathers, and bird parts.

• The Eagle Feathers Policy Fact Sheet summarizes DOJ’s eagle feathers policy.

• The Eagle Feathers Policy Memorandum – 2012 (PDF | 888 KB) formalizes DOJ’s longstanding policy and practice 

regarding the possession or use of federally protected birds, bird feathers, or other bird parts for the cultural and 

religious purposes of federally recognized Indian tribes.

• Ending Violence so Children Can Thrive, published in November 2014, is the final report of the Attorney General’s 

Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. It presents findings and policy 

recommendations to address the impact of violence on tribal youth.

• Information on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act helps TAP developers learn more about the different claimant 

categories outlined in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). RECA offers monetary compensation for people 

who contracted certain cancers and other serious diseases due to exposure from radiation released during above-ground 

atmospheric nuclear weapons tests or from pre-Cold War era occupational radiation exposure.

• Protecting the Civil Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives from DOJ Civil Rights Division – 2013 (PDF | 162 

KB) describes key civil rights issues specific to Native American communities.

• Report on the Indian Health Care Improvement Act – 2011 (PDF | 2.5 MB) describes the capacity of federal and tribal 

agencies to carry out data collection and analysis and information exchanges on prescription drug misuse and abuse in 

Indian country.

• Section 904 Analysis and Research on Violence Against Indian Women features information about the Attorney 

General’s task force established to assist the NIJ in developing and implementing a program of research on violence 

against Indian women. The task force looks at domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and murder. 

The task force will evaluate the effectiveness of federal, state, and tribal responses to violence against Indian women and 

propose recommendations to improve the government’s response.

• Statement of Principles for Working with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes – 2013 (PDF | 171 KB) describes DOJ’s 

commitment to establishing government-to-government relationships with tribal communities built on trust.

• Strategies for Creating Offender Reentry Programs in Indian Country – 2010 (PDF | 643 KB)(link is external) highlights 

promising practices and strategies for adults and juveniles transitioning from incarceration back into tribal communities.

• That’s My People: Reflections from the 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit – Final Report (PDF | 1.2 MB) is the 

product of the 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit, which was sponsored by DOJ’s Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention in partnership with the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Agriculture, the 

Department of Education, HHS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOI, the Department of Labor, and 

the Corporation for National and Community Service. It was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from July 24–29, 2011. The 

summit, entitled “Youth Taking Action in Indian Country,” was attended by more than 160 youth, representing nearly 50 

tribes, who gathered together for a week of leadership development and skill building. This report highlights the youth 

and tribal participation, the programs and activities they participated in, and the various issues that participants tackled.

Other Resources

• The Native American Rights Fund (NARF)(link is external), a nonprofit that provides legal representation and technical 

assistance to U.S. Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals, provides the Indian Child Welfare Act – A Practical 

Guide(link is external)on its website. The guide gives an overview of, and answers questions about, the Indian Child 

Welfare Act (ICWA).

American Indian/Alaska Native Behavioral Health Briefing book

https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/includes/themes/newihstheme/display_objects/documents/2011_Letters/AIANBHBriefingBo

ok.pdf

This briefing book was designed to provide background and reference for the America Indian and Alaska Native Strategic Plans 

on Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention.
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One Sky Center

http://www.oneskycenter.org

One Sky Center is a National Resource Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Education and Research. It is 

dedicated to quality health care across Indian Country.

Working with Youths and Suicide in a Substance Abuse Setting

http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Ramos-Nieves_nd_Presentation_Youth-Suicide-Substance-Abuse.pdf

This presentation covers background information and statistics about suicide among Alaska Native adolescents and discusses 

prevention approaches that incorporate AI/AN values.

Nokomis Endaad: Successful Urban/Tribal Partnership in Co‐Occurring Disorder Treatment for Native Women

http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bordeaux_nd_Successful-Urban-Tribal-Partnership-in-Co-occuringDisorder-Treatment-for-Native-Women.pdf

This presentation highlights the importance of collaborative partnerships between tribal and urban Indian organizations to 

benefit all Indian people, regardless of where they reside. Specifically, the partnership between the Fond du Lac Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa and the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center centered on providing the Nokomis Endaad program 

in order to increase access to chemical dependency treatment and mental health therapy for American Indians residing in the 

Minneapolis metro area. Nokomis Endaad is a culturally based outpatient program for Native women who face chemical 

dependency, mental health issues, sexual trauma, and culturally co-occurring disorders such as loss of culture, identity, grief, 

and shame.

Gathering of Native Americans (GONA)

https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=190349

United Indian Health Services

GONA is a program that has been adapted by hundreds of organizations across the country. Through storytelling, affirmation 

and ritual, the GONA process reflects the Native concept of the four levels of human development and responsibility, 

providing a structure for community gatherings addressing substance abuse.