First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering the First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act discretionary grant program to train first responders and communities in administering and distributing FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal medications. The grant supports activities that build local readiness and response capacity around opioid overdose reversal medication use. Eligibility is statutorily limited to states, local governmental entities, and American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, and no cost sharing or matching is required. The program lists an estimated total funding level of $35.6 million, an expected 118 awards, and a grant contact of Shannon Hastings at DTP-NOFO@samhsa.hhs.gov or 202-961-8620.