Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
STATE OPIOID RESPONSE GRANTS 2.0 - The South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), as the Single State Authority for substance use disorder (SUD) services, is requesting $17,931,882 a year for two years from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention under FOA# TI-20-012 to address the opioid and stimulant crisis by increasing access to treatment, reducing unmet treatment needs, and reducing opioid overdose-related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment, and recovery activities for opioid and stimulant use disorders. DAODAS has partnered with Behavioral Health services Association of South Carolina Inc. (BHSA) and all 32 county alcohol and drug abuse authorities that provide substance use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery-support services statewide; S.C. Association for The Treatment of Opioid Dependence and its members that operate opioid treatment programs in all regions of the state; the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC); S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control; S.C. Department of Corrections; S.C. Pharmacy Association; and Faces and voices of Recovery South Carolina. The application proposes a comprehensive response to the opioid and stimulant epidemic by: * conducting a thorough evaluation that will be the basis for strategic and sustainability plans; * addressing stigma and the need for action through a statewide multimedia campaign; * expanding and enhancing the state's Opioid Overdose Prevention Program; * providing financial assistance to indigent South Carolinians for medications and talk therapy; * expanding access to clinically appropriate, evidence-based practices for opioid and stimulant use disorders; * enhancing and expanding provision of peer support and other recovery-support services; * providing assistance to individuals returning to their communities from criminal justice settings; and * partnering with MUSC to expand medication-assisted treatment, and stimulant and opioid use disorder services across the state. (This initiative will include expanding the use of the MUSC Center for Telehealth and the expansion of the Project ECHO model).
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).