Tuesday, January 28, 2025
1/28/2025
The Rooted and Rerouted Project will focus on the zip code with the highest incarceration rate in the nation (37208) where 14% of the population, and a third of African American men, are currently incarcerated; and are returning to a community ravaged by opiate overdose. The project will expand and enhance service capacity through a unique collaboration between the treatment capacity of Meharry Medical College, the nation's oldest HBCU medical school with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office that oversees the Davidson County Correctional Facilities and judicial supervision, along with the grassroots capacities of the Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry, a church-based trauma program--Healing Minds and Souls, a recovery housing program--Cupid Transitional Services, and the Black Mental Health Alliance of Nashville. The project purpose is to increase engagement with substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services to formerly incarcerated African American individuals who are experiencing the disproportionate impact of addiction in Nashville. We will serve sixty participants a year, at least 300 over the life of the grant, with a full continuum of evidence-based treatment and recovery support services.
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).