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Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program (COIPP)
Link
https://www.ihs.gov/asap/coipp/
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Deadline
Application Deadline: Feb 7, 2024
Sponsor
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Purpose
Provides funding to projects that address the impacts of the opioid crisis in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities by supporting the development and expansion of community-driven prevention, treatment, recovery, and aftercare services for mental health and substance use disorder (SUD). Promotes innovative opioid intervention practices, education, and approaches that are locally designed, collaborative, culturally responsive, and family/community oriented. COIPP is an initiative of Indian Health Service's (IHS) Alcohol and Substance Abuse Branch (ASAB).
COIPP program objectives include:
- Raise public awareness and increase education about culturally appropriate and family-centered opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery practices and programs in AI/AN communities
- Build comprehensive support teams to empower AI/AN families working to confront the opioid use and overdose in tribal or urban Indian communities
- Expand medication-assisted treatment (MAT)/medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for individuals who experience opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, or overdose
- Increase harm reduction interventions in tribal or urban Indian communities
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling: $500,000 per year
Award floor: $350,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 27
Estimated total program funding:
$9,500,000
Who Can Apply
Applications may be submitted by federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations (UIOs), as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603(14, 26, 29).
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing • Training Providers
Application Process
Application instructions, requirements, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.
Applicant frequently asked questions
Contact
For programmatic or technical
questions:
Cassandra Allen
240-485-7524
cassandra.allen@ihs.gov
For grants management or budget
questions:
301-443-2059
DGM@ihs.gov
Rural Awards
Past awards communities have received are described on the program website.
Rural communities who have received funding include:
- Copper River Native Association in Copper Center, Alaska
- Forest County Potawatomi Community in Crandon, Wisconsin
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Fort Washakie, Wyoming
- Three Affiliated Tribes in New Town, North Dakota
- Penobscot Indian Nation in Indian Island, Maine
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in Durant, Oklahoma
Topics This Program Addresses
American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians • Community Planning and Coalition Building • Harm Reduction • Health Education for Community and Patients • Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) • Mental Health • Naloxone • Opioids • Overdose Prevention • Parents, Families, and Children • Prevention • Recovery • Substance Use Disorder • Teleservices and Technology • Treatment • Women