The purpose of the Opiod Affected Youth Initiative is to develop local data-driven coordinated responses to identify and address challenges resulting from opioid abuse that impact youth. The funding sources for this solicitation is the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI). The purpose of the OAYI is to guide the initiative's work by leveraging agency partnerships to promote evidence-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery initiatives across Georgia for youth at risk of opioid misuse.
Program goals are to (1) provide a better understanding of where opioid-involved youth are most vulnerable in order to improve the ability of state and local partners to respond, (2) improve outcomes related to adverse opioid-involved events for youth, (3) increase collaboration among state partners to assist opioid-affected youth, and (4) expand the understanding, availability, and use of naloxone in K-12 schools and community-based resources targeted for youth.
Applications are accepted in the following categories, each of which requires a separate application, though applicants may submit applications for multiple categories for consideration at the same time.
- Category 1 - Increase local reporting to the overdose map maintained by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
- Category 2 - Support for additional data elements in the Opioid Overdose Surveillance Reports and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- Category 3 - Track the availability and use/administration of naloxone in K-12 schools
- Category 4 - Increase the number of naloxone kits in K-12 schools
- Category 5 – Provide training for school personnel to respond to an opioid-involved overdose
- Category 6 – Connect, create or expand direct treatment and recovery support services for youth involved with the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
- Category 7 - Support for a statewide data dashboard to monitor opioid misuse indicators among youth
None is available.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. Additional specific eligibility requirements: