Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2024 172158
The BJA FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) opportunity is a discretionary federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The purpose of this solicitation is to fund a single organization to serve as the national or lead training and technical assistance provider focused specifically on Overdose Fatality Reviews (OFRs) within the broader COSSUP initiative. In practical terms, BJA is looking for an entity that can help jurisdictions strengthen their ability to prevent and reduce overdose deaths by improving how communities review overdose fatalities, learn from them, and turn those lessons into better prevention and intervention strategies.
COSSUP is BJA's larger framework for supporting state, local, and tribal governments as they develop, implement, or expand comprehensive responses to the overdose crisis, including harms tied to illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substances. This particular grant is not a direct service or treatment funding stream for a city or county; instead, it is designed to build nationwide capacity by funding an expert provider that can deliver training, hands-on assistance, and practical tools to jurisdictions working to stand up or improve OFR programs. The core idea is that communities can reduce overdose deaths more effectively when they have a structured, multidisciplinary process for examining individual overdose deaths, identifying patterns and system gaps, and coordinating changes across agencies and sectors.
The OFR TTA program emphasized in this solicitation centers on helping jurisdictions build and enhance multidisciplinary collaborations and improve their use of data. OFRs typically involve partners such as public health, law enforcement, emergency medical services, behavioral health providers, social services, child welfare, medical examiners or coroners, hospitals, and community-based organizations. The solicitation highlights confidential, individual death reviews as a key method: jurisdictions examine the circumstances around specific overdose deaths, then use insights from those cases to identify trends (for example, emerging substances, risky supply changes, service access barriers), incidents (such as clusters or outbreak-like patterns), and gaps in prevention and services (like missed opportunities for treatment engagement, housing instability, or limited naloxone access). The end goal is to translate those findings into innovative, community-specific overdose prevention and intervention strategies rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a grant with an award ceiling of $2,000,000, with BJA expecting to make one award. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172158, and it is listed under CFDA/Assistance Listing 16.838. The original application closing date was July 17, 2024, and the solicitation was created on May 24, 2024. While the listing shows a funding activity category of "Humanities," the substance of the solicitation is clearly aligned with public safety, public health collaboration, and justice assistance priorities tied to overdose prevention and system improvement.
Eligibility is broad and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit categories listed), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. This range suggests BJA is open to applicants that can credibly demonstrate national-level expertise in OFR implementation support, training design and delivery, data-sharing and governance practices, and the facilitation of cross-sector collaboration. The successful applicant would be expected to provide structured training and ongoing technical assistance that helps jurisdictions develop the partnerships, protocols, data practices, and review processes necessary to run effective OFRs and use the results to drive measurable improvements in overdose prevention and response.Apply for O BJA 2024 172158
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.838.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this grant opportunity?
This is the BJA FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) solicitation. It is a discretionary federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused specifically on strengthening Overdose Fatality Review efforts nationwide through training and technical assistance.
2) What is the purpose of the OFR Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) award?
The purpose is to fund a single organization to serve as the national or lead TTA provider for Overdose Fatality Reviews (OFRs) under the broader COSSUP initiative. The funded provider is expected to help jurisdictions improve their ability to prevent and reduce overdose deaths by strengthening how communities conduct overdose fatality reviews, learn from findings, and translate lessons into better prevention and intervention strategies.
3) Who is the funding agency?
The funding agency is the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
4) What is COSSUP and how does this award fit within it?
COSSUP is BJA's broader framework for supporting state, local, and tribal governments as they develop, implement, or expand comprehensive responses to the overdose crisis, including harms tied to illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substances. This particular award supports COSSUP by funding a national provider that builds jurisdictional capacity to run and improve OFR programs through training, technical assistance, and tools.
5) Is this grant intended to fund direct treatment or local overdose response services?
No. Based on the solicitation description, this is not a direct service or treatment funding stream for a city, county, or local provider. It is designed to build nationwide capacity by funding an expert organization to deliver training, hands-on assistance, and practical tools to jurisdictions working to stand up or improve OFR programs.
6) What is an Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) in the context of this program?
In this context, an OFR is a structured, multidisciplinary process in which a jurisdiction conducts confidential, individual death reviews to examine the circumstances around specific overdose deaths. The goal is to identify patterns, trends, system gaps, and missed opportunities, and then coordinate improvements across agencies and sectors to reduce future overdose deaths.
7) What kinds of partners are typically involved in OFRs?
The solicitation describes OFRs as multidisciplinary and typically involving partners such as public health, law enforcement, emergency medical services (EMS), behavioral health providers, social services, child welfare, medical examiners or coroners, hospitals, and community-based organizations.
8) What are jurisdictions expected to gain from OFR work supported by this TTA provider?
Jurisdictions are expected to strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration and improve data use so they can better identify emerging substances, risky supply changes, service access barriers, clusters or outbreak-like patterns, and gaps in prevention and services (for example, missed opportunities for treatment engagement, housing instability, or limited naloxone access). The intention is to turn those insights into innovative, community-specific prevention and intervention strategies.
9) What types of activities does the solicitation emphasize for the TTA provider?
The solicitation emphasizes training and technical assistance that helps jurisdictions build and enhance multidisciplinary collaborations and improve their use of data. It also highlights the importance of supporting confidential, individual overdose death reviews and helping communities translate findings into actionable strategies and system improvements.
10) How many awards does BJA expect to make?
BJA expects to make one award.
11) What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is $2,000,000.
12) Is this a discretionary or formula grant?
This is a discretionary federal grant.
13) What is the funding opportunity number and assistance listing?
The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172158, and it is listed under CFDA/Assistance Listing 16.838.
14) When was the solicitation created and what was the original application due date?
The solicitation was created on May 24, 2024. The original application closing date was July 17, 2024.
15) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes:
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit categories listed)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit categories listed)
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
16) What kind of applicant is BJA looking for?
The solicitation indicates BJA is looking for an entity that can credibly demonstrate national-level expertise in OFR implementation support, training design and delivery, data-sharing and governance practices, and facilitation of cross-sector collaboration. The successful applicant is expected to provide structured training and ongoing technical assistance that enables jurisdictions to develop partnerships, protocols, data practices, and review processes necessary to run effective OFRs.
17) What does it mean to be the national or lead OFR TTA provider?
It means the award recipient is intended to function as the primary national resource for OFR-specific training and technical assistance within COSSUP. Rather than operating a single local program, the provider supports multiple jurisdictions by delivering training, hands-on help, and practical tools that improve how OFRs are conducted and how findings are used to drive change.
18) What is the role of confidentiality in the OFR approach described?
The solicitation highlights confidential, individual death reviews as a key method. Jurisdictions review the circumstances around specific overdose deaths and then use insights from those cases to identify trends, incidents, and gaps, with the goal of improving prevention and intervention strategies.
19) What is the ultimate outcome BJA is aiming for through this award?
The ultimate outcome described is helping communities reduce overdose deaths more effectively by using a structured review process to identify what is driving fatal overdoses locally and to coordinate practical, community-specific improvements across systems and agencies, rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions.
20) The listing shows a funding activity category of "Humanities." Does that reflect the focus of the program?
The listing shows "Humanities" as the funding activity category, but the solicitation description is clearly aligned with public safety, public health collaboration, and justice assistance priorities related to overdose prevention and system improvement.
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