The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Dept. of Justice fund state and local agencies to provide treatment for and prevention of substance use disorders.
Treatment and prevention of substance use disorders includes recovery support services like mental and physical health services, transitional housing, education, and training. Transportation for people with substance use disorders and those affected by substance use disorders is critical to accessing these support services.
Begin with the mission of the CCAM-funded agency and ask, “How can transportation access contribute to the success of that mission?” For agencies serving people with substance use disorders, the importance of transportation may be tied to one or more of these value statements, which can serve as starting discussion points:
When people with substance use disorders have access to transportation. . .
Below is a detailed description of programs relating to people with substance use disorders. Each listing contains what type of transportation support is allowable, a brief program description, and ways for both mobility management professionals and program staff from other agencies to connect.
Funding for transportation on an individual basis. This includes things like transit passes or gas vouchers.
Program staff provide transportation services directly or can contract for services.
Program’s funds can be used as federal match to FTA transportation grants or other federal programs.
The Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation provides competitive funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities for nine funding categories. Several of these programs focus on substance abuse treatment and recovery. The Adult Tribal Treatment Courts Program supports tribal efforts to develop, implement and enhance adult treatment courts to reduce the misuse of opioids, stimulants, and other substances by people involved in the criminal justice system.
Eligible recipients are federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, tribal consortium, or tribal designees (for certain activities).
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
The program provides financial and technical assistance to states, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive efforts to identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants and other drugs.
The program offers site-based grants, funding for demonstration projects, training and technical assistance. States, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments may be eligible recipients.
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
Family Treatment Courts (FTC) serve children, parents and families involved in the child welfare system due to parental substance use as a contributing factor to child abuse or neglect. Between 60 and 80 percent of substantiated child abuse and neglect cases handled by these courts involve substance abuse by a custodial parent or guardian. The purpose of a family treatment court is to protect child safety, ensure a permanent care-giving environment and promote children’s well-being through family recovery.
Funding is awarded to city or township governments, County governments, State governments, and federally recognized Native American Tribal Governments. As of 2019, an estimated 500 FTCs operate in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam.
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
The program helps communities expand and strengthen treatment and recovery support services for individuals (including youth and families) experiencing homelessness who have substance use disorders or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
Grants are awarded for up to 5 years to domestic public and private nonprofit entities.
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
Juvenile Drug Treatments Courts (JDTCs) are specialized courts for youth with substance use or co-occurring disorders who come into contact with the juvenile justice systems. The JDTC Program provides resources to state, local, and Tribal governments to create and enhance juvenile drug court programs for youth in the justice system with substance use challenges, specifically related to opioid use.
Funding is awarded to state, local and Tribal governments to create and enhance juvenile drug treatment court programs
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
This is a formula grant program that seeks to enhance the capabilities of States and units of local and Tribal governments to provide residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated inmates; prepare individuals for reintegration into communities and assist individuals and communities through the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.
State Administering Agencies (SAA) from states and territories are eligible to apply and can award subgrants to state agencies and units of local government, including federally recognized Indian tribes, as well as to community-based service providers.
Transportation vouchers may be purchased under this program provided the purchase has a clear nexus to the program’s objectives.
The purpose of this program is to address the opioid overdose crisis by providing resources to states and territories for increasing access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder, and for supporting the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder and other concurrent substance use disorders. The SOR program also supports the continuum of care for stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine and methamphetamine. The SOR program aims to help reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid-related overdose deaths across America.
Provides formula grants to states and territories.
Allows for activities supporting access to health care services [includes transportation], including those services provided by federally certified opioid treatment programs or other appropriate health care providers to treat substance use disorders, as well as other public health-related activities, as the State determines appropriate, related to addressing the opioid abuse crisis within the State.
The West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources received SOR grants and partnered with the WV State Transit Association to provide guaranteed transportation anywhere in the state to individuals seeking substance use treatment. Learn more.
The program provides formula funding to support projects for the development and implementation of primary prevention, treatment, and recovery support services directed to individual, families, and communities in addressing substance use disorders.
Provides funds to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 3 Pacific jurisdictions, and 1 tribal entity to prevent and treat substance use. Grantees have the flexibility to distribute funds to local government entities, such as municipal, county, or intermediaries, including administrative service organizations and have SUBG sub-recipients, such as community- and faith-based organizations (non-governmental organizations).
May be used to provide transportation to individuals to support prevention, treatment, and recovery of substance abuse disorders.
The program expands access to mental and substance use disorders treatment for people experiencing homelessness along with a serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or co-occurring disorders.
Grants are awarded for up to 5 years to states, governmental units within political subdivisions of a state, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and a consortia of tribes or tribal organizations, and domestic public and private nonprofit entities.
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
The Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation provides competitive funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities for nine funding categories. Several of these programs focus on substance abuse treatment and recovery. Youth Healing to Wellness Courts are special courts, like drug courts, that combine judicial supervision, substance abuse treatment, case management, drug testing, and graduated incentives and sanctions to help individuals with substance use disorders achieve sustained recovery and avoid reoffending.
Eligible recipients are federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, tribal consortium, or tribal designees (for certain activities).
Funding is used to implement recovery support services, which may include transportation.
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