$371M in DOJ grants available to make Wisconsin communities safer.

Byline: Michaela Paukner, mpaukner@wislawjournal.com

More than $371 million in Department of Justice grants areon offerto help places around Wisconsin tackle addiction, school security, human trafficking and recidivism, the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced on Thursday.

In a press release, U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger said more than $163 million will be used to fight addiction. The money will support a number of services, including programs designed to present overdose deaths and end the cycle of addiction and crime.

In addition, morethan $83 millionwill go toward improving school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence. The initiatives include programs designed to tighten school security and improve threat reporting.

Another $65 million in grants will be used to help fight human trafficking and serve victims of trafficking operations in Wisconsin. Programs should support human-trafficking task forces and services for survivors.

Nearly $60 million in grants is allocated to programspromoting the successful reentry of adult and juvenile offenders into society. The grants also pay for research projects to improve knowledge about what makes reentry programs successful.

Funding opportunities are open for the following programs in each category:

Addiction crisis

Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program (COSSAP)

Enhancing Community Responses to America's Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims

Family Drug Court Program

Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program

School safety

Research and Evaluation on School Safety

STOP Act School Violence Program

Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence

Preventing human trafficking

Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program

Multidisciplinary Task Force Program to Combat Human Trafficking

Preventing Trafficking of Girls

Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons

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