OASAS Comms: Announcing NYS DoH Procurement Opportunities

August 23, 2023

The NYS Department of Health (DOH) announced the following procurement opportunities under the Opioid Settlement Funds. OASAS providers are eligible applicants.

  1. The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI), Office of Drug User Health (ODUH) announces the availability of state funds to develop a formal, standardized training program for coroners in New York State (NYS). The goal is to partner with eligible applicants across the state to help develop the curriculum based on national standards and best practices, and then subsequently deliver the training. The intent of the Request for Applications (RFA) is to fund an agency for $200,000 annually for two (2) years.

This RFA has been posted on the following websites:

The NYS Grants Gateway website: https://grantsgateway.ny.gov/IntelliGrants_NYSGG/module/nysgg/goportal.aspx

Grants Gateway: #DOH01-DCCTP-2023

New York State Department of Health: http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/

  1. The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI), Office of Drug User Health and Health Research Inc. (HRI) announce the availability of funds to implement interventions in community settings (outside of New York City) to prevent and respond to drug overdoses while utilizing harm reduction principles and practices and advancing health equity. The intent of the Request for Applications (RFA) is to fund $2,500,000 per year for three (3) years.

This RFA and all attachments have been posted on HRI’s public website at: http://www.healthresearch.org/funding-opportunities.

  1. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) AIDS Institute (AI) Office of Drug User Health announces the opportunity for a not-for-profit licensed medical practice to increase access to medications for addiction treatment or medications for opioid use disorder (MAT/MOUD). The funded entity will be responsible for providing low-threshold harm reduction services via telemedicine to persons with opioid use disorder/at risk of overdose. The purpose of this opportunity is to expand access to MAT/MOUD and other related harm reduction services across New York State, specifically for areas of the state where there is a lack of available harm reduction and comprehensive medical services available to Persons Who Use Drugs (PWUD), as well as to prevent overdoses and overdose deaths among PWUD in New York State.

This SOI has been posted on the NYS Contract Reporter website:

http://www.nyscr.ny.gov/adsOpen.cfm?ID=9199AC07-3C67-4F23-89A8-18774E5390EB

Interested eligible organizations should submit all required documents in response to the required activities listed in the NYS Contract Reporter advertisement via email to AIGPU@health.ny.gov no later than 4:00 pm ET on 8/29/2023.

Late submissions will not be accepted.  For questions on this procurement, please send an email to AIGPU@health.ny.gov.

  1. The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI), Office of Drug User Health announces the availability of state funds to provide harm reduction interventions in community settings in New York State. This funding is directed toward People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) within priority populations that are especially vulnerable to overdose and who have been historically marginalized and stigmatized by systems of care. Advancing health equity is an expected outcome of this RFA and the programs awarded funding. The intent of the Request for Applications (RFA) is to fund 8-24 programs for awards between $200,000 to $300,000, with a total funding amount of $3,750,000 annually for two (2) years.

This RFA has been posted on the following websites:

The NYS Grants Gateway website: https://grantsgateway.ny.gov/IntelliGrants_NYSGG/module/nysgg/goportal.aspx

Grants Gateway #: DOH01-PPHRS-2024

New York State Department of Health: http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/

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