BJA FY 23 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) | O BJA 2023 171768

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The BJA FY 23 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The program is designed to strengthen and expand the ability of states, tribes, and other eligible organizations to operate and improve Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: centralized databases that collect, store, and support analysis of controlled substance prescription information (and certain other scheduled chemical products). At its core, the opportunity is about giving regulatory bodies, law enforcement partners, and public health officials better tools and capacity to track prescribing and dispensing patterns, identify potential misuse or diversion, and support informed responses to prescription drug and opioid-related threats.

The stated purpose of the program sits within broader DOJ/OJP priorities. The funding emphasizes work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. In practical terms, applicants are expected to approach PDMP improvements in ways that support public safety and public health while also being attentive to fairness, equity, and appropriate safeguards, since PDMP data can influence enforcement decisions, clinical practice, and access to care.

This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2023-171768; CFDA: 16.754) uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument. That matters because cooperative agreements typically involve a more active role for the federal agency compared with a standard grant, often including closer collaboration, shared planning expectations, or federal involvement in certain technical or strategic aspects of the work. The activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, reflecting the program's intersection between public safety systems and health-related monitoring infrastructure.

Eligibility is broad and includes state governments, federally recognized tribal governments, and other tribal organizations, as well as public and private institutions of higher education. It also includes nonprofit organizations, both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) entities (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category listing). This range of eligible applicants reflects the reality that PDMP work often involves state administering agencies, tribal entities, academic partners supporting evaluation or analytics, and nonprofit organizations that may provide technical assistance, training, or implementation support.

The maximum award amount listed is up to $2,000,000 per award (award ceiling), and the solicitation anticipated making multiple awards (the exact number is not specified in the provided extract). The opportunity was created on May 18, 2023, with an original application closing date of June 29, 2023. Applicants considering similar future cycles should treat these dates as historical, but they can still be useful as a rough indicator of typical application windows and timelines for this program area.

Overall, the Harold Rogers PDMP program is aimed at improving the capacity and sophistication of PDMP systems and the agencies that rely on them. The central deliverable across PDMP-focused funding is usually a stronger, more usable, and more actionable prescription monitoring capability: better collection and management of controlled substance prescription data, improved analytical and reporting functions, and stronger operational coordination among authorized stakeholders. The intended result is a more effective, data-informed approach to preventing and responding to prescription drug misuse and diversion, while aligning the work with DOJ's broader goals around equity, justice, victim support, and community trust.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 23 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.754.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-05-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-06-29. (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.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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.

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