Targeted Capacity Expansion-Peer-to-Peer (Short Title: TCE-PTP) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Targeted Capacity Expansion-Peer-to-Peer (TCE-PTP) grant opportunity was a SAMHSA initiative run through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) in FY 2016. It was offered as a discretionary grant under CFDA 93.243 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with the core aim of strengthening local and community-based capacity to support people living with substance use disorders (SUDs). The central strategy for doing that was to expand and improve peer recovery support services, meaning supports delivered by people with lived experience of substance use and recovery who are positioned to provide practical, relational, and recovery-oriented help to others and to families impacted by SUD.

A defining feature of this program is the expectation that people with lived experience are not only service providers but active partners in how the work is built and run. In other words, peers are meant to play an integral role in the design, development, and implementation of the project, rather than being added later as an accessory to a traditional clinical model. The intent is to increase the reach and effectiveness of recovery support by using peer-to-peer approaches that often improve engagement, trust, and continuity of support, especially for individuals who may be disconnected from formal treatment systems or who need additional help sustaining recovery over time.

The stated purpose goes beyond simply adding services; it emphasizes expanding and enhancing service capacity. That framing signals that applicants were expected to either grow the volume of peer recovery supports available, improve the quality and scope of those supports, or both, in a way that measurably benefits people with SUDs and their family members. Family inclusion is explicitly part of the target population, acknowledging that recovery is often shaped by the surrounding support system and that family members may need education, navigation help, and peer-based encouragement to support recovery effectively.

The primary program objective is improved recovery outcomes and a better overall quality of life for those served. SAMHSA described concrete indicators that would be used to assess progress, which effectively functions like a results framework for grantees. These indicators include increased abstinence from substance use, improved employment outcomes, greater housing stability, stronger social connectedness, and decreased involvement with the criminal or juvenile justice systems. The opportunity also highlighted broader signs of successful recovery, including increased enrollment in education, vocational training, and/or employment. Taken together, these measures reflect a whole-person approach where recovery is understood not only as reduced substance use but also as improved stability, opportunity, and community integration.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, the opportunity number was TI 16 008, posted on December 10, 2015, with an application closing date of February 15, 2016. SAMHSA anticipated making about 15 awards, with an award ceiling of $250,000. The listing notes eligibility as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, which usually means eligibility may have included certain nonprofit, community, tribal, or other non-traditional entities depending on SAMHSA's specific criteria in the full funding announcement.

Overall, TCE-PTP was structured to help communities scale peer-led recovery supports in a way that produces measurable improvements in daily functioning and long-term stability for people with SUDs and their families. The emphasis on lived experience leadership, alongside outcome tracking tied to abstinence, housing, employment, education, and justice involvement, shows that the program was designed to promote sustained recovery and practical life improvements, not just short-term service contacts.

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