Cooperative Agreement 90CA1892

The Peer Coalition Inc., a non-profit organization located in Suffern, New York, received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.276 - Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants) to prevent and reduce youth substance use in the East Ramapo Central School District. The grant, awarded for the period of September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will support the Peer Coalition's efforts to build a diverse community coalition, implement...

The Prince George's County Health Department (PGCHD) received a $2,400,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The funding will support the implementation of the Powerful Youth Peers (PYP) program, a certified peer support specialist training initiative to address the county's behavioral health workforce shortage and improve...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to Salt Lake County (SLCO) to implement the Person-Centered Peer Support Pilot Project (PCPS). The goal is to improve outcomes for 117 participants in the Salt Lake City Justice Court Familiar Faces Court over a 36-month period from October 2024 to September 2027. The project will embed three certified peer support specialists to...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) provides $1,519,496 to Chestnut Health Systems Inc. to develop and implement the "PATH" (Peer Advanced Training in Harm Reduction) workforce intervention. The project aims to reduce burnout among peer recovery support specialists (PRSS) who deliver harm reduction services, with the goal of improving service quality and system-level outcomes. The study will...

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC) has been awarded a $333,333 project grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779). The grant will fund a two-year evaluation of the Community Peer Education Project (CPEP), a program that supports the reentry of individuals released from jails or prisons in New Mexico. CPEP uses the ECHO model to train formerly incarcerated individuals as...

This federal Project Grant award for $819,713, provided by the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), supports the implementation and evaluation of the CommunityRX-Dementia + Peer Navigation (CRXDPeer) intervention. CRXDPeer is an IT-based social care intervention that delivers caregiver education, community resource navigation, and peer support services to individuals caring for people with dementia. The project aims to demonstrate the real-world feasibility...

This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program provides $120,000.00 to Strength In Peers Inc., a non-profit organization in Virginia, to develop and implement the Compassionate Crisis Care Network. The network aims to provide an alternative, peer-designed and peer-led crisis prevention and recovery support program that...

This Project Grant award of $1,167,336.00 from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) supports a rigorous evaluation of Police Peer Support Programs (PPSPs) across four well-established regional programs. The evaluation has two main objectives: 1) a process evaluation to document the structure, processes, and protocols of each PPSP, and 2) an outcome evaluation to examine implementation outcomes,...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $119,943 cooperative agreement to Family Development Initiatives LIMITED of Zambia to support a Community Led Monitoring Initiative to Improve Quality of HIV Care Services in Eastern Province from January 19, 2023 through November 30, 2023. The initiative will support community-based monitoring of HIV care services delivered through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in Eastern Province, Zambia....

This $567,231 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) will support the "Supporting Underserved Peer Professionals in Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT)" program at Western Michigan University. The SUPPORT program aims to address the shortage of trained peer professionals to work with families experiencing opioid and substance use disorders...