Cooperative Agreement SM059850

Federal Project Grant Summary Emory University received a $500,000 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professionals, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The Georgia: Understanding Risk Reduction to Optimize Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood (GA URR O-CAY) program will build behavioral health workforce capacity by...

Federal Project Grant Summary Emory University received a $1.15 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to implement and rigorously evaluate a Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) program at three high-throughput jails in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The project, titled "JCOIN Phase II Innovation Hub," will adapt an established virtual peer recovery telehealth model (LINCS UP) to the jail setting and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Strength In Peers Inc. received a $640,000 project grant awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals. The organization will implement a structured six-month internship program training up to 16 Certified Peer Recovery Specialists (CPRSs) annually across two...

The Georgia Pines Community Service Board received a $437,185 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant funding will enable Georgia Pines, in partnership with the Thomas County Sheriff's Office and Thomasville Police Department, to launch a new law enforcement/mental health co-responder program. The program will embed behavioral health specialists to...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) will support a Co-Responder Program (CORE) in Fulton County, Georgia. The CORE program will pair a behavioral health clinician with a sheriff's deputy to respond to 911 and 988 behavioral health crises, using crisis de-escalation techniques. Within 24 hours, a peer support specialist will follow up with...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. received a $234,347 Project Grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program (CFDA 84.129) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The grant supports an RSA Long-Term Training Project designed to train and graduate 20-22 clinical rehabilitation counselors from a CACREP-accredited master's degree program to...

Grant Award Summary Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. received a $1,059,195 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program addresses critical behavioral health workforce shortages in high-need and...

This federal Project Grant award of $2,977,234.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982). The grant, awarded on February 17, 2025, will fund the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) to provide crisis counseling, outreach, case management, and mental health worker training to individuals in Georgia experiencing...

Grant Award Summary Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. received a $236,551 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program (CFDA 84.129) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award supports the development and delivery of an academic training initiative titled "Expanding Georgia's Rehabilitation Counseling Workforce: Preparing...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc. received a $350,532 formula grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program (CFDA 93.138). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, funds the organization's ongoing operations as Georgia's designated Protection and Advocacy system for individuals with mental...