Cooperative Agreement U79SM063281

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,324,476 Project Grant (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) to Lines For Life, a non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon. The award will fund the Youthline National Expansion program, which aims to improve access to mental healthcare for youth ages 10-24 across the United States. Key initiatives include: Expanding Youthline's peer-to-peer crisis line and support services by 30%, enabling more youth and...

The Providence Center, Inc. was awarded a $516,813 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The grant will support co-response teams consisting of a behavioral health clinician from The Providence Center and an officer from the Providence Police Department to provide crisis response services to individuals experiencing mental health incidents in Providence,...

The Providence Police Department and Providence Center were awarded a $295,176 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding supports the continued collaboration between the organizations to improve responses to mental health crises through co-response and diversion programs. For over a decade, the Providence Center has partnered with...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to the Rhode Island Department of Health. The grant provides funding for community-based suicide prevention efforts targeting veterans and their families in Rhode Island. Key activities include outreach, delivery of suicide prevention services, and connections to VA and community resources as outlined...

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $3,960,000 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grant (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) to The Providence Center, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Providence, Rhode Island. This federal grant funding will support the organization's mental health treatment, crisis response, transitional housing, and workforce development initiatives. The grant has a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September...

The "The Providence Overdose Prevention Project" is a federal Project Grant award of $1,656,459 made by 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. The grant will support the City of Providence, Rhode Island in implementing evidence-based practices to increase the capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) to engage people who use drugs...

The Pacific County Public Health & Human Services (PCHHS), in collaboration with the Westeds Justice and Prevention Research Center (JPRC), received a $974,932 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund a comprehensive youth suicide prevention and response project in Pacific County, Washington, which has the 10th highest suicide rate in the state. The key objectives of the project are to: 1)...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $195,196 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Rhode Island Hospital, a division of Lifespan Corporation, to refine and pilot a brief, culturally-sensitive adaptive intervention delivered in emergency department settings. The purpose of this 5-year study is to increase linkage to community-based mental health care for youth aged 10 to 14 years old who are at risk for suicide and self-injurious behavior after an...

This $255,000 Project Grant 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 fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VA) awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055). The grant will fund suicide prevention efforts for veterans and their families in Rhode Island from September 2022 through September 2023. Specifically, RIDOH will meet the needs of eligible individuals through outreach, provision of suicide prevention...