Formula Grant SM00229716

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded Disability Rights Wisconsin, Inc. $130,940 under the State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program (CFDA 93.873) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. This Formula Grant supports the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury, including information and referrals, legal advice, and advocacy. The Protection and Advocacy system established in Wisconsin enables individuals...

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance $272,508 under the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Formula Grant program (CFDA 84.240) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The PAIR program provides funding to protection and advocacy systems in each state and territory to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance will...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded Disability Rights New Mexico a $282,117 Formula Grant under the Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems program (CFDA 93.618). As the designated Protection and Advocacy system for New Mexico, Disability Rights NM will use the funding to ensure full participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities through activities such as providing...

The Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc. received a $212,592 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on October 1, 2021 to provide services through September 30, 2023. The grant was awarded under the State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program (CFDA 93.873) to enable Protection and Advocacy systems in each state to assist individuals with traumatic brain injury. Services provided include information and referrals, advice,...

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $195,895 Formula Grant to Disability Rights NM under the Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (CFDA 84.240) federal grant program. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Disability Rights NM, operating as the Protection and Advocacy system for the state of New Mexico, will utilize the funding to provide advocacy and legal support services to individuals with...

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $195,895 Formula Grant to Disability Rights Maine, doing business as Maine Advocacy Services, to support the Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (CFDA #84.240) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Under this federal program, Maine Advocacy Services will provide protection and advocacy services for the rights of individuals with disabilities through activities such as...

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $186,177 Formula Grant to Disability Rights NM under the Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (CFDA 84.240) federal grant program. The grant will fund Disability Rights NM and its parent organization, the National Disability Rights Network, to provide protection and advocacy services for the rights of individuals with disabilities from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $313,800 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Miresource, Inc. in Foster City, CA. This grant will fund the development of a scalable and engaging platform to help patients track their mental health, receive personalized care recommendations, and access timely referrals. The project aims to address the significant gap in untreated mental illness and shorten the time between symptom onset and...

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $1,046,871 Formula Grant to Disability Rights Florida Inc., doing business as Advocacy Center For Persons With Disabilities Inc., for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant funding supports the Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (CFDA #84.240), which provides advocacy services to protect and promote the legal and human rights of individuals with...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) for serious mental illness (SMI) when implemented in a community mental health setting. The $768,172 award to Butler Hospital, a division of Care New England Health System, will fund a randomized trial to compare MBT to treatment as usual for 160 patients with...