Project Grant 90NA8476

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $923,552 to Unmute Enterprise Inc. to develop and evaluate their Culturally Affirming Racial Equity (CARE) framework. The CARE framework aims to improve the therapeutic alliance and reduce treatment disparities for racial/ethnic minority patients by training non-Asian therapists, especially white therapists who represent 75% of the mental...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $393,400 to Northern Arizona University to develop recommendations for ensuring that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) assessment practices and contexts are culturally responsive for Diné (Navajo) families. The key objectives are to: 1) determine how ASD assessment practices and contexts align or misalign with Diné cultural beliefs, including the...

This $808,330 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 aims to increase the number of culturally competent Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) professionals who provide mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations. The Foundation for the Advancement of Human Systems (FAHS) will use the...

This Project Grant award, issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), provides $1,040,656.00 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce in Alaska. The funding will support comprehensive training initiatives to increase access to mental health services, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas. This includes...

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $250,000 annual Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to Texas Native Health, the sole Urban Indian Organization in Texas, to implement the "Native Connections in Texas" program. This 5-year, $1.25 million initiative aims to provide American Indian Life Skills (AISL) programming and enhance access to culturally relevant mental health services for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth in Texas. The project...

This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) provides $500,000 to Nazareth University to increase access to mental health services for underserved children and adults in their region. Nazareth University will establish inter-professional mental health clinics by integrating and scaling up the behavioral/mental health services currently offered through their York Wellness &...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $536,000 Project Grant to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant aims to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce to increase access to mental health services, particularly in rural and medically underserved tribal communities. Over the performance period...

This $1,563,429 federal 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 aims to prevent the onset of psychosis and lessen the severity of psychotic disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth and young adults at risk. The Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) will implement the Athabascan Outreach and Resilience...

This Project Grant award of $1,148,802 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) aims to strengthen and sustain integrated behavioral healthcare delivery in Rhode Island. The key products and services being delivered through this grant include: Specialized training with an apprenticeship model to certify 59 individuals as Dual Peer Recovery Specialists (PRS) and Community Health...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support research to identify the neural and psychosocial mechanisms of action for a culturally adapted treatment program for Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their Spanish-speaking parents during the transition to adulthood. The $132,033 award will fund the finalization of the...