Explora Science Center & Children's Museum Of Albuquerque will implement the "Empowering Teens for Mental Health at X Studio Project" through a $108,740 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. The one-year project will bring together local teens, mental health professionals, and museum staff to develop expanded teen mental health programs and resources. It will also increase museum staff capacity to support teens'...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $749,804 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Wichita State University's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The grant, titled "KEEPING ICT-SAFE (SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION FOCUSING ON EMPOWERMENT)", aims to 1) reduce e-cigarette use among youth and young adults in Sedgwick County, 2) reduce the...
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois was awarded a $206,766 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement a two-part community outreach program under the National Leadership Grants program. The museum will develop new offsite programming to bring interactive science experiences to schools and community spaces across Chicago, including learning labs, school assemblies, whole-school takeovers, and science fairs. Additionally, the museum will...
The Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport, Iowa will provide in-person and virtual versions of its week-long STEM residency program for K-6 students free of charge to Title I students and teachers, as well as family workshops, passes, memberships, and an afterschool/weekend year-round academy for grades 4-6, through a $128k Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum will use the grant funding under the IMLS' National Leadership Grants program to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) is funding the "Advancing Health Equity Through Park Afterschool Programs" research project at Florida International University (FIU). The project aims to improve mental health and social-emotional outcomes for youth in underserved communities by enhancing the capacity of park afterschool program (ASP) providers to deliver evidence-based...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, under the Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19 program (CFDA 93.665), will fund the Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center Mental Health & Substance Use COVID-19 Relief Program. The Program will integrate evidence-based mental health treatment, awareness, and crisis services into existing efforts by hiring two new qualified staff to provide early...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to NAMI Kansas, Inc., a non-profit organization in Topeka, Kansas. The grant will enhance the capacity and infrastructure of mental health services in Kansas through the SCN/JIS project. Key objectives include: Increasing engagement of individuals with serious mental...
This federal Project Grant award, with ID K01MH137374, is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The $539,040 award to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York will support a 5-year research project focused on implementing evidence-based anti-stigma interventions in school settings to promote mental health help-seeking behaviors among adolescents, particularly those from racial/ethnic minority and...
This $5,000,000 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 will support a 5-year initiative led by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) to prevent and reduce substance use, especially alcohol and marijuana, among youth and young adults aged 12-20 in underserved and underrepresented...
This $3.787 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health will fund research into the relationship between social isolation, online connectivity, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers will analyze data from the COVID States Project survey of over 260,000 individuals to characterize how disrupted social networks relate to depressed mood among vulnerable subgroups. An innovative...