Cooperative Agreement ASTWH170065

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 the Asian Health Coalition (AHC) in Chicago, Illinois. The 4-year "Together to Stop Underage Drinking" project aims to address increasing trends of alcohol use and misuse among youth aged 12-20 in select neighborhoods on Chicago's Southwest side. Key objectives...

The City of Alexandria, Virginia was awarded a $1,419,980 Project Grant by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The grant, with a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will support the Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy PREP Project (APP). The project aims to educate youth between 10 and 19 years old, as well as...

The Atlanta Growing Leadership of Women Inc. (Atlanta Glow) will receive $900,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support Atlanta Glow's Leadership Education/Equity and Advancement Program (LEAP) initiative from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. LEAP will provide evidence-based mentoring, life skills training, and leadership development services to 550...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a five-year, $710,187 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention for increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and continuation among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The key objectives are to: 1) adapt the CARES intervention to incorporate injectable PrEP and...

The federal Project Grant award of $448,650 was provided by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The award supports the "Lake County Horizon Project" implemented by the nonprofit organization Path Inc., doing business as "Path A Positive Approach To Teen Health", located in Portage, Indiana. The project aims to bring comprehensive sexual health education and mentoring...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $994,004 to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to engage adolescents, young adults, families, youth providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate insights for developing overdose prevention interventions tailored to youth. The key activities include: 1) Exploring perceptions of overdose risk, drug supply, and safety...

This $306,860 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) supports the development and testing of a prototype for a gamified online alcohol prevention program targeting 13-15 year old adolescents. The goal is to create an interactive game that strengthens social skills and personal values to deter the onset and progression of alcohol use and other risky behaviors. The award recipient, Prevention...

This Project Grant award, valued at $749,994, was provided 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 award supports "Project Frontliners", a targeted youth substance use prevention initiative focused on mitigating alcohol, marijuana, and opioid use among Black and Brown minority youth residing in historically underserved...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director has awarded a $209,145 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The funding will support the "Alcohol Prevention Research on Violence, Equity, and Novel Techniques (A-PREVENT) Training Program", a comprehensive pre-doctoral training initiative focused on three key areas: 1) health equity, 2) designing and implementing multi-level...

This $260,863 Project Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) supports the "Young Men Choosing Responsibility Program" implemented by Advocates Against Family Violence Inc., doing business as Hopes Door, a domestic violence prevention non-profit in rural Idaho. The grant will fund the implementation of the "Making Proud Choices" curriculum to...