This federal Project Grant award for $3,750,000 over 5 years 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 was granted to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health to implement the Nevada Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnership for Success program. The key products and services to be delivered through this...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,479,058 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The overall goal of this 5-year grant is to advance prevention workforce competencies and improve the implementation of effective substance misuse...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded a $83,174,470 Project Grant to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services on Sep 30, 2024. This funding supports the Nevada State Opioid Response (SOR) program, which aims to combat the opioid and stimulant crisis by expanding treatment access, enhancing prevention strategies,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program, Education And Services (doing business as Northern Nevada Hopes), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Reno, Nevada. The grant funding will be used by Northern Nevada Hopes to expand its behavioral health treatment program, including...
The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) was awarded a $386,902 Project Grant 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. The purpose of this 5-year grant is to provide an intensive outpatient treatment program as an enhancement to the services offered at the RSIC Tribal Health Center, targeting opioid use disorder among American Indians/Alaska...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program provides $600,000 in funding to Ritchie Regional Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, to expand behavioral health services in underserved rural communities in West Virginia. Key project activities include: Increasing the presence of behavioral health providers by hiring 5 full-time therapists at office-based and school-based sites, as...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The grant, titled "SPF-PFS: Protecting Our Pack from Substance Misuse," aims to reduce alcohol, marijuana, and e-cigarette use among UNR...
The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,600,000 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) Project Grant to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) and sub-recipients Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant will fund a collaborative initiative to address the opioid crisis in Clark County, Nevada through a public health-focused overdose...
This $1,100,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable the Erie County Health Department and Erie County Community Health Center to expand access to behavioral health services for individuals struggling with substance use, opioid use, and co-occurring mental health disorders in the high-risk rural service area of Erie, Huron, and Ottawa counties in Ohio. The key products and services to be...
This $512,976 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will enable the 4th Judicial District Court Mental Health Court (MHC) in Elko County, Nevada to expand and enhance their mental health court program. The project aims to expand treatment and wraparound services for adult participants diagnosed with mental illness who are facing non-violent criminal charges. Key activities...
RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - THE RESILIENT EIGHT RURAL NEVADA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SIX (CURRENTLY FUNDED) RURAL AND FRONTIER COUNTIES THAT BUILDS OFF THE SUCCESS AND GROUNDWORK ESTABLISHED SINCE RECEIVING A PLANNING GRANT AND SUBSEQUENT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT. WITH STRATEGIC PLANS COMPLETED FOR EACH OF THE SIX COUNTIES AND FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE, AND ACTION PLANS WELL UNDER WAY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UTILIZE OUR SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD AS A REGIONAL CONSORTIUM SO AS TO BETTER DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS RESIDENTS, IN THIS CASE THOSE RELATED TO SUD (INCLUDING OUD) AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THE RESILIENT EIGHT CONSORTIUM WILL DEEPEN COLLABORATION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH SUD AND BH CARE NEEDS. THIS WILL BE ON FOUR SIMULTANEOUS FRONTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE NATURAL OUTGROWTHS OF THE CURRENT WORK AND HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR GOALS BY THE RESILIENT EIGHT PARTNERS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL. GOAL 1 - EXPAND THE WORKFORCE CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING BOTH SUD AND BH IN EIGHT MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COUNTIES OF RURAL NEVADA. OBJECTIVE 1. THE RESILIENT EIGHT RURAL NEVADA COUNTIES WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO SPECIALIZE IN PROVIDING NEEDED SUD AND BH SUPPORTS TO MEET THE NEED OF UNDERSERVED RURAL FRONTIER NEVADA COUNTIES. OBJECTIVE 2. THE RESILIENT EIGHT RURAL NEVADA COUNTIES WILL PROMOTE THE USE OF AND INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SUSTAINABLY ENGAGE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING SUD AND BH. GOAL 2 - INCREASE THE ABILITY AT THE MACRO-LEVEL TO SUPPORT, UTILIZE, AND DEPLOY TRAINED BH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGHOUT NEVADA AS NEEDED. OBJECTIVE 1. THE RESILIENT EIGHT COALITION SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE DATABASE USED TO TRACK ALL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND THEIR TRAINING WHO WORK IN NEVADA IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY MACRO-LEVEL TRENDS FOR WHERE/HOW CHWS ARE DEPLOYED S TATEWIDE AND WHERE EFFORTS AND RESOURCES MAY BEST BE ALLOCATED. OBJECTIVE 2. THE RESILIENT EIGHT COALITION WILL OFFER TRAINING IN EVIDENCE-BASED MODALITIES TO LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, CLINICAL INTERNS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO DEVELOP THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE BH WORKER PIPELINE IN RURAL NEVADA. GOAL 3 - INCREASE THE ABILITY OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE RESILIENT 8 COALITION TO EFFECTIVELY COLLABORATE. OBJECTIVE 1. THE RESILIENT EIGHT COALITION WILL CONTINUOUSLY ASSESS THE STRENGTH OF ITS COLLABORATION THROUGH THE USE OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED TOOL. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE THREE GOALS RELATE TO THE THREE OVERARCHING PROGRAM GOALS OF RCORP-BHS. FOCUS AREAS INCLUDING PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND/OR RECOVERY.