Project Grant H79FG001254

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $496,319.00 to the University of Arizona to conduct research on mental health risk and resilience among Latinx sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents and their parents. The key objectives of this 4.5-year project include: 1) Adapting and validating a measure of parental acceptance for Latinx SGM adolescents, 2) Examining how...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Realistic Education In Action Coalition To Foster Health (REACH LA) in collaboration with Arming Minorities Against Addiction and Disease (AMAAD). This 5-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will support comprehensive, evidence-based services for Black and Latinx...

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), provides $1,397,114 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the "Parents Assist" intervention. The intervention aims to educate parents about LGBTQ-related topics and provide communication skills to facilitate more inclusive...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $375,000 five-year Project Grant (CFDA 93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance) to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) in New York City. The "Supporting LGBTQ Youth in NYC through Prevention, Resources, Information, Data, and Evaluation (PRIDE)" project aims to...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,274,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to Western Michigan University's Child Trauma Assessment Center (WMU/CTAC) to implement the Affirming and Accepting LGBTQI+ Youth and Families (AALF) pilot project in Southwest Michigan. This 3-year project aims to prevent mental health and substance abuse risks and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 three-year Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to Survivors Pathway Corporation in Miami, Florida. This award, effective October 1, 2024, will fund the organization's Resource, Education, Alliance, Community Building, Healing (REACH) program. REACH aims to develop and deliver educational resources, outreach strategies, and victim services to...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $808,314 to the University of Southern California to explore the roles of parental mental health and help-seeking behaviors in upstream suicide prevention for sexual minority youth. The project aims to: 1) compare recruitment strategies to engage parents of sexual minority adolescents in an online survey about their mental health...

This $255,855 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the "Latino Youth and Family Empowerment - III Study (LYFE-III)". The project aims to adapt and evaluate an online version of the evidence-based "Nuestras Familias" intervention to provide accessible mental health resources for Latino families, who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and face...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 93.557 "Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth" program to Reach Resource Services, a non-profit organization based in Michigan. The grant provides funding for a 3-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027 to support street outreach services for youth under age 22 who are...

This $500,000 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 aims to reduce racial/ethnic disparities related to mental illness, substance use disorders, and HIV/STI/HCV infection among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City. The Latino Commission On Aids Inc., a non-profit organization, will...