Project Grant H79SM081298

The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program." The 36-month project aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and...

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 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324), provides $529,121 to Florida International University (FIU) to conduct a meta-analysis on the effects of mental health interventions delivered in schools. The project, titled "Effects of Mental Health Interventions Delivered in Schools: A Meta-Analysis," will run from Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025. As part of this...

The College of the Florida Keys was awarded a $314,964 Project Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The overarching goal of this 3-year project is to promote resilience, social connectedness, and create a culture of care at the college by increasing the capacity to prevent suicide and suicide-related behaviors and improve...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $363,038 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to Florida International University (FIU) to evaluate a brief, scalable intervention module to mitigate suicidal ideation among youth. The project aims to demonstrate the ability of the intervention module to engage the target (perceived burdensomeness) in a rigorous randomized controlled trial (R61), and then evaluate the module embedded within a larger...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $535,571 to the University of Miami to conduct research aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of measurement-based care (MBC) for youth mental health treatment. The key objectives are to: 1) define and evaluate the full continuum of MBC fidelity indicators, 2) assess the impact of MBC fidelity on target mechanisms and youth clinical...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $798,487 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Wayne State University to implement the MPSI Project LAUNCH: Promoting Young Child Wellness in Detroit program. This 5-year initiative aims to improve the capacities of parents/caregivers and increase access to high-quality early childhood care and education for children...

This Project Grant award, valued at $101,382 and funded 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, aims to support the University of Puerto Rico's Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP) in establishing a comprehensive Suicide Prevention and Mental Wellness Program for its diverse student population of approximately 11,500 graduate and undergraduate...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to adapt and pilot a brief interpersonal psychotherapy intervention (BIPT-A) for delivery by youth mentors in community centers to address depression symptoms, belongingness, and burdensomeness among Latinx youth at risk of suicide. The $196,992 award will support a comprehensive career development plan for the principal investigator to gain...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, awarded a $599,997 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant (CFDA 93.137) to San Diego State University Foundation. The four-year project, starting September 1, 2024, aims to increase access to preventative health services, including depression treatment, for housing-insecure youth who are disproportionately from racial/ethnic minority and limited-English proficiency backgrounds. The...