Project Grant H79SM083069

This $1,000,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) will enable the Allen County Board of Education in Scottsville, Kentucky to hire three full-time Registered Behavior Technicians as Behavioral Support Specialists. These specialists will provide applied behavior analysis services, in-classroom interventions, and additional supports for students in need across the district. They will also deliver...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $713,195.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) will support the implementation and evaluation of a parent-mediated function-based elopement treatment (FBET) for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The project aims to address the research-to-practice gap by training community-based Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) to assess and treat elopement in children with ASD using the...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $419,714 award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funds will be used to integrate data from the Boston Police Department (BPD) and Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST) to study how to better serve high-utilizers of emergency services, particularly women with mental illnesses, in Boston. The project aims to strengthen...

The University of South Florida (USF), the City of Palmetto/Police Department, and Centerstone, a mental health and addiction service agency, have been awarded a $399,995 Project Grant from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560: National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) to implement and evaluate the Behavioral Response and Community Engagement (BRACE) Team pilot study. The BRACE Team aims to transform the current approach to behavioral health...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program at Mercy University, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides graduate-level training in marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, and mental health counseling. The $1,196,860 project grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, supports the Interdisciplinary Health Education Learning Program (IHELP) to address behavioral health workforce shortages in medically underserved...

The University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Social Work was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants (CFDA 93.732) program by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, will fund the Behavioral Health Scholars Program (BHSP) to address the growing behavioral health needs of children and youth in Connecticut. The BHSP will recruit, train, and provide stipends for diverse cohorts of...

The Chester County Intermediate Unit was awarded a $943,830 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance behavioral threat assessment teams in Chester County, Pennsylvania school districts from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Intermediate Unit will provide ongoing, accessible training to multidisciplinary threat assessment teams through an eLearning platform...

The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $875,636 Project Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program (CFDA 93.732). The funding will support a collaborative initiative to train more than 20 health service psychologists (HSPs) through year-long internships in schools located in medically underserved communities. The project leverages UCSB's APA-accredited Santa Barbara...

This $1,478,706 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) aims to develop an effective and efficient multicomponent intervention to increase buprenorphine treatment retention at 6 months for patients with opioid use disorder. The study will leverage the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework to test the impact of three psychosocial intervention components: behavioral activation, attendance reinforcement,...

This $601,576 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) funds the development and pilot evaluation of an executive functioning and emotion regulation intervention for preadolescent self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). The project aims to integrate and adapt existing interventions to create "SURE-KIDS", the first outpatient treatment specifically designed for preadolescents with SITB...