The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $25,631,796 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services to the Colorado Department of Human Services. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, aims to support comprehensive community-based mental health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The Department of Human Services Colorado is serving as the prime...
This $18,000,000 federal Project Grant award, made by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program, supports the expansion and sustainability of Colorado's trauma-informed System of Care (COACT) initiative. The key objectives of this 4-year COACT 4.0 project are to: Expand access to High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) services statewide in...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $231,632 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to Montana's Peer Network. The "Peer Advocacy, Change, and Empowerment (PACE) Project" aims to increase the voice, leadership, and advocacy efforts of people with lived experience of mental illness or co-occurring...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) in Denver, Colorado. This 3-year grant will implement targeted strategies to provide substance misuse, abuse, and harm reduction services, facilitated access to treatment, and peer recovery support services for people...
This 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 provides $120,000.00 to Strength In Peers Inc., a non-profit organization in Virginia, to develop and implement the Compassionate Crisis Care Network. The network aims to provide an alternative, peer-designed and peer-led crisis prevention and recovery support program that...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Wellbeing Initiative Inc., a non-profit organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The $239,180 grant, with a project period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, aims to significantly enhance mental health outcomes for underrepresented and underserved populations...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant award was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696). The funds will be used by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), in collaboration with the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), to explore how the CCBHC model can complement and bolster Colorado's behavioral health care system. Key activities...
This $359,994 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.243, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, aims to strengthen the capacity of North Dakota's peer-led organizations to collaborate with the state and improve mental health support systems and services for individuals with serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. Key objectives include enhancing the...
This $2,399,996 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 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 will support the implementation of trauma-informed, evidence-based prevention and treatment services in Boulder County, Colorado and two rural, underserved regions of the state. The grant recipient, the Regents of the...
This federal Project Grant award of $567,231 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) supports the "Supporting Underserved Peer Professionals in Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT)" program at Western Michigan University. The program aims to address the shortage of peer professionals trained to work with families experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders in...
STRENGTHENING AND CONNECTING THE COLORADO PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE - THE COLORADO MENTAL WELLNESS NETWORK (CMWN) SEEKS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SERVING ADULT COLORADANS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI). BY OFFERING HIGH QUALITY TRAININGS, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH STATEWIDE MEETINGS AND REGIONAL GUILDS, AND CONSULTING SERVICES, CMWN WILL ELEVATE AND ENHANCE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE, ENSURING ADULT COLORADANS WITH SMI AND CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YEARS TO COME. BETWEEN 2017-2018, 21.5% OF ADULT COLORADANS REPORTED HAVING A MENTAL ILLNESS OF ANY KIND, SURPASSING THE U.S. AVERAGE OF 19%. IN 2018, COLORADO'S SUICIDE RATE PER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS WAS 21.8%, THE SEVENTH HIGHEST RATE IN THE NATION. NOTABLY, OF COLORADANS WITH A SMI DURING 2017-2018, 29.2% REPORTED NOT RECEIVING NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT (KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, 2020), WITH MANY CITING STIGMA AS A KEY BARRIER TO CARE (COLORADO HEALTH ACCESS SURVEY, 2019). WHILE THIS PROJECT BROADLY TARGETS ALL ADULT COLORADANS WITH A SMI AND CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, CMWN HAS INTEGRATED QUOTA MEASURES INTO THE PROPOSED OUTCOMES TO ENSURE RURAL COMMUNITIES, WHICH ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY A LACK OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND TEND TO PERPETUATE CULTURAL STIGMATIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, REGARDING SEEKING HELP AS A POINT OF SHAME OR WEAKNESS ANTITHETICAL TO TRADITIONAL WESTERN VALUES OF SELF-RELIANCE AND RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM, ARE ADEQUATELY REACHED BY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS. AS THE STATE'S TRAILBLAZING LEADER IN THE PEER SUPPORT MOVEMENT, CMWN IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING AND PROFESSIONALIZING THE RAPID PROLIFERATION OF PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE. CMWN SEEKS $95,000/YEAR FOR THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDING (1) PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING TO PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS (PSS) AND PSS SUPERVISORS, (2) CREATING REGIONAL GUILDS FOR PSS, (3) HOSTING QUARTERLY STATEWIDE MEETINGS FOR THE ENTIRE PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE, AND (4) PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS THROUGH THE STATE. THE GOALS OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ARE TO: * INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PSS AND PSS SUPERVISORS WHO RECEIVE HIGH-QUALITY, STANDARDIZED TRAINING, PRIORITIZING INDIVIDUALS SERVING RURAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS ALREADY EMPLOYED. * ENHANCE THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE, INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SIMILAR REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO DISCUSS PLACE-SPECIFIC ISSUES THEY SHARE. * INCREASE CONTINUED EDUCATION OFFERINGS TO THE PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE BEYOND BASELINE TRAINING. * FORMALIZE PROCESSES BY WHICH PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN SOLICIT AND RECEIVE CONSULTING SERVICES FROM CMWN TO LAUNCH PROGRAMS OR IMPROVE THEIR EXISTING OPERATIONS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES INCLUDE TRAINING 80 PSS/YEAR, TOTALING 240 PSS, TRAINING 20 PSS SUPERVISORS/YEAR, TOTALING 60 PSS SUPERVISORS, AND HOSTING 25 PARTICIPANTS AT EACH QUARTERLY STATEWIDE MEETING, TOTALING 100 PEOPLE/YEAR AND 300 PEOPLE TOTAL. WITH THE ADDITIONS OF THE LISTENING TOUR, REGIONAL GUILDS, AND STANDARDIZED CONSULTING SERVICES, CMWN EXPECTS TO REACH MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE AND SERVE A GRAND TOTAL OF 3,600 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE GRANT.