This $1,599,634 Project Grant awarded 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 will promote the wellness and improve outcomes for low-income children from birth to 8 years old in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The funding will provide infant and early childhood mental health promotion, screening, referral, and treatment services for...
This $599,997.00 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137), will implement a community-driven intervention to address intersectional mental health disparities among housing-insecure youth in San Diego, California. The project will bundle evidence-based approaches, including expressive arts, health service navigation, and "warm hand-offs," to...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco, CA. The funding will support the organization's efforts to expand mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) services for its target populations, including Latino adults, youth, and individuals experiencing homelessness. Specifically, the...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a 5-year, $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). This grant will fund the implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success program in the Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) community. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Build the...
This $1,100,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program will support Neighborhood Healthcare, a non-profit community health organization, in expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services for their patient population in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California. The two-year project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 will fund the...
This $1,200,000 Federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. (FHCSD) to expand behavioral health services in San Diego, California. Specifically, the funding will allow FHCSD to increase the number of patients receiving mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services by enhancing staff capabilities through...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to San Mateo County Health under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program. The funding will support the organization's "Expanding Behavioral Health Access and Treatment" (Project EBHAAT) initiative, which aims to increase access to essential mental health and substance use disorder services for the program's target populations of individuals experiencing homelessness and...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Community Health Centers federal grant program (CFDA 93.224), provides $1,800,000 to the County of Santa Clara to expand behavioral health services for homeless individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The grant funding will support integrated substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health services, including walk-in screening, treatment planning, counseling,...
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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $1,842,659 to the Government of the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) to expand integrated whole-person care services for Medicaid-eligible and uninsured adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and significant co-occurring physical health...
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was awarded a $1,756,148 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 grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund a 5-year initiative to improve care for people experiencing homelessness with complex behavioral health needs in the Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth areas of...
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALING PROJECT - TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SERVICE PLANNING AREA 2, DIGNITY HEALTH - NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, CENTER FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES (CHC) WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY OF PROFESSIONALS IN SOCIAL, PUBLIC, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FAMILIES TO RECOGNIZE, AND RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS WITH SMIS OR SEDS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR EXPERIENCE HOUSING INSTABILITY AND REFER THEM TO RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH. HOMELESSNESS IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN SPA 2. IN A RECENT SURVEY, HOMELESSNESS INCREASED 22%, AND 16.5% OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS REPORTED HAVING A SMI. FURTHER, 35% OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY AFFORDING HOUSING, ALSO FACED DIFFICULTY AFFORDING HEALTH SERVICES AND MEDICATION. ALTHOUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO CLOSE GAPS IN ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOSE IN HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS, LIKE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSTABILITY. THEREFORE, THE NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, WHICH PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF CHC IS APPLYING FOR THE DHHS SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FY 2021 MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING GRANTS (MHAT) FOA# SM-21-007 CFDA# 93.243 TO SUPPORT THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY (SFV) COMMUNITY HEALING PROJECT. THROUGH THE SFV COMMUNITY HEALING PROJECT, THE CHC WILL PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH (NAMI) SFV, AND SFV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC. TO CONDUCT A COMBINATION OF 191 SESSIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA)/YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA), AND QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER (QPR), AND PROVIDE ALL TRAINEES ORIENTATION TO THE ONE DEGREE REFERRAL PLATFORM (11 SESSIONS IN YEAR 1, 35 SESSIONS IN YEAR 2, 45 SESSIONS IN YEAR 3, 50 SESSIONS IN YEAR 4, AND 50 SESSIONS IN YEAR 5). WE WILL REACH A TOTAL OF 1,898 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THESE TRAININGS (98 TRAINEES IN YEAR 1, 220 TRAINEES IN YEAR 2, 460 TRAINEES IN YEAR 3, 560 TRAINEES IN YEAR 4, AND 560 TRAINEES IN YEAR 5). THROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE WILL TRAIN HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, SECURITY OFFICERS, HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SUPPORT STAFF, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BETTER IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SMIS OR SEDS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY AND CONNECT THEM TO LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES