The University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health (UMSL-MIMH) was awarded a $375,000 five-year Project Grant (Award ID: H79SP084111) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will fund an integrated substance use and mental health prevention intervention targeting minority youth ages 13-24,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.516 Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program) provides $337,380 to Purdue University to implement the Teen Mental Health First Aid program in 5 rural Indiana high schools. The project aims to empower students with knowledge and compassion to recognize and respond to mental health challenges and substance use among their peers. The evaluation will measure...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) is providing $698,328 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop and evaluate a novel Just-In-Time Training (JITT) implementation strategy for delivering an evidence-based preventive intervention (Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training) to youth mentors in rural communities. The goal is to improve access to mental...
This $240,444 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516) is designed to expand delivery of the evidence-based Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) program to combat mental health concerns and opioid misuse among rural and American Indian youth in Montana. The project will certify 10 new YAM instructors and deliver the 5-session YAM program to 3,060...
This 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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $1,292,328 to Compass Health, Inc. (doing business as Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare) to support youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies in Missouri. The key products and services to be delivered include: providing trauma-informed,...
This Project Grant award from 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 provides $2,000,000 over 4 years to improve mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, at risk for or with serious emotional disturbances, and their families. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating a "Brief Enhanced...
This Project Grant award of $1,470,000.00 was provided 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. The purpose of the "Georgia Plant Hope Project" is to empower Georgia youth, ages 10 to 24, to build hope, reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide prevention, and increase access to suicide prevention resources and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program to Elkhart County, IN. The grant, titled "System of Care Supports for Youth Crisis Interventions" (SOC Supports), aims to expand the county's infrastructure, collaborations, and programming to support successful transitions from crisis to stability for...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the "PROJECT COPES" initiative. The project aims to expand existing services in school-based health centers (SBHCs) located in underserved communities on Chicago's South and West sides. Using evidence-based, trauma-informed, and healing-centered approaches, the project will provide psychoeducation,...
The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Mental Health awarded a $5,821,542 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The grant funds the Evidence-Informed Mental Health Prevention, Assessment, Collaboration, and Treatment in Middle Schools (E-IMPACTS) project. E-IMPACTS will evaluate the integration of two online activities to improve school-based mental...
IMAGINE - IMPLEMENTING MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES FOR GAINS IN EXPERIENCES - AS A COMMUNITY WE NEED TO IMAGINE A WORLD IN WHICH OUR CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL NEEDS ARE MET IN A HOLISTIC WAY. THIS PROJECT IS AN EFFORT AT MANIFESTING THIS VISION. PROJECT IMAGINE (IMPLEMENTING MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES FOR GAINS IN EXPERIENCES), LED BY ABOUT OUR KIDS, INC. (AOK) WILL TRAIN OVER 2,000 CARING ADULTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAMAR, MO WITH THE AIM OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO CARE. THE PROJECT WILL SERVE, PRIMARILY, YOUTH IN BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI. A TOTAL OF AN ESTIMATED 1,540 ADULTS, INCLUDING 130 TEACHERS, WILL BE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YOUTH VERSION); APPROXIMATELY 700 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE TRAINED IN THE TEEN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST (MHFA) AID; APPROXIMATELY 27 EMTS WILL BE TRAINED IN THE FIRST-RESPONDER VERSION OF MHFA AND APPROXIMATELY 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINED IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS (YOUTH VERSION). EACH YEAR BETWEEN 438-526 INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, AOK WILL LEAD A CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH A REFERRAL PROTOCOL - WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ALL INDIVIDUALS TRAINED - TO HELP NAVIGATE PEOPLE (PRIMARILY YOUTH) WITH SUSPECTED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES/ ILLNESSES TO APPROPRIATE CARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THE IMAGINE INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A PART-TIME (25%) COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC TO ASSIST WITH NON-EMERGENCY CARE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LAMAR IS A 100% RURAL AREA WITH NO FREE CLINIC WITHIN 47 MILES AND LIMITED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SO ACCESS TO CARE AND MEDICATIONS IS OFTEN DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS; THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS THIS BARRIER TO CARE. SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT (ANNOTATED) INCLUDE: GOAL 1: DELIVER ACTIONABLE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE LAMAR/ BC COMMUNITY WHO HAVE FREQUENT, DIRECT CONTACT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, RESULTING IN A MEASURABLE INCREASE IN THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. OBJECTIVES: TRAIN: 148 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN LAMAR, 500 PARENTS, 700 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (10-12 GRADE), 400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, 50 POLICE OFFICERS, 27 EMTS. GOAL 2: MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WILL BECOME PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WITHIN: LAMAR R-1 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, ABOUT OUR KIDS, INC., FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN BARTON COUNTY, AND THROUGHOUT PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN BC. MECHANISMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND REFERRING INDIVIDUALS WITH SUSPECTED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE ESTABLISHED. OBJECTIVES: TRAIN 15 TRAINERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO TRAIN ON THE MHFA YOUTH CURRICULUM; INCORPORATE NEW MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES/ PROTOCOLS INTO BARTON COUNTY INSTITUTIONS; ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC AS A PERMANENT POSITION IN THE EMS DEPARTMENT.