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) will provide $1,800,000 over 5 years to Bhcare, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Connecticut, to implement the "BUILD CHILD RESILIENCE" initiative. This program will deliver trauma-focused school-based behavioral health services and training for school support staff...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 FY 2024 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Fair Haven Community Health Clinic, Inc. (FHCHC) in New Haven, CT. The grant will fund the expansion of mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services at FHCHC's 21 healthcare sites serving predominantly low-income, minority populations. Specifically, the funding will enable...
This federal Project Grant award of $224,000.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the University of New Hampshire's Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) project. The goal is to increase the number of community members and caregivers trained in recognizing mental health signs and symptoms in youth, providing initial support, and referring them to appropriate services. Over the grant period...
This $616,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Catholic Charities, Inc. - Archdiocese Of Hartford to expand access to evidence-based behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services for adults in New Haven, Connecticut. The funding will support hiring additional clinical staff, including 2 clinicians, a case manager, a peer specialist, and a...
This $597,366 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 program (CFDA 93.243), aims to recruit and train rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Hampshire County, West Virginia to provide holistic, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care for patients with mental health and substance use disorders. The key objectives of the project...
This $1,148,802 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) aims to strengthen and sustain integrated behavioral healthcare delivery in Rhode Island. The key objectives are to: Build the capacity of behavioral healthcare teams and integrated primary/behavioral healthcare teams by training a new cadre of 59 dually-certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Community Health...
The New Hampshire Department of Safety was awarded $828,738 under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance grant program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to continue and expand the NH Project FIRST initiative. NH Project FIRST seeks to increase the number of first responders and members of key community sectors trained to respond to licit and illicit drug emergencies, establish a statewide first...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,398,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center, Inc. (Mid-Fairfield) to implement the "Mid-Fairfield / Norwalk Public Schools: Comprehensive Mental Health and Wellness Services & Supports Initiative" for the period of September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025. The purpose of the...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support Charter Oak Health Center, Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut to expand mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services in the region. Specifically, the funding will enable Charter Oak Health Center to: 1) Expand MH services at three new school-based health centers (SBHCs) and one existing SBHC, serving an additional 70 students...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the Chinese-American Planning Council's (CPC) Community Resiliency Support Services (CRSS) project. The CRSS project aims to boost CPC's capacity to implement targeted education and outreach to reduce cultural stigma surrounding mental health care among low-income, immigrant, and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)...
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. - BHCARE'S PROGRAM, ALLIANCE FOR PREVENTION & WELLNESS (APW), MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROJECT WILL TARGET THE GREATER NEW HAVEN METROPOLITAN AREA OF CT. THE PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE A. TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING TO FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) OR WITH SEROUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED). B. TO DEVELOP PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO COURSE PARTICIPANTS THAT IDENTIFY MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SMI, SED OR WHO ARE IN CRISIS. C. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MADE BY CERTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. D. TO BUILD TRAINING CAPACITY SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. APW'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROJECT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS BY IMPLEMENTING THE FOLLOWING OBETIVES 1. BY SEMTPEBER 28, 2026, 525 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS IN THE GREATER NEW HAVEN AREA WILL BE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES AS MEASURED B COMPETIAN OF MHFA CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH A SCORE OF 85 OR HIGHER AND COMPLETION OF THE DE-ESCALATION COURSE EVALUATION. 2. BY SEPTEMBER 28, 2026, 1,000 RESOURCE GUIDES WILL HAVE BEEN PRINTED OUTLINING MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE GREATER NEW HAVEN AREA AS MEASURED BY 525 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE COPY DURING THEIR TRAINING CLASS. 3. BY SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE RESOURCE GUIDE POSTED TO APW WEBSITE AT WWW.APW-CT.ORG WILL HAVE BEEN ACCESSED BY PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS MEASURED BY MONTHLY WEB PAGE VIEWS. 4. BY SEPTEMBER 28, 2026, 4 NEW MHFA INSTRUCTORS WILL BE CERTIFIED TO TECH MHFA ADULT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND FIRE/EMS CURRICULUMS AS MEASURED BY RECEIVING INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CATCHMENT AREA WHERE TRAINING WILL BE DELIVERED IS THE GREATER NEW HAVEN METROPOLITAN AREA. ITS IS PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CT WHICH INCLUDES A 36-TWN REGION WITH A TOTAL POPULATION IF 850,717 AND A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME RANGING FROM $43,386 TO $136,786 (SOURCE: CT OPEN DATA, 2015 AND CTDATA.ORG 2016 MEDIAN INCOME). THE GREATER NEW HAVEN REGION IS AN ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE AREA SPANNING FROM SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES OF 2,556 TO THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE, NEW HAVEN, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 135,175. THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED ANNUALLY INCLUDES 105 FIRST RESPONDERS EDUCATORS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH 525 SERVED OVER LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT. THE LIFELINE THAT THOSE 525 CERTIFIED MHFA TRAINEES WILL BE FOR SOMEONE WITH SMI,