Project Grant H79SM084399
- Federal Grant Award Summary Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Heluna Health) received a $500,000 Project Grant awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals. The award supports the development and delivery of a two-level Community Mental Health Worker (CMHW) training and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Asian Americans For Community Involvement Of Santa Clara County, Inc. (AACI) received a $876,000 Project Grant award effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals. This competing continuation application supports AACI's doctoral internship program in clinical...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) supports the Association House of Chicago, a non-profit organization, in providing mental health awareness training programs to thousands of individuals in the Chicago area. The programs aim to train participants, including veterans, first responders, and higher education professionals, to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Community Health Center, Incorporated (CHCI), in partnership with its affiliate Weitzman Institute (WI), received a $2.6 million Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, funds CHCI/WI to serve as the Behavioral Health Workforce Development (BHWD)...
- Summary San Diego State University Research Foundation received a $213,381 K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. This award funds advanced training and career development for the principal investigator to establish an independent research program addressing mental health service disparities among youth from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boston Medical Center Corporation received a $599,853 Project Grant award effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The award funds the Multicultural Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Professionals (M-CAP) program, a workforce development initiative designed to prepare diverse...
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $910,000 Project Grant to MC Dermott Center Inc. (doing business as Haymarket Center), a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to increase the mental health preparedness and wellness of 250 law enforcement officers and other first responders in the Northeastern Illinois region. The key activities include conducting large group training...
- The Tufts University School of Medicine will provide a Community Health Worker Training Program titled "Community Health Workers Engaging in Integrated Care" (COHERE) through this $4,999,888 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals. The three-year grant period began on September 15, 2022. The program aims to increase diversity among community health workers and improve healthcare...
- Marquette Behavioral Workforce Education and Supervisor Support Marquette University's College of Education received a $1.2 million obligation (with $2.4 million total requested funding) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, supports expansion of the university's CACREP-accredited...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kennedy King College, doing business as the Board of Trustees of Community College District #508, received a $700,000 project grant award effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) administered by the Bureau of Health Professionals. The college will establish a Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Fellowship to develop and expand...
TRAINING RESPONDERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE USING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (TRAIN-MHFA) - TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG COMMUNITIES OF COLOR (ASIAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINX) IN CHICAGO, THE ASIAN HEALTH COALITION (AHC) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING RESPONDERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE USING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (TRAIN-MHFA) PROJECT. THREE STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE AHC WILL BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (MHFA). THEN, THEY WILL PROVIDE MHFA TRAININGS TO 700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS (FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH) AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES (COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION (CBO) STAFF) WHO WILL BECOME MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO RUN FOR FIVE YEARS AND WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1. INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AMONG CBO STAFF MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS AND INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE IN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL DISORDERS AND EMPLOYING CRISIS DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES. 2. INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF CBO PARTNERS TO ENHANCE REFERRAL MECHANISMS AND COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 3. INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS' CULTURAL COMPETENCY WHEN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. ADDITIONALLY, AHC WILL TARGET THESE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAIN-MHFA PROJECT. 1. BY YEAR 5, 700 CBO STAFF MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL COMPLETE THE MHFA TRAININGS AND BECOME MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. 2. BY YEAR 5, 20 MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AND SKILL-BASED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS VIA PROJECT ECHO. AND, 20 MENTAL HEALTH CAPACITY BUILDING EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL CBO PARTNERS VIA PROJECT ECHO. 3. BY THE 6TH MONTH OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROJECT, CBO PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE LINAGE TO CARE PROJECT - IL CARE CONTINUUM PORTAL TO MAKE REFERRALS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 4. BY YEAR 3, A MULTI-LINGUAL (ENGLISH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, AND HINDI) MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. 5. BY YEAR 3, FIVE CULTURAL SUPPLEMENTS IN CHINESE, KOREAN, SOUTH ASIAN, LATINX AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND AT LEAST 200 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS WILL HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTS. THE AHC STRIVES TO BUILD OFF OF THE SUCCESSES OF OUR PREVIOUS WORK AND DELIVER MORE ROBUST AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH TRAIN-MHFA.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 1/15/26 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 1/13/26 | ||
| Not listed | $125.0k | 9/17/25 | ||
| Not listed | $125.0k | 9/17/25 | ||
| Not listed | $125.0k | 5/29/24 |