This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program will allow Stigler Health & Wellness Center, Inc. to expand behavioral health services for older adults (age 55+) in its 7-county service area in Oklahoma. The key products and services to be provided under this grant include: 1) Implementing a mixed primary care/home-based health program to address unmet behavioral health needs...
The Family Health Center of Southern Oklahoma, Inc. (FHCSO) was awarded a $600,000 Federal Project Grant in Year 1 and $500,000 in Year 2 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program. The purpose of this grant is to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services in the rural Oklahoma counties of Atoka, Coal, Johnston, and Marshall. Specifically, the grant will...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) provides $370,000.00 to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma to deliver a comprehensive behavioral health program for youth aged 10-24 in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The program will implement a public health model including universal prevention strategies, selective/targeted prevention, and indicated prevention...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,219,859.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982) aims to provide supplemental emergency mental health services in Oklahoma to address the impacts of major disasters. The grant will fund crisis counseling, outreach, case management, and worker training to support individuals affected by traumatic events and deliver both...
This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable the Central Oklahoma Family Medical Center, Inc. to expand behavioral health services in their rural service area. The funding will be used to hire additional licensed behavioral health staff, a pediatric psychiatric nurse practitioner, and nursing staff, as well as purchase telehealth equipment and expand pharmacy services for...
The Lawton Community Health Center (LCHC) was awarded a $4,999,850 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 will fund the establishment of a Maternal Behavioral Health Services program to serve a population of 343,532 residents across 12 counties in southwest Oklahoma, including federally recognized tribal lands. The...
The $600,000 FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion Project Grant (CFDA 93.224 - Community Health Centers) awarded to Ozarks Resource Group d/b/a Ozarks Community Health Center (OCHC) by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will support the expansion of mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services in the four-county rural service area of Dade, Dallas, Hickory, and Polk Counties in Missouri. The grant will fund the...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,773,802, 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, will enable the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation (SPTHBF) to partner with the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC) to deliver opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to over 22,000 American Indians from more...
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) was awarded a $1,800,000 federal Project Grant 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 funding will support the implementation of the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) in at least 9 primary care sites across Oklahoma to increase access to...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $700,000 five-year Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Oklahoma State University (OSU). The grant, titled "Community PACT - The Oklahoma State University (OSU) Community Wellness Programs (CWP) Community PACT (Prevention, Advocacy, Counseling, and Testing)", aims to provide substance use prevention,...
SHWC MENTAL HEALTH AID TRAINING - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY: TO INCREASE THE RECOGNITION OF AND RESPONSE TO MENTAL CRISES, STIGLER HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, INC. (SHWC) PLANS TO USE MHAT FUNDS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR LOCAL SCHOOL STAFF, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES LIVING AND WORKING IN HASKELL, LATIMER, LEFLORE, PITTSBURG, SEQUOYAH, MUSKOGEE, AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. APPLICANT INFORMATION: STIGLER HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER 1505 E. MAIN ST STIGLER, OK 74462-2913 PHONE: 918-967-3368 CONTACT EMAIL: THUGGINS@THWCINC.COM PROJECT NAME: MENTAL HEALTH AID TRAINING (MHAT) SHWC PLANS TO IMPLEMENT AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR LOCAL SCHOOL STAFF, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, AND POSSIBLY HEAD START FACILITY STAFF IN A 7-COUNTY AREA IN RURAL OKLAHOMA. BY FOCUSING ON THE PRECEDING GROUPS, SHWC WILL PROVIDE MONTHLY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THE POPULATION OF FOCUS - CHILDREN WITH UNRECOGNIZED OR UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ADULTS WITH ANY MENTAL ILLNESS, ESPECIALLY THOSE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENT, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES - AND WHO MIGHT BE THE LINK TO GUIDING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS INTO APPROPRIATE CARE SETTINGS. WHILE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS DIFFICULT TO COME BY FOR RURAL OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES, DATA FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (ODMHSAS) SHOWS IN THE 7-COUNTY SERVICE AREA, 17,073 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES (7,388 CHILDREN AGED 0-17 YEARS, AND 9,653 ADULTS AGED 18+ YEARS) RECEIVED ODMHSAS-FUNDED SERVICES IN FY2020. OF GREATER CONCERN, DATA FROM THE SAMHSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BAROMETER: OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 6 REPORT SUGGESTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER; AMONG YOUTH AGED 12-17 DURING 2016-2019 WITH A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE (MDE) IN THE PAST YEAR, JUST 40.0% RECEIVED DEPRESSION CARE IN THE PAST YEAR, AND AMONG ADULTS 18+, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE WITH ANY MENTAL ILLNESS WHO RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PAST YEAR WAS 42.7% (2017-2019). PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE PROVIDING 500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH MHFA TRAINING EACH YEAR OF THE PROJECT, WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED PROJECTED TO BE 2,500 OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.