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...
This federal Project Grant award of $449,060 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Communities United, a non-profit organization, to implement its Healing Through Justice initiative in Chicago. The initiative aims to address the impact of violence on the mental health and wellness of 500 at-risk youth in Chicago. It will engage these youth through positive youth development, restorative...
The Midwest Asian Health Association (MAHA) was awarded a $1,600,000 five-year Project Grant (H79SM087659) 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, titled "Addressing Asian Children's Health (AACH)," aims to improve mental health awareness and enhance access to culturally competent, linguistically appropriate mental...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the implementation of PROJECT COPES (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment in School Health Centers). The project aims to expand existing services in school-based health centers (SBHCs) located in predominantly lower-income African American and Latino communities on Chicago's South and West sides....
This $1,530,824 federal Project Grant award, 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 program (CFDA 93.243), funds the ADEL Supported Employment Program operated by Impact Behavioral Health Partners. The ADEL program aims to address employment disparities among low-income adults with serious mental health illness or co-occurring mental health and substance...
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 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 two-year Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to the Asian Human Services Family Health Center, a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The grant funding will be used to expand the health center's integrated behavioral health services, with the goal of increasing the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Specifically, the grant...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Primecare Community Health, a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) in Chicago, to significantly expand and strengthen its behavioral health services. Key components of the project include: Increasing the number of patients receiving mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Erie Family Health Center, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center in Chicago, Illinois, a $1,100,000 federal Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program. The grant will fund a two-year effort to expand the organization's behavioral health services, including substance use disorder treatment and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders. Key activities include increasing staffing with a...
This $2,500,000 Project Grant award, made under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) and funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), will enable Sinai Health System's Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago, Illinois to expand behavioral health services for 75 or more youth and young adults aged 6-24 who are at risk or screening positively for serious mental health conditions. The program, to be named "Under the Rainbow", will provide...