This $375,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) CFDA 93.243 program will fund the "Southern Arizona Coalitions Partnerships for Success" project implemented by Constructing Circles Of Peace, a nonprofit organization. The project aims to reduce the onset and progression of youth substance use and prevalence of negative youth mental health outcomes in the rural U.S.-Mexico border communities of Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Yuma...
This $162,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program supports the "SOCORRO COUNTY, OPTIONS, PREVENTION, AND EDUCATION: MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AND SUICIDE PREVENTION" initiative. The funding will be used by the non-profit organization Socorro County Options Prevention & Education (SCOPE) to implement a collaborative project aimed at increasing mental health awareness,...
This $239,938 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) will fund the "Lighting the Way" initiative led by the Round Valley Indian Health Center, Inc. to address suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and substance misuse among American Indian youth in the Round Valley community. The first year of the program will focus on building a foundation...
This $120,000 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) will fund the "Culture, Connection, & Healing for Urban Indigenous Families" project implemented by the Phoenix Indian Center, a non-profit Native American-owned organization. The project aims to address substance misuse and suicide among American Indian (AI) youth ages 9-24 and their...
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe was awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant over 4 years (Sep 2024 - Sep 2028) 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. The grant will fund the implementation, expansion, and integration of a System of Care approach to improve mental health outcomes for tribal children and youth ages 0-21. Key objectives include:...
This federal Project Grant award of $367,829 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The grant supports the "Building a Strong Community- on the Southside" initiative led by the Liberty Partnership Community Council (Lpknz), a Black American-owned non-profit organization in Tucson, Arizona. The key objectives of the...
The federal Project Grant award H79SM089726 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The $360,000 grant will enable Native Health, a non-profit minority-owned healthcare organization serving urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations in Maricopa County, Arizona, to develop and implement a culturally responsive action plan focused on preventing substance misuse...
This $1,469,984 federal 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 (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the "Arizona Project Bright Futures" initiative. The project aims to address the urgent need for youth suicide prevention and early intervention services, particularly in rural and remote communities across Arizona. Key goals include providing...
This Project Grant award of $599,740 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 is focused on improving the capacity of the healthcare workforce in Arizona to address substance use disorder (SUD). The grantee, Northern Arizona University (NAU), will implement the following key initiatives: Provide comprehensive SUD assessment and management...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center in Los Angeles to expand trauma-informed care and screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for adolescents (13-17 years) and transition-age youth (18-26 years) receiving mental health services. The goal is to reach 250 additional youth during the one-year project...
THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROJECT WILL UTILIZE A WIDE ARRAY OF EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES TO MEET THE GOALS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES. - THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROJECT WILL UTILIZE A WIDE ARRAY OF EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES TO MEET THE GOALS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS AN TRAINING OBJECTIVES PROPOSED BY SAMHSA AND NIH AS WELL AS TARGETED ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO ADDRESSING THE ROLE OF TRAUMA IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCING TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE APPROACHES. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROJECT 2,400 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND STIGMA REDUCTION. CONSTRUCTING CIRCLES OF PEACE IS PROPOSING THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROJECT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES AND GOALS OF THE SAMHSA MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING GRANT TO VETERAN'S, ADULTS, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND YOUTH IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA. CONSTRUCTING CIRCLES OF PEACE HAS A LONG -STANDING HISTORY OF ACTIVELY COLLABORATING WITH OTHER COALITIONS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA AND ACROSS THE NATION. SINCE 2004 CIRCLES OF PEACE HAS BEEN AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF IMPLEMENTING HOLISTIC, TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, SUPPORT AND RECOVERY. TRAINING AND SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA - A PREDOMINATELY LATINO COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF ARIZONA ON THE U. S. - MEXICO BORDER AND HOME TO ARIZONA'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL BORDER TOWN OF NOGALES. GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE TO: INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS, PARTICULARLY SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED) AMONG SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) IN VETERANS, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INDIVIDUALS WITH AN SUD. INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL SYSTEMS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE SYSTEMS TO UTILIZE SAFE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSES WHEN INTERACTING WITH INDIVIDUALS DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS. DECREASE YOUTH AND ADULT UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE RATES BY INCREASING AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES AND IMPROVING CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION ON SCHOOL - AND COMMUNITY-BASED REFERRAL PROCESSES. DECREASE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE RATES BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE RESILIENCY AND FORESTERS SUPPORTIVE PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES AMONG YOUTH, PARENTS/CAREGIVERS AND SYSTEMS THAT SERVE YOUTH AND FAMILIES. EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND FRAMEWORKS TO BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, KIDS AT HOPE MODEL, ACES AND TRAUMA, SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT (SBIRT), STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK (SPF), TRAUMA INFORMED CARE APPROACH (TIC), RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CIRCLE MODEL (RJ), AND MINDFULNESS BASED INTERVENTIONS. FOR THE SUBSEQUENT FOUR YEARS OF THE PROJECT, WE INTEND TO USE OUR EVALUATION FINDINGS AT THE END OF THIS CYCLE TO INFORM THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE ACTION PLAN, BUT WILL AT MINIMUM, CONTINUE TO TRAIN 1,450 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH YEAR IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND STIGMA REDUCTION.