This Project Grant award of $8,000,000, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program, will fund the construction and enhancement of the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center in New Jersey. The new two-building center, a partnership between Rutgers University and University Behavioral Health Care, will provide comprehensive psychiatric and psychosocial treatment and...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, under the Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19 program (CFDA 93.665), will fund the Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center Mental Health & Substance Use COVID-19 Relief Program. The Program will integrate evidence-based mental health treatment, awareness, and crisis services into existing efforts by hiring two new qualified staff to provide early...
This Project Grant award, funded 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), provides $1,800,000 to Bhcare, Inc., a non-profit organization in Connecticut, to implement the "BUILD CHILD RESILIENCE" initiative. The program aims to bring trauma-focused, school-based behavioral health services and staff training to six high-need public...
The New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJ DHS) has been awarded a Project Grant of $900,000.00 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 implementation of the Collaborative Care Model (COCM) in two primary care and one pediatric care clinics located in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The COCM initiative will...
This $1,854,330.00 federal Block 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 support the New Jersey Department of Human Services in delivering comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances across the state. The two-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will enable the...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a 2-year $3,671,770 Block Grant to the New Jersey Department of Human Services to carry out the state's plan for providing comprehensive community-based mental health services under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The funding will support an array of treatment, prevention, and recovery programs for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Wrightsville, Georgia. The funding will support CHCS's FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) project, which aims to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services for the low-income,...
The Health in Action Project at Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center is a $11,274,864 project grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696). The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare for 1,000 individuals in Somerset County, New Jersey, with a focus on persons with serious...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc. (BCCS) to implement the Portable Clinical Care Project (PCCP). The PCCP will provide comprehensive and integrated behavioral health, HIV/viral hepatitis testing and treatment, mental health treatment, harm reduction,...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will provide $1,050,066 to Bread For The City Inc., a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization, to expand its behavioral health services. The award will fund the following key products and services: Increasing patient visit slots for behavioral health by 40% by June 2025, allowing the organization to serve upwards of 460 unique mental health patients annually....
BRIDGEWAY REHABILITATION SERVICES CLINICAL SUPPORT AND RESTORATION SERVICES (BCSRS) - BRIDGEWAY REHABILITATION SERVICES (BRS) IS APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING TO ENABLE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS (CMHCS) TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE THE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL SERVICES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THIS PROJECT, NAMED THE BRS CLINICAL SUPPORT AND RESTORATION SERVICES (BCSRS), WILL STRENGTHEN THE BRS CMHC SERVICES IN HUDSON, UNION AND SOMERSET COUNTIES TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), AND SMI OR SED AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS KNOWN AS CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD). BRS INTENDS TO SERVE 345 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIRST YEAR AND A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 690 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT AIDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OR UNDERSERVED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. FROM AUGUST 2020 TO FEBRUARY 2021, 41% OF NJ ADULTS REPORTED RECENT SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION, 11.7% REPORTED AN UNMET MH CARE NEED AND 20% REPORTED AN UNMET NEED FOR COUNSELING/THERAPY. IN NJ, A GREATER PROPORTION OF PERSONS PRESENTED AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (ED'S) WITH A MH AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SINCE THE ONSET OF COVID-19. CHILDREN UNDER 18 HAD THE LARGEST POST COVID % INCREASE, THREE TIMES THE PRE COVID RATE, IN ED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) RELATED VISITS, AND ADOLESCENTS HAD A 31% INCREASE IN VISITS. TOTAL ED VISITS WERE LARGEST AMONG ADULTS AGED 18-29 YEARS. COMPOUNDING THIS INCREASE IN ED USE FOR BH SYMPTOMS IS THE 30+ DAY AVERAGE WAIT TIME FOR AN INITIAL OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT IN ALL THREE COUNTIES OF FOCUS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF PROVIDERS AND STAFF SHORTAGES. THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BH SERVICES, EXPAND OR RESTORE ACCESS TO OP SERVICES, EXPAND CRISIS SERVICES AND ATTACH OP THERAPY TO CRISIS SERVICES, INCREASE THE QUALITY OF CARE BY EXPANDING STAFF COMPETENCY IN PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED CARE, AND ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH (MH) NEEDS OF BRS CMHC STAFF. WITH THIS CMHC GRANT FUNDING, BRS WILL BUILD ON OUR 50+ YEARS SERVING THESE COMMUNITIES BY: - IMPLEMENTING OPEN CENTRAL ACCESS FOR CRISIS AND OP SERVICES FOR ALL BCSRS INCLUDING TWO WALK-IN IMMEDIATE MH CARE SITES IN HUDSON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. - RESTORING BRS TELEHEALTH OUTPATIENT COVID SUPPORT COUNSELING SERVICES AND ENHANCING OP TELEHEALTH TO SERVE ALL THREE COUNTIES. - EXPANDING EARLY INTERVENTION SUPPORT SERVICES (EISS) AND INCLUDING OUTPATIENT SERVICES. - PROVIDING ON-SITE OP SERVICES FOR ALL THREE COUNTIES. - PROVIDING CHILDREN'S OP SERVICES AND SCHOOL LIAISON TO ADDRESS BH ISSUES IN SOMERSET COUNTY. - SUPPORTING TRAUMA INFORMED SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES INCLUDING ZERO SUICIDE SCREENING AND INTERVENTION. - EXPANDING PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SCREENING SERVICES 24/7 MOBILE EMERGENCY OUTREACH AND SCREENING IN SOMERSET COUNTY. - EXPANDING RECOVERY-ORIENTED SERVICES THROUGH PEER SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT. - ADDRESSING THE MH NEEDS OF ALL CMHC STAFF, AND PROVIDING STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.