The federal Project Grant award of $3,177,688.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Section 223 Demonstration Programs to Improve Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.829) program. The grant, titled "GROWTH: Generating Recovery-Oriented Well-Being Treatments for Health Equity," will support Places For People, Inc., a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) in St. Louis,...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 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 supports the St. Louis Empowerment Center (STLEC) in providing peer recovery support services for adult individuals over 18 who are unhoused or at risk of homelessness, have a history of justice involvement, and have substance use disorder (SUD) or co-occurring...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Erise Williams and Associates, Inc. to implement the "STL MADE: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at Risk for HIV/AIDS" project. The project aims to increase engagement in care for Black/African American individuals 18...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $399,972 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Madison County Probation Services in Edwardsville, Illinois. The 5-year grant, which commenced on September 30, 2024, will fund Project Reclaiming Hope to provide risk-focused assessment, supervision, substance use...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Journey To New Life Inc., a non-profit organization in Kansas City, Missouri, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The three-year "Recovery + Reentry (R+R)" project will engage at least 360 individuals with substance use disorder (SUD), opioid use disorder...
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), has awarded a $1,292,328 project grant to Compass Health, Inc. (dba Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare) in Clinton, Missouri. The 5-year grant (9/30/2024 - 9/29/2029) will support the "Compass Health, Inc. GLS Youth Suicide Project", which aims to implement youth suicide...
This 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 "Project COPES" initiative. Project COPES 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. Using evidence-based, trauma-informed, and healing-centered approaches,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Ozarks Resource Group d/b/a Ozarks Community Health Center (OCHC) to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services in the underserved four-county service area of Dade, Dallas, Hickory, and Polk Counties in rural Missouri. The funding will support OCHC in directly employing a 1.0 FTE...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The grant, titled "Project HOPE," aims to implement substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health treatment and...
This Project 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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $400,000 in funding to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The project, titled "Project RENEW," aims to expand trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery, and reentry services for 18-35...
HOPE AND HEALING FOR POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE - PLACES FOR PEOPLE'S "HOPE AND HEALING FOR POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE" WILL PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PERSONS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT HAVE EITHER EMERGED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OR WHO HAVE HAD EXISTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AMPLIFIED DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE WILL SERVE PERSONS EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD), ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), AND YOUTH WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED) IN ST. LOUIS CITY AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI. WE WILL FOCUS ENROLLMENT ON THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED, UNDERSERVED, AND WHO LACK ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN OUR REGION. PLACES FOR PEOPLE WILL SERVE 600 UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE- 250 IN YEAR ONE AND 350 IN YEAR TWO. WE WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES TO HELP SUPPORT STAFF, ADDRESSING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS RELATED TO THE FEARS, ANXIETIES, AND LOSSES FROM THE PANDEMIC. WE INTEND TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM GOALS: 1) INCREASE ACCESS TO EBPS FOR PERSONS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONCERNS BY PROVIDING INTEGRATED FAMILY TREATMENT AND INCREDIBLE YEARS/DINA SCHOOL TO AT LEAST 50 CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS; SERVING 250 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH CRITICAL TIME INTERVENTION OR FORENSIC ACT; DELIVERING THERAPIES AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO 300 CLIENTS, INCLUDING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES, COMMUNITY REINFORCEMENT APPROACH, AND SEEKING SAFETY; AND PROVIDING PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES (E.G., ITCD, IPS, IMR) TO 50 HIGH-NEED ADULTS WITH SMI OR COD. 2) STRENGTHEN AGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE HIPAA COMPLIANT TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO INCREASE ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF A HIPAA COMPLIANT TEXTING PLATFORM AND TRAINING STAFF TO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE. 3) ENHANCE STAFF WELL-BEING THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORTS AND EVIDENCE-INFORMED INTERVENTION INCLUDING BURNOUT REDUCTION: ENHANCED AWARENESS, TOOLS, HANDOUTS, AND EDUCATION; APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY TO IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE; AND A SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURAL COMPETENCE, USING THE MULTICULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICE SYSTEM ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND THE IOWA CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT-CLIENT FORM. 4) SUPPORT RECOVERY AND IMPROVE PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PERSONS SERVED AS EVIDENCED BY A REDUCTION IN THE SEVERITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED BY THE DSM-5 CROSS-CUTTING SYMPTOM MEASURE AND NOMS INDICATOR FOR SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; REDUCTION IN THE SEVERITY OF SUBSTANCE USE, AS INDICATED BY THE DECREASED FREQUENCY OF USE MEASURED IN THE CROSS-CUTTING SYMPTOM MEASURE FOR DSM-5 AND THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT SCALE; AND STRENGTHENED SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AS INDICATED BY INCREASES IN SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE NOMS COLLECTED AT REASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS.