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 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...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the "BUILD CHILD RESILIENCE" initiative implemented by Bhcare, Inc., a non-profit organization in Connecticut. The project aims to provide trauma-focused school-based behavioral health services and training for...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center in Los Angeles, CA. The one-year award, effective September 30, 2024, will support the expansion of trauma-informed care and screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to adolescents (13-17 years) and transition-age youth (18-26 years) receiving mental health services at the...
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 (CFDA 93.243) program provides $2,491,480 to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) to serve youth and young adults at risk of developing psychotic disorders. The key objectives are to: 1) develop outreach networks to identify individuals at clinical...
This Project Grant award of $498,300 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 Recovery Care Coordination Project. The project is a continuation and expansion of a prior pilot program, formally launching in May 2023, that serves individuals seeking recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) in Robeson County, North Carolina....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,000,000 project grant under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program to the North Mississippi Commission On Mental Illness & Retardation, doing business as Communicare. This 4-year grant, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2028, will expand the HYPED 4 CHANGE System of...
This Project Grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) provides $475,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Lehman College to study substance use disorders and mental health services in the Bronx, New York. The project aims to: Convene a Bronx community taskforce to explore factors associated with the utilization of mental health and substance abuse...
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 (CFDA 93.243) program will provide $1,500,000 in funding to Care Plus NJ Inc. over a 5-year period starting September 30, 2024. The award will support the organization's "Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness" (TIEH) initiative, which will deliver comprehensive case...
This Project Grant award of $738,000 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a feasibility and effectiveness study of an interdisciplinary, anti-racist, structurally competent, and culturally responsive assessment model called the Recovery & Empowerment After Community Trauma (REACT) Clinic. The REACT Clinic provides trauma-informed psychological and psychiatric assessment, social...
PROJECT CREATE (COVID RECOVERY, EQUITY, AND TRAINING EXCELLENCE) - THE GUIDANCE CENTER OF WESTCHESTER (TGCW) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP PROJECT CREATE (COVID RECOVERY, EQUITY, AND TRAINING EXCELLENCE) TO SERVE 200 INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED), SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES (SMI), AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD) WHO ARE LIVING IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY OVER THE 2-YEAR GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAM (100 EACH YEAR). WE WILL PRIORITIZE SERVICES FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS OF ALL AGES, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND THE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF YONKERS, MOUNT VERNON, AND NEW ROCHELLE. WE WILL ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS USING A COMBINATION OF COMMUNITY AND CLINIC-BASED SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PROVIDED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S HARDEST-HIT COMMUNITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SUPPORTING A NO WRONG DOOR APPROACH TO CARE. GIVEN THE DISPROPORTIONATE AND EXPANSIVE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR TARGET COMMUNITIES, WESTCHESTER COUNTY - SPECIFICALLY YONKERS, MOUNT VERNON, AND NEW ROCHELLE - IS EXPERIENCING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) CRISIS THAT OUR SYSTEM NEEDS SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS. THROUGH PROJECT CREATE, TGCW WILL BOLSTER AND EXPAND OUR EXISTING CLINICAL AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SED, SMI, AND COD OF ALL AGES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. IN ADDITION, PROJECT CREATE WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO 34 STAFF MEMBERS WORKING IN TGCW'S CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (CCBHC) PROGRAM, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL-BASED CLINIC SITES, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THEIR SECONDARY TRAUMA AND BUILD RESILIENCY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WILL SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1. ADDRESS THE BH AND TRAUMA NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SED AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ORDER TO PREVENT ADVERSE OUTCOMES AS THEY MOVE INTO ADULTHOOD. 2. PROVIDE BH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI, COD, AND SED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, PROMOTING ACCESS FOR COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING BOTH BH AND PANDEMIC STRESSES. 3. STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT TGCW'S WORKFORCE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES.