The Chinatown Service Center (CSC) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, at its Federally Qualified Health Center sites in Los Angeles, Alhambra, and Monterey Park, California. The grant will allow CSC to increase patient capacity by 40% in the first year...
This $800,000 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 enable Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. (dba Family Health Centers at NYU Langone) to implement Project LAUNCH in Brooklyn, NY. The key objectives of the project are to: Enhance the organization's Early Childhood Parent Advisory Group to ensure community voices...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Chinatown Service Center (CSC), a non-profit federally qualified health center based in Los Angeles, California. The purpose of this 24-month award, effective December 1, 2024, is to enable CSC to expand hours of operation at two of its five clinic sites in Los Angeles and Alhambra, CA. This will allow CSC to provide improved access to its...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the Chinese-American Planning Council's (CPC) Community Resiliency Support Services (CRSS) project. The CRSS project aims to boost CPC's capacity to implement targeted education and outreach to reduce cultural stigma surrounding mental health care among low-income, immigrant, and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,543,658 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to Georgetown University to implement the "Georgetown Project LAUNCH" program. This 5-year initiative will serve over 1,300 young children, parents, early childhood educators, and primary pediatric care providers in Washington, D.C. to increase access to mental health resources and reduce stigma. Key activities include:...
This $1,599,634 federal 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 promote the wellness of and improve outcomes for low-income children from birth to 8 years in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The funding will provide infant and early childhood mental health promotion, screening, referral, and treatment...
This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by 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 aims to develop a coordinated, comprehensive system serving children birth to age 8 with social/emotional/behavioral challenges in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania. The grant funding will be used to screen 1,000 children annually (5,000 over the 5-year grant...
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 $750,000 to Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to implement the Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success initiative. The project aims to build the capacity of local community providers and youth leaders in the Northeast Los Angeles (NELA)...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $3,199,600 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Gemma Services, a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania. The "LAUNCHPAD: Empowering Families and Professionals through Behavioral Health Education" program aims to address unmet mental health needs of...
This $9,000,000 project grant awarded by 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 will support the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in developing a statewide System of Care (SOC) approach to provide accessible, equitable, and evidence-based mental health services for children and youth aged 0-21 with serious emotional...
PROJECT LAUNCH - SERVING ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AND OTHER DIVERSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES - PROJECT SUMMARY: CHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER (CSC), ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY-BASED, CHINESE-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IS APPLYING FOR PROJECT LAUNCH FUNDING. WITH FUNDING, WE WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES, MENTORING, AND PROVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES AND SERVICES TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS IN CHILDREN BEFORE THEY DEVELOP INTO SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED). WE WILL BUILD THE CAPACITIES OF ADULT CAREGIVERS TO SUPPORT THE WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. THESE CRUCIAL SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LOW-INCOME, AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS OF LOS ANGELES (LA) COUNTY. GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA: LA COUNTY SERVICE PLANNING AREA (SPA) 3: SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PROJECT: PROJECT LAUNCH - SERVING ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AND DIVERSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED: OUR PROJECT WILL SERVE LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED ADULTS AND CHILDREN, PRIMARILY ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS; AND EARLY CARE PROVIDERS SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE SERVICE AREA. PROJECT STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: CSC WILL USE A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL EVIDENCE-BASED- INTERVENTION (EBP)S, INCLUDING MINDFUL-COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, AND EBPS TO SUPPORT THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN SUCH AS NURTURING PARENT PROGRAM (NPP) AND PLAY THERAPY. WE WILL USE SEVERAL STANDARDIZED SCREENING TOOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS. THESE INTERVENTIONS AND SCREENINGS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES. PROJECT GOALS AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: OUR PROPOSED OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) DEVELOP A PUBLIC AWARENESS PLAN TO PROMOTE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE FULL GRANT PERIOD; 2) REACH INDIVIDUALS IN THE SERVICE AREA WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA/MARKETING CAMPAIGN; 3) ESTABLISH A REFERRAL SYSTEM FOR CHILD AND FAMILY-SERVING PROGRAMS (CHILDCARE, PARENT RESPITE, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, EDUCATION SUPPORT, TRANSPORTATION, ETC.) AND CONTINUE TO ADD NEW ENTITIES EACH GRANT YEAR; 4) SCREEN CHILDREN AGED 0-8 FOR TRAUMA AND MAKE A REFERRAL FOR SERVICES OR CARE FOR THOSE AT-RISK; 5) SCREEN CHILDREN FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND/OR LEARNING DISORDERS AND MAKE A REFERRAL FOR SERVICES OR CARE FOR THOSE AT-RISK; SCREEN PARENTS/CAREGIVERS FOR DEPRESSION, TRAUMA, AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MAKE A REFERRAL FOR SERVICES OR CARE FOR THOSE AT-RISK; 6) PROVIDE FORMAL PARENTING CLASSES USING THE NURTURING PARENT PROGRAM (NPP) FRAMEWORK TO PARENTS/CAREGIVERS; 7) PROVIDE REFERRALS TO PLAY THERAPY, PROVIDED BY A CREDENTIALED THERAPIST; AND 8) ESTABLISH AN EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT (EPSDT) PROGRAM AT CSC. THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT FOR IDENTIFIED CONDITIONS, EITHER DIRECTLY BY CSC OR THROUGH REFERRAL.