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 $120,000 to NAMI Kansas, Inc. to enhance mental health services and support networks across the state of Kansas. The key products and services to be delivered through this three-year project include: Expanding access to peer support services, education, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.516 Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program) provides $337,380 to Purdue University to implement the Teen Mental Health First Aid program in 5 rural Indiana high schools. The project aims to empower students with knowledge and compassion to recognize and respond to mental health challenges and substance use among their peers. The evaluation will measure...
This $544,410 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 program (CFDA 93.243), will support the Coffey Health System (CHS) in Kansas to enhance its emergency medical services (EMS) capacity to respond to mental health and substance use disorder emergencies. The funding will enable CHS to hire and train three additional EMTs, provide...
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,019,484 Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) Project Grant to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) to enhance the education and training of physician assistant (PA) students and preceptors in addressing mental health conditions and substance use disorders, with a focus on serving rural and underserved communities. The 5-year project, titled "Physician Assistant: Improving Mental Health...
The federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program provides $600,000 in Year 1 and $500,000 in Year 2 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 four-county rural service area of Dade, Dallas, Hickory, and Polk Counties in Missouri. The funding...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) in Philadelphia, PA. The purpose of this 4-year award is to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce, with a focus on addressing mental health and provider resiliency concerns among healthcare workers. PHMC, a...
This Project Grant award of $620,840 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will support the Salina Health Education Foundation Inc. (doing business as Salina Family Healthcare Center) in Salina, Kansas to expand their behavioral health services. The award will fund the addition of 2.0 FTE behaviorists and a 1.0 FTE RN care coordinator at the Salina Family Healthcare Center. This expanded staffing will enable the...
The $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support Konza Prairie Community Health Center's efforts to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder services in Geary County, Kansas and the surrounding Flint Hills region. The funding will allow Konza to add additional behavioral health and substance use disorder providers, support staff, and space to increase the number of...
The $1,100,000 Project Grant ($600,000 in Year 1, $500,000 in Year 2) awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program will support the Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) project at Northwest Health Services Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center located in St. Joseph, Missouri. The funding will be used to significantly expand mental health and substance use disorder services provided in-house...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program aims to expand mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services in Missoula County, Montana. The award will fund the hiring of 7.0 FTE new staff, including behavioral health clinicians, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, and enabling services staff, to increase access to these critical...
ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS - MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING GRANT PAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH WILL TRAIN INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUMS OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA), TEEN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (TMHFA), YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA), AND QUESTION, PERSUADE & REFER (QPR), TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND DE-ESCALATE A SITUATION. OUR POPULATION FOCUS WILL INCLUDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS FOR EACH COMMUNITY WE SERVE. BY TARGETING THIS GROUP OF LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN IMPACT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA. THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA WILL BE THE PAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE REGION THAT CONSISTS OF 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS, PAWNEE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON REACHING TRUSTED DECISION-MAKERS WHO CAN INFORM THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. GIVEN THE INCREASE IN AGRICULTURE SUICIDES, WE ARE DETERMINED TO INCREASE OUR REACH WITHIN THIS POPULATION. ACHIEVING OUR FOUR MAIN GOALS WILL HELP US TO CLOSE THE GAP TO THE UNMET NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AWARE OF HOW TO HANDLE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THE UNMET NEEDS INCLUDE 1) LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SERVICES AVAILABLE AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, THE AG COMMUNITY, AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY; 2) BIPOC AND LGBTQ POPULATIONS HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE RATES OF SUICIDE, SMI AND INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT; 3) UNDERUTILIZATION OF FREE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY; 4) COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY THE STIGMA OF MENTAL HEALTH ARE UNAWARE HOW TO IDENTIFY THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OR HOW TO DEESCALATE SOMEONE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THE PROJECT GOALS TO ADDRESS THESE UNMET NEEDS INCLUDE 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING; 2) EXPAND THE RACIAL, ETHNIC, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE TRAINING; 3) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTION FARMERS WHO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY UTILIZING PAWNEE'S AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; 4) DEVELOP A PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE TRAINING AND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. IN YEAR ONE OF THE GRANT, WE WILL TRAIN 500 INDIVIDUALS AND PLAN TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO 750 IN YEAR TWO, AND 1000 INDIVIDUALS TRAINED BY YEAR THREE.