The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a Project Grant award of $48,970,990 on September 30, 2024 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) federal grant program. The grant funding will support the Maine State Opioid Response Project 2024, which aims to reduce the negative health and economic impacts of substance use disorder...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $5,400,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Mainehealth, a non-profit healthcare system based in Portland, Maine. The grant funding will support Mainehealth's plans to expand its current three-bedroom mental health treatment program at 407 Pleasant Street in Rockland, Maine into an eight-bed residential treatment program that also serves individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder. The...
The Center for the Advancement of Rural Living received a $345,007.78 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). The award will support efforts from May 31, 2021 through November 15, 2021 to expand and enhance substance use disorder recovery services in remote Aroostook County, Maine. Major partners, including Cary Medical...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $5,279,920 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will enable the delivery of a range of community-based mental health services, including outpatient counseling, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention, case management, housing assistance, peer support, workforce...
This federal Block Grant award of $290,159.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant will support the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in delivering a range of comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. This may include outpatient counseling, substance...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $290,159 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS). This federal grant, identified by CFDA Number 93.958, supports comprehensive community-based mental health services in Maine, including outpatient counseling, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention, case management, housing assistance, peer support, workforce training, and public...
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was awarded a $1,756,148 Project Grant 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 aims to improve care for people experiencing homelessness with complex behavioral health needs in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, Minnesota. Key project activities include: Hiring care coordinators...
This federal Block Grant award is provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The $5,646,552 award supports comprehensive substance abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services across the state of Maine. Key products and services to be delivered include prevention education, outpatient counseling, crisis intervention, medication-assisted treatment,...
This federal Project Grant award, provided 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, is funding a $775,812 initiative led by United Ambulance in Maine. The initiative aims to 1) recruit and train approximately 295 EMS students, with 162 expected to obtain licensure and 75 entering the Maine EMS workforce, 2) improve the mental health...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) in Pennsylvania. The grant will fund a permanent supportive housing (PSH) program to improve housing stability and wellbeing for at least 40 adults experiencing homelessness with co-occurring mental illness...
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 $999,768 project grant to Mainehealth for the "ProjectConnect" program. This 5-year grant, starting on September 30, 2024, will fund a mobile harm reduction, housing, and treatment program designed to outreach, engage, and house individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders in greater Portland, Maine. The program will provide integrated behavioral health treatment, recovery support services, enrollment assistance for health insurance and other benefits, and coordination of housing through partnerships. This project aims to address gaps in accessing outpatient psychiatric and case management services for the target population.