This federal Project Grant award of $4,968,036.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982). The funding will support the delivery of supplemental emergency mental health services, including crisis counseling, outreach, case management, and mental health worker training, to individuals affected by major disasters in the Austin, TX area. The award is for the...
This $3,791,897.00 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982) will provide supplemental emergency mental health services and crisis counseling to individuals affected by major disasters in the Austin, TX area. The award period runs from November 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 and the grant recipient is the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) of...
This federal Project Grant award, funded 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 provide training and education on substance use disorders (SUD) to students in physician assistant, clinical psychology, and clinical mental health counseling programs at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and 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 $1,555,700.00 over 5 years to the University of Texas at Austin. The purpose is to improve substance use disorder treatment and recovery services in SAMHSA Region 6 by developing and strengthening the specialized behavioral health and primary care workforces. Key...
This $3,727,905.00 federal Block Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) supports the Health & Human SVC Commn TX in delivering comprehensive community mental health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances in the state of Texas. The two-year grant, spanning September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, enables...
This $2,250,000 four-year Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) supports the implementation of a comprehensive AOT program in Dallas County, Texas. The program aims to serve 225 adults with severe mental illness over the grant period through evidence-based interventions such as Assertive Community Treatment, Seeking Safety, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive...
This $1,498,500 four-year Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will fund the Gulf Coast Center's Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program (CFDA 93.997) in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. The program aims to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency healthcare usage, homelessness, incarceration, and other criminal justice system involvement for 125 uninsured/underinsured adults aged 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)...
This Project Grant award of $240,000 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 will fund the Texas Empowerment Initiative - Training and Leadership Development project. The project will train people with lived experience of mental health issues by providing resiliency and recovery workshops, training to serve on Certified Community Behavioral...
This federal Project Grant award of $522,206.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The funding will support the Austin-Travis County Mental Health And Mental Retardation Center, doing business as Austin Travis County Integral Care, in delivering a range of housing and supportive services to address homelessness in Austin, Texas. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will allow Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in central Texas, to establish direct substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, at an existing primary care clinic in Austin. The...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,500,000 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. The grant funds the "Mobile Medical and Mental Health Care Team" (M3 Team) project, which provides comprehensive, coordinated, and community-based services for chronically homeless adults in Austin, Texas who have chronic medical conditions, serious mental illness, and substance use disorders.
The M3 Team is a collaborative effort between the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, CommunityHealth Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Integral Care (the local mental health authority). Key services provided include outreach, behavioral health screening, mental health/substance use treatment, primary care, case management, housing navigation, and connection to social services and benefits. The project aims to decrease substance use, improve mental health, increase access to primary care, boost enrollment in social programs, and increase placement in permanent housing. The award period is from September 2024 to September 2029, with plans to serve 140 clients over the 5-year project period.