The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant funding is provided through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), which supports successful reintegration of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Casa Esperanza's "TRANSCEND: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program" will serve Latino returning...
This Project Grant award of $600,000 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 Casa Esperanza Inc.'s "MI CAMINO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES" project. The project aims to enhance and strengthen a Latine community of recovery in the Greater Boston area by providing culturally focused, trauma-informed, peer recovery support...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137), will fund Casa Esperanza Inc.'s "CASA PALS-PROMOTORES AMPLIFICANDO LA SABIDURIA" program. The $600,000 award over a 4-year period from September 2024 to August 2028 will support an innovative promotores model that incorporates culturally competent and linguistically accessible community...
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 $1,000,000 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 aims to reduce racial/ethnic disparities related to mental illness, substance use disorders, and HIV/STI/HCV infection among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City. The program, titled "ENTRE NOSOTROS," will utilize evidence-based...
This $1,000,000 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 is for Intercambios Puerto Rico, Inc. to provide comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based treatment and services for individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) or co-occurring disorders (CODs) who are experiencing homelessness in the Puerto Rico...
The Department of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety Division, a U.S. local government entity in Massachusetts, has been awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The funding will support the Diversion to Care (DIVCARE) project, which aims to reduce criminal justice system involvement and address racial inequities by strengthening regional implementation of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) to Corporacion De Servicios Medicos Y Prevencion (doing business as Centro De Salud Hatillo), a minority-owned non-profit healthcare organization in Puerto Rico. The two-year grant (December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026) will enable the...
The Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (PRDCR) will use a $288,426 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program (CFDA 16.593) to continue supporting residential substance abuse treatment projects. Specifically, PRDCR will provide housing, food services, medical care, counseling, family support services, holistic treatment, and follow up...
This Project Grant award of $184,613 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) supports the training of a Chicana epidemiologist to develop a multi-component intervention to address the co-occurring epidemics of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and opioid use among Latino persons who inject drugs living along the Texas-Mexico border. The 5-year project, titled "PROYECTO VIDA," will optimize four intervention protocols: peer navigation...
PROYECTO REDES (NETWORKS): RECOVERY & EARLY DIVERSION ENGAGEMENT SERVICES - CASA ESPERANZA'S PROYECTO REDES (NETWORKS): RECOVERY & EARLY DIVERSION ENGAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM WILL SERVE LATINOS WITH SUBSTANCE USE OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AT RISK OF INCARCERATIONWITHIN MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTY. THROUGH THIS DIVERSION GRANT OPPORTUNITY, THE MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH COD AND SMI WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASED ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, LEADING TO REDUCED SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND AVOID LONG-TERM SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES RESULTING FROM JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT AND INCARCERATION. CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING IN LIEU OF ARREST AND INCARCERATION REDUCES THE BURDEN ON THE COURT SYSTEM TO PROCESS NEW ARRESTS AND REDUCES THE JAIL POPULATION WITH SMI AND COD. CASA EXPECTS OVER 40% OF CLIENTS TO BE MONOLINGUAL SPANISH SPEAKERS AND ALL TO BE BELOW THE NATIONAL POVERTY LINE. CASA ANTICIPATES SERVING 40 INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1 AND 50 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR THEREAFTER FOR A TOTAL OF 240 INDIVIDUALS SERVED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT'S LIFESPAN. LATINOS RECEIVING DIVERSION SERVICES THROUGH PROYECTO REDES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, MEDICATION-ASSISTED THERAPY, CLINICAL STABILIZATION SERVICES, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WORKGROUP WILL PROVIDE PROJECT OVERSIGHT AND CASE CONFERENCING. PROYECTO REDES PROPOSES TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING GOALS: STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING, DEVELOPING, PLANNING, SUPPORTING, AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR LATINE WITH SMI OR COD WHO ARE AT RISK OF DETENTION DUE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS. REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS FOR LATINE WITH MI/COD BY DIVERTING THEM FROM JUSTICE SYSTEMS TO COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS THAT REDUCE RISK, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND SUSTAIN RECOVERY. ADDRESS THE STIGMA, HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND BARRIERS TO CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LATINE THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT REINFORCES EXISTING COMPETENCIES AND DEVELOPS NEW SKILLS. PROYECTO REDES' SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED THROUGH THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROVIDED, TRAINING STAFF ON CLAS STANDARDS, TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, COMPLETING SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MAPPING, AND THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES. CASA'S PROYECTO REDES TEAM WILL RIDE ALONG WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DIRECTLY INTERCEPT AND ASSESS INDIVIDUALS. ADDITIONALLY, HIGHLY TRAINED CLINICAL STAFF WILL UTILIZE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES TO ADMINISTER MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, SUCH AS INTEGRATED DUAL DISORDER TREATMENT, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND ASSERTIVE OUTREACH. PROYECTO REDES STAFF RECEIVES ONGOING TRAINING TO REINFORCE EXISTING COMPETENCIES AND DEVELOP NEW SKILLS.OUR PROPOSED PROYECTO REDES WILL ADDRESS THE INTERCONNECTED PROBLEMS LATINOS FACE WORKING WITH CURRENT DIVERSION MODELS, OFFER CLIENTS A RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY RECOVERY MANAGEMENT, EMPHASIZE LONG-TERM RECOVERY, ADDRESS STIGMA, AND BUILD COMMUNITY CONNECTION BEFORE ARREST AND BOOKING.