Project Grant H79SM089670

This $2,000,000 four-year 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 aims to improve mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, at risk for or with serious emotional disturbances, and their families. The key products and services to be delivered include:

1. Creation of a "Brief Enhanced Care Coordination" (BRECC) service to supplement other care coordination programs offered by the awardee, Connected Families NH.
2. Expansion of access to high-quality, "stand-alone" Intensive In-Home Supports (IIHS) services.
3. Assessment and sustainability planning, including administrative, outreach, capacity, and evaluation activities.

The grant will directly serve an estimated 82 children/youth per year and 326 over four years with BRECC and IIHS services. The awardee, County of Cheshire Administration, will collaborate with several sub-awardees, including the University of New Hampshire, to implement evidence-based, culturally competent, and family-driven mental health services and supports across the rural, 185,911-person catchment area in west-central and southwestern New Hampshire.