The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) to Cascade Community Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare organization in Centralia, Washington. The grant will fund a 4-year program from September 2024 to September 2028 to provide court-ordered outpatient treatment and comprehensive mental health services to adults with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant to Dallas Metrocare Services under the CFDA 93.997 Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program. This 4-year grant, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2028, will support the implementation of an AOT program to provide comprehensive mental health services to 225 adults with severe mental illness under civil court commitment in...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides $905,306 to Hays County, Texas to establish an Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program for adults with serious mental illness (SMI). The program, authorized under SAMHSA's CFDA 93.997 AOT Program, will serve 140 individuals over four years by partnering with the Hill Country MHDD organization to deliver individualized treatment plans including therapy, medication...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (CFDA 93.997) will enable Regional Health Clinic to develop an AOT program to serve individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or co-occurring disorders who are under outpatient civil commitment in Indiana.
The program will utilize the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $662,616 Project Grant under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) to the Adamhs Board of Erie County in Sandusky, Ohio. The purpose of this 4-year grant, with a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2028, is to implement a new AOT program in Erie County to address the pressing need for mental health services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) who...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) to Region 4 Mental Health, the Regional Behavioral Health Authority in Mississippi. The grant will be used to implement, evaluate, and sustain an evidence-based AOT program providing court-ordered intensive outpatient treatment and wraparound services for adults with...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (CFDA 93.997) to the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority, Inc. d/b/a Carastar Health. This 4-year grant, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2028, will fund the implementation of the Carastar Health Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program in Montgomery, Alabama. The program...
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $804,830 Project Grant to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to implement two community-based mental health programs in a rural Oregon county. The funding supports Outpatient Civil Commitment and Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) programs, which provide court-ordered outpatient treatment for adults with serious mental illness who are unwilling to engage in voluntary treatment. The programs aim to reduce...
The Montgomery County Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program is a $1,500,000 project grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the 93.997 Assisted Outpatient Treatment federal grant program. The program aims to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness, incarceration, and interactions with the criminal justice system while improving the health and social outcomes of individuals with severe mental illness in Montgomery County,...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997), aims to establish an AOT program to serve individuals with serious mental illness in Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties, Florida. The grant will fund three targeted case managers and three recovery support specialists to engage participants, reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, arrests, and homelessness, and...
The Hillcrest AOT Project is a $2,249,157 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997). The grant will support the implementation of an AOT program in Washington, DC to serve adults with severe mental illness, including those with co-occurring substance use disorders, who meet DC-specific criteria for AOT. Over the four-year grant period from September 2024 to September 2028, the project aims to: 1) Increase Hillcrest's capacity to serve civilly committed individuals through forensic mental health training and expanding the number served from 12-15 to 55 annually; and 2) Improve the whole health of civilly committed individuals by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits by an average of 5% annually and expanding the AOT steering committee with community partners. The Hillcrest Children and Family Center, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, will lead the project in collaboration with the Psychiatric Institute of Washington and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.