Project Grant H79SM089852

This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program (CFDA 93.997) provides $1,500,000 to SMA Healthcare, Inc. to establish an AOT program for individuals with serious mental illness in Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties, Florida. The program aims to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, arrests, and homelessness by engaging 220 participants over the 4-year grant period and providing them with intensive case management, recovery support services, and access to outpatient psychiatric treatment. The grant will fund 3 targeted case managers and 3 recovery support specialists to implement the evidence-based AOT model and coordinate services across local stakeholders, including Baker Act judges, treatment providers, and community members. Key goals include establishing the AOT process, identifying and engaging participants, and increasing treatment retention and completion rates.