Project plus (prevention, lowering stigma, increasing understanding, and support)
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- H79SM089854
- Recipient
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Johnson & Wales University UEI PD97FDSY5TH6
- Awarding agency
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SAMHSA Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
- Obligated
- $306,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance
- Completion date 69% complete
- Funding agency
- SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
- Place of performance
- Rhode Island, USA
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Description
- Abstract
- Johnson & wales university (JWU) proposes to build its capacity to prevent suicide on campus. Activities will include creating an advisory council; increasing case management support; conducting acha-ncha campus assessment, mental health first aid (mhfa) and question, persuade, refer (QPR) training; expanding community partnerships education and intervention; and enhanced screening. Project name: project plus (prevention, lowering stigma, increasing understanding, and support) population to be served: JWU's fall 2023 enrollment was 4,380 students: 63% females, 37% males, 59% white, 14% hispanic/latino, 11% black/african american, 4% asian, ~2% two or more races, 0.5% american indian or alaska native, and 5% unknown. Ten percent were student-athletes and 24% were first-generation college students (fgcs). Approximately 96% of all on-campus students receive financial aid (2023-24), and pell grants were awarded to 30% of undergraduate students. In the past five years, JWU lost a student to suicide and one student died due to substance overdose; 124 students went to the emergency room because of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, or substance use (SU) crises, with 76 of those students admitted for in-patient treatment. From 2018 to 2023, ER visits related to substance overdose and/or suicide attempts have gone up 36% and inpatient hospitalizations have doubled. Project plus will address behavioral health disparities for lgbtqia+ students, students of color, low-income, and fgcs, while also improving mental health for all students. Strategies/interventions: 1) create advisory council of campus and community partners with cross-cutting expertise in mental and substance use disorders; 2) hire additional staff to provide case management and maximize outreach, education, and referrals; 3) conduct acha-ncha; 4) formalize community partnerships to secure warm referrals for longer-term treatment and build continuity of care; 5) increase the number of students, faculty, and staff trained in mhfa and QPR; 6) enhance voluntary substance use screening; and 7) increase student-led efforts to reduce stigma and negative attitudes about mental and substance use disorders. Project goals: 1) strengthen JWU's ability to prevent and reduce behavioral health crises, suicide, and substance use among student population and improve available services; 2) improve campus-wide knowledge about suicide prevention and the ability to respond to substance use and mental health disorders; and 3) reduce stigma and promote help-seeking behavior by engaging in combating negative attitudes towards mental and substance use disorders. Measurable objectives: provide JWU students with case management support by hiring a project plus coordinator; conduct acha-ncha assessment; create at least three mous/statements of understanding to secure "warm" referrals for long-term treatment and continuity of care; purchase bettermynd to increase telehealth access for the targeted student populations; collaborate to implement mental health first aid (mhfa) and expand question, persuade, refer (QPR) training; enhance voluntary screening efforts; hold at least 9 student-led organization trainings to reduce stigma and negative attitudes about MH and SUD; increase targeted outreach frequency and increase social media mental health posts by 50%; offer at least 2 new workshops each semester in partnership with residential life and the office of student affairs to reach at least 80% of new students each academic year. Number of people to be served annually and throughout the lifetime of the project: project plus will train 100 students, faculty, and staff in mhfa or QPR each year, for a total of 300 students, faculty, and staff who will be trained. All students (4,000+) will receive educational materials on mental health, and 2,000 students will be reached in the target population.
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Who received award H79SM089854?
H79SM089854 was awarded to Johnson & Wales University by SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) on September 30, 2024.
How much is award H79SM089854 worth?
$306,000 has been obligated on H79SM089854.
Which agency awarded H79SM089854?
SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) awarded H79SM089854, with funding from SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).
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