Creating a community of care
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- H79SM089938
- Recipient
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Franklin College Of Indiana UEI TYRLL59DUVY9
- 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
- $581,136
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
- Franklin, IN, USA
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Description
- Abstract
- Franklin college, challenged by the volume and severity of mental health needs from its students, and specifically first-generation students, lgbtqi+ students, and students of color, will implement the creating a community of care (C3) project to pursue a comprehensive public health approach, utilize evidence-based practices, and address serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and suicide ideation. Population served. Franklin college students, faculty, and staff will be served by this project. Of franklin's 959 students, 24% are first-generation, 9% are students of color, and 4% identify as lgbtqi+. For students accessing on-campus counseling, anxiety (81%), depression (65%), suicidal thoughts (15%), and substance use (6%) were reasons to seek care. A substantial number of students (N=58) reported a past suicide attempt. Strategies/interventions. Create a network infrastructure; develop a plan to seek input from relevant community stakeholders to implement the program; administer voluntary mental health and substance use disorder screenings and assessments and provide information and referral services, as appropriate; train students, faculty, and staff to identify, respond effectively, and make appropriate referrals; promote 24/7 crisis services through local services and 988; provide outreach services about mental health and substance use disorder resources and services, including recovery services; disseminate informational materials to students, families, faculty, and staff to increase awareness about suicide, suicide prevention, mental health promotion, substance misuse prevention, and mental and substance use disorders, and promote resiliency; develop and implement educational seminars for students to enhance life skills and resilience, and promote social connectedness in alignment with campus initiatives; implement strategies to reduce access to lethal means among students with identified suicide risk; and conduct an assessment of the mental health and substance use disorder needs of students. Project goals and objectives. Goal 1. To enhance behavioral health services and campus responses for all franklin students. Objective 1.1. Integrate telehealth care within the franklin college counseling center. Objective 1.2. Build a new behavioral health intervention team that will (1) seek input from community stakeholders, (2) review and strengthen case identification and review, as well as postvention response, and (3) increase community mental health provider referral lists. Goal 2. To increase franklin's ability to respond effectively and prevent and reduce suicide. Objective 2.1. Assess students through appropriate diagnostic screens and a health behavior survey. Objective 2.2. Reduce access to lethal means and implement population-specific strategies to increase access to helplines. Objective 2.3. Train on identification, effective response, and appropriate referrals for students experiencing serious mental illness and substance use disorder, distress, or crisis, or who are at risk of suicide through QPR and mental health first aid trainings. Goal 3. To bolster targeted and effective education and outreach efforts to prevent and reduce serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and suicide risk; reduce stigma; and increase help-seeking behaviors in students. Objective 3.1. Implement outreach events and educational seminars within first-generation students, lgbtqi+ students, and students of color spaces. Objective 3.2. Disseminate informational materials to students, families, faculty, and staff to increase awareness about suicidality and prevention, mental health promotion, substance misuse prevention, serious mental illness, and substance use disorders, and promote resiliency. Objective 3.3. Administer volunteer screenings while supplementing screenings with information on low-barrier services. Number of people to be served. Year 1: 800; year 2: 850; year 3: 850; lifetime of the project: 1,370.
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Quick answers
Who received award H79SM089938?
H79SM089938 was awarded to Franklin College Of Indiana by SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) on September 30, 2024.
How much is award H79SM089938 worth?
$581,136 has been obligated on H79SM089938.
Which agency awarded H79SM089938?
SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) awarded H79SM089938, with funding from SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).
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