Project Grant H79SM090959

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $798,271 to Upstate Cerebral Palsy, Inc. (doing business as Upstate Caring Partners) on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532).

Upstate Caring Partners will implement the Zero Suicide Framework across its integrated crisis continuum in New York's Mohawk Valley, encompassing its certified community behavioral health clinic, mobile crisis assessment team, supportive crisis stabilization center, and forensic assertive community treatment program. The initiative will screen approximately 3,000 adults annually using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and deliver evidence-based suicide-specific interventions including Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality, cognitive therapy for suicide prevention, and Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program. The project targets adults at risk for suicide, particularly rural and justice-involved individuals. Work includes strengthening workforce training, standardizing care transitions, implementing rapid follow-up protocols, and establishing data-driven quality improvement processes. Expected outcomes are improved suicide risk identification, stronger continuity of care, and reduced suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide deaths.

Performance takes place in Utica, New York. The award period runs from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2031.