Project Grant H79SM091350

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $600,000 to International Rescue Committee, Inc. on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532).

Over five years, the Center for Adjustment, Resilience & Recovery (CARRE) will deliver 100 trainings to 5,000 providers; conduct 120 technical assistance engagements; and produce 20 quarterly resource products. CARRE will adapt two evidence-based treatments—Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) and Strength After Stress for Children Separated from Parents (SPARCS-ST)—for crisis-, conflict-, and disaster-affected populations; implement pilots at a minimum of four sites reaching at least 130 families; and evaluate outcomes with rigorous fidelity monitoring. The recipient will conduct five annual needs assessments, engage six lived-experience content validators, establish a 12-member advisory committee, and build 25 or more partnerships across the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Centers, community-based organizations, and SAMHSA-funded technical assistance centers.

The program addresses treatment gaps for children and families exposed to crisis, conflict, and disaster, who face compounding traumatic exposures; existing treatment systems are poorly equipped to serve this population, and evidence-based treatments have not been systematically adapted for these populations. CARRE will employ a peer delivery model to reduce cost and provider-degree barriers in under-resourced communities.

Performance will occur in New York, New York through September 29, 2031.