Project Grant H79SM091380

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Survivors of Torture, International $750,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532).

Survivors of Torture, International will implement the San Diego Community Resilience Collaborative (SDCRC), a five-year countywide initiative to strengthen behavioral health and community safety by building cross-sector partnerships, expanding access to trauma-informed behavioral health services, and increasing community capacity to prevent and respond to behavioral health impacts of crime, violence, community disorder, and traumatic events. The project will serve communities throughout San Diego County with particular emphasis on East, Central, and South San Diego County, where crime, violence, poverty, and behavioral health disparities are most concentrated. The population of focus includes youth, adults, older adults, and families affected by crime, violence, community disorder, traumatic events, and forced displacement, with particular emphasis on refugees, asylum seekers, asylees, special immigrant visa holders, humanitarian parolees, victims of violent crime, and other historically underserved populations. Capacity-building efforts will address fragmented referral systems, limited cross-sector coordination, workforce shortages, behavioral health stigma, and barriers to accessing culturally and linguistically responsive care.

The period of performance runs through September 29, 2031, with place of performance in San Diego, California.