Project Grant H79SM091527

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. $500,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to implement Resilient Roots NC: Strengthening Systems, Supporting Families, a five-year initiative expanding infant and early childhood mental health services for children in or at risk of child welfare involvement.

CHSNC will train the early childhood workforce statewide, expand Child First dyadic treatment for children birth through five in seven counties, and add infant and early childhood mental health consultation with statewide access to improve early systems of care. Four new Child First teams will deliver direct clinical services to 290 unduplicated children in the Mecklenburg Region (Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, and Rowan Counties) and the Triangle Region (Durham, Wake, Orange, and Johnston Counties). Training and consultation serve the infant and early childhood workforce—mental health clinicians and other adults who care for infants and young children—across all 100 North Carolina counties. Direct clinical services target children birth through age five and their caregivers; training and consultation extend benefits to children birth through age twelve. CHSNC will deliver virtual live training statewide using Complex Trauma Training Consortium curricula and will develop original curricula for the child welfare-adjacent workforce and licensed clinicians. Children served experience or are at risk for social-emotional and behavioral difficulties ranging from early dysregulation to diagnosable serious emotional disturbance. Families receiving services demonstrate Medicaid eligibility and meet clinical criteria, indicating low-income households.

Place of performance is Greensboro, North Carolina. The period of performance extends through September 29, 2031.