Project Grant H79TI082917

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the provision of a range of mental health and substance abuse recovery services by the Portage Recovery Center, Inc. d/b/a The Harbor Recovery Center in Portage, WI. Key services include: Family peer support, individual certified peer support, and referrals to treatment for individuals seeking recovery from addiction...

The Addiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire (ARCNH) received a $308,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). The award will fund the ARCNH's Recovery Support Expansion program, which aims to meet the critical need for enhanced recovery support services in New Hampshire, ultimately reducing overdose deaths, promoting sustained recovery, and improving overall community...

This $499,442 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) will fund the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's "Advancing Peer Education, Employment, and Recovery Services (A-PEERS)" program over the next four years. The program aims to improve access to behavioral health services by strengthening the peer support workforce in Wisconsin. Key...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $640,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to Strength In Peers Inc., a peer-run recovery community organization in northwestern Virginia. The grant will fund a 6-month internship program that trains up to 16 Certified Peer Recovery Specialists (CPRS) per year to serve in high-need and high-demand behavioral health settings, particularly in underserved rural...

The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO) received a $348,871 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant supports MHAAO's "PEER (Peer Education & Experience Roadmap) Level 1 Pre-Service Program", which aims to strengthen its existing comprehensive peer support specialist...

The Center for the Advancement of Rural Living received a $345,007.78 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The award will support efforts from May 31, 2021 through November 15, 2021 to expand and enhance substance use disorder recovery services in remote Aroostook County, Maine. Major partners, including Cary Medical...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards), will provide $932,000 to Travis County, Texas to implement a peer support services program for opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery. The funding will support a contract with a local community benefit organization to place three peer recovery coaches in a hospital emergency department, as well as employ two additional peer recovery coaches within the county's civil family...

This federal Project Grant award of $366,185 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) will fund IBH Addiction Recovery's "Integrated Pathways to Recovery" initiative in Northeast Ohio. This initiative aims to expand access to treatment, recovery housing, and recovery support services for adults aged 18 and older with substance...

The Appomattox Recovery Initiative is a $375,000 project grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will enable Horizon Behavioral Health, a local government-owned entity in Lynchburg, Virginia, to expand access to evidence-based, trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring disorder (COD) services for...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,153,800.00 was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The funding will support the implementation and rigorous evaluation of a Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) program at three high-throughput jails in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The project will adapt an established Substance Use Disorder (SUD) virtual peer recovery (telehealth) model,...