This 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 (CFDA 93.243) program, provides $280,000 to Westcare Georgia, Inc. to deliver a comprehensive set of substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and HIV/viral hepatitis prevention services in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The key products and services include: providing substance use prevention...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) aims to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults in Oakland, California. The key goals are to: Hire and support additional licensed clinical social workers at the primary care site and school-based health centers to provide integrated mental health services within the medical home...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program provides $1,200,000 in funding to Bay Area Community Health (BACH) to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in Santa Clara County, California. The key objectives of the project are to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services by 20%, SUD services by 30%, and medication-assisted treatment...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Erise Williams and Associates, Inc. to implement the "STL MADE: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at Risk for HIV/AIDS" project. The project aims to increase engagement in care for Black/African American individuals 18...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The grant, titled "Project HOPE," aims to implement substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health treatment and...
This 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) provides $400,000 in funding to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The project, titled "Project RENEW," aims to expand trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery, and reentry services for 18-35...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $140,000.00 and 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, will enable the Ali Forney Center (AFC) in New York City to expand its integrated services and supports for unhoused LGBTQ+ BIPOC youth aged 18-24 with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Bay State Community Services, Inc. in Quincy, MA. The "IMPACT Quincy" project aims to reduce onset and progression of alcohol misuse and related problems among youth aged 12-20 who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), immigrant, and/or...
This $422,708,836 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) will support the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) in expanding evidence-based treatment for opioid and stimulant use disorders across the state. The key objectives include: 1) expanding access to medication-assisted treatment, 2) addressing...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Center for HIV/AIDS (a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940) provides $1,800,000 in funding to the County of Sacramento Division of Public Health to expand access to HIV/STI prevention, testing, and care services for priority populations in Sacramento County, particularly young gay and bisexual men of color. Key activities to be delivered...
THE BASS PROJECT, PROVIDING INTEGRATED SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND HIV, STI AND HEPATITIS TESTING, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION SERVICES TO MSM, AND TRANS- AND CIS-GENDER WOMEN OF COLOR. - THE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA-BASED CALIFORNIA PROSTITUTES EDUCATION PROJECT (CAL-PEP) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT BAY AREA SAFE SPACE (BASS), A PROGRAM OF INTEGRATED SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND HIV, STI AND HEPATITIS TESTING, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION SERVICES THAT IS DIRECTED TOWARD SOME OF THE HIGHEST RISK AND MOST HIGHLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. BASS WILL BE A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, HIGH-IMPACT, NON-TRADITIONAL, PEER-CENTERED PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARD HIGH-RISK MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) OF COLOR, TRANS-GENDER WOMEN OF COLOR, AND CIS-GENDER WOMEN OF COLOR LIVING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS, AND THE HOMELESS (POPULATIONS THAT CAL-PEP ALREADY PREFERENTIALLY SERVES). THE PROGRAM WILL BRING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THE NUMBER OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS IN OUR REGION WHILE REDUCING SUBSTANCE USE AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL- BEING AMONG A GROUP OF EXTREMELY DISADVANTAGED, UNDERSERVED, AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. THE PROGRAM WILL BUILD UPON OUR EXISTING SAFE SPACES FOR MSM OF COLOR AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE HARD-HIT CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. ALAMEDA COUNTY IS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT LOCALITIES IDENTIFIED IN APPENDIX M OF THETI-22-004 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT. BASS WILL PROVIDE INTEGRATED, PEER-BASED OUTREACH THAT REACHES AT LEAST 900 HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS IN OUR REGION. AT LEAST 420 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF INTEGRATED, SAMHSA-FUNDED SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND HIV PREVENTION SERVICES - INCLUDING ACCESS TO PREP MEDICATIONS - THAT INCORPORATE COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER-BASED SUPPORT, AND OTHER SERVICES. THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TO 1) REDUCE HIV INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION RATES AMONG THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS; 2) REDUCE ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG USE, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AMONG THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS; 3) INCREASE THE ACCESS OF THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS TO APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDER TREATMENT; 5) INCREASE THE ACCESS OF THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS TO HIV/VIRAL HEPATITIS TESTING AND OTHER SERVICES; AND 6) EDUCATE AND ASSIST THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY IMPLEMENTING THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS: SEEKING SAFETY, PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING. THESE EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS WILL BE AUGMENTED BY STATE AND COUNTY SANCTIONED HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS AND STI TESTING/SCREENING PERFORMED BY CAL-PEP. THE EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS ALSO WILL BE AUGMENTED BY ROUTINE SCREENING FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.