The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $487,461 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Native Health, a minority-owned non-profit healthcare organization in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant will fund a 5-year pilot project to implement an integrated health and outreach program for HIV, substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, and treatment targeting...
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., a non-profit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant, titled "STL MADE: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at Risk for HIV/AIDS," will fund a comprehensive program to...
The Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans (CADA) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant 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. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will support CADA's "New Directions" project to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed behavioral health services to 250 homeless...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,497,006.00 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 provide community-based substance use treatment and HIV prevention services for African American and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in Rhode Island. The grant aims to increase access to and engagement in culturally congruent,...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), supports a cluster randomized trial of the "ACCESS" implementation strategy to improve HIV/HCV testing in syringe services programs (SSPs). The 5-year, $2,707,828 grant aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the ACCESS strategy, which provides funding and peer external facilitation to SSPs, in increasing participant-level uptake of HIV/HCV testing compared to an information-only control condition. The study...
This $451,962 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) aims to address racial disparities in opioid overdose deaths among Black and Latinx people who use opioids (PWUO). The project will: Adapt an evidence-supported Cultural and Structural Humility (CSH) training to an interactive video format for peer recovery coaches (PRCs) to enhance their telephone-based care coordination services for PWUO. Refine an...
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 the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The purpose of this 5-year project, titled "Project HOPE," is to implement substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health treatment and recovery support services for...
This Project Grant award of $1,288,466 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a randomized trial to test the effectiveness and implementation of a peer-delivered behavioral activation and problem-solving intervention called "Peer Activate-LAI" for improving adherence to long-acting injectable (LAI) PrEP/ART formulations among a predominantly Black, substance-using population living with or at high...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award, provided under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), will support Aids Alabama Inc.'s "Living in Balance" initiative. The project aims to implement an integrated care model that includes psychiatric services, substance use treatment, HIV/STI prevention and treatment, PrEP...
This $559,990 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 program (CFDA 93.243) will enable the Ali Forney Center (AFC) to expand integrated substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, mental health services, and HIV/viral hepatitis prevention and treatment for unhoused LGBTQ+ BIPOC youth ages 18-24 in New York City. The 5-year grant will fund...
PROJECT UPLIFT - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY. THE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE (D.B.A. CADA PREVENTION AND RECOVERY CENTER), A LICENSED SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER WITH 62 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A 16-YEAR PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SERVING RACIAL AND ETHNIC POPULATIONS AT GREAT RISK FOR HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS, WILL IMPLEMENT PROJECT UPLIFT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN CARE FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC UNDERREPRESENTED ADULTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD) WHO ARE AT RISK FOR, OR ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND RECEIVE HIV/AIDS SERVICES, TREATMENT AND RESIDE IN ORLEANS PARISH. PROJECT NAME: PROJECT UPLIFT. POPULATION: AGES 18+ IN NEED OF SUD AND/OR COD OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; 100% TRAUMA-INVOLVED; 40% COD; 20% HIV+; 3% VIRAL HEPATITIS+; 85% AFRICAN AMERICAN; 10% MULTIRACIAL; 5% HISPANIC/LATINX; 85% MALE (YMSM AND MSM); 6% TRANSGENDER; 6% BISEXUAL. STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT, TRAUMA-INFORMED SUD/COD OUTPATIENT TREATMENT (IN-PERSON AND TELEHEALTH VIDEOCONFERENCING) COUPLED WITH STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE COORDINATION, HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS TESTING, DIAGNOSIS AND LINKAGE TO HIV/AIDS CASE MANAGEMENT, HIV MEDICAL CARE AND ART, PREP; PRIMARY CARE; AND WRAPAROUND CULTURALLY AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT AND LINKAGES TO HOUSING, EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT. EBPS: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI); STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT (SBCM); HIV NAVIGATION SERVICES (FOR HIV+); LIVING IN THE FACE OF TRAUMA (LIFT FOR HIV+); SEEKING SAFETY (HIGH-RISK NEGATIVES); AFFIRMATIVE THERAPY (TRANSGENDER); MATRIX MODEL; LIVING IN BALANCE; PEER-LED MANY MEN MANY VOICES (3MV) AND WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN (WRAP). GOALS: 1) PREVENT NEW HIV INFECTIONS AND INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN CARE; 2) IMPROVE HIV-RELATED HEALTH OUTCOMES OF RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES LIVING WITH HIV; 3) REDUCE HIV-RELATED DISPARITIES AND HEALTH INEQUITIES; 4) IMPROVE ABSTINENCE; 5) ENSURE INDIVIDUALIZED TRAUMA-INFORMED RECOVERY-ORIENTED WRAPAROUND CARE; 6) IMPROVE CARE COORDINATION AND TREATMENT RETENTION; AND 7) ACHIEVE INTEGRATED, COORDINATED EFFORTS THAT ADDRESS THE HIV EPIDEMIC. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: 1) 100% OF CLIENTS SCREENED FOR SUD/COD, HIV, AND VIRAL HEPATITIS AT INTAKE AND 100% OF DRUG-USING AND/OR SEXUAL PARTNERS WILL BE LINKED TO HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS TESTING; 2) 100% OF CLIENTS TESTING HIV NEGATIVE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY LINKED TO PREP AND HIV RISK REDUCTION EDUCATION; 3) 100% OF CLIENTS TESTING HIV + WILL BE IMMEDIATELY LINKED TO HIV/AIDS TREATMENT; 4) 100% OF CLIENTS WILL BE SCREENED FOR VIRAL HEPATITIS AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY LINKED TO HEPATITIS (B AND C) VACCINATION; 5) 80% WILL IMPROVE ABSTINENCE; 6) 80% WILL IMPROVE HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES 7) 80% OF CLIENTS WILL IMPROVE SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AND RETENTION; 8) 80% OF CLIENTS WILL IMPROVE EDUCATION AND/OR EMPLOYMENT STATUS; 9) 80% WILL REDUCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT; 10) 80% OF CLIENTS REPORTING HOUSING NEEDS WILL IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY; 11) 80% WILL BE RETAINED IN CARE; AND 12) 100% TIMELY BIANNUAL REPORTING. # TO BE SERVED: 50 (YEAR(S) 1-5), TOTALING 250 WITHIN FIVE YEARS.