The Hawaii Department of Health was awarded a $5.6 million Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982). The grant funding will support the provision of supplemental emergency mental health counseling services to individuals in Hawaii affected by major disasters from January 11, 2021 through January 8, 2022. As the direct recipient of the SAMHSA award, the...
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) was awarded a $14,998,910 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program. The grant, titled "Workforce Activities in Action (WA'A): Building Capacity for CAMHD's Youth through Equity," aims to enhance the mental health system of care for youth with serious emotional...
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 program (CFDA 93.243) to Hawaii Families AS Allies (HFAA), a non-profit organization serving families in Hawaii. The "Hawaii Family Peer Support" project will implement statewide technical assistance and customized support to increase family involvement in Hawaii's system of care for...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $796,532 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Clark County Fire District No. 3 Fireman's Association. The two-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund an EMS Training Enhancement Program to improve the district's EMS training capabilities through technological infrastructure development, advanced...
This federal Project Grant award, provided 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, is funding a $775,812 initiative led by United Ambulance in Maine. The initiative aims to 1) recruit and train approximately 295 EMS students, with 162 expected to obtain licensure and 75 entering the Maine EMS workforce, 2) improve the mental health...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium, Inc. The grant, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2026, aims to enhance emergency medical services (EMS) training and certification in the City and Borough of Yakutat, Alaska. The project will train and...
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grant program (CFDA 93.696). The purpose of this 1-year award, with a project period from December 31, 2024 to December 30, 2025, is to transform Hawaii's community behavioral health system by expanding access to comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated mental health 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 (CFDA 93.243) program provides $800,000 to Mainehealth d/b/a Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) to implement a rural emergency medical services (EMS) training project in Franklin County, Maine. The project aims to increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel by providing career...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $597,366 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to recruit and train rural EMS personnel to provide holistic, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care for mental health and substance use disorder patients. Key objectives...
This federal Block Grant award of $570,238.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) supports the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) in providing comprehensive community-based mental health services. The funding will enable HDOH, through its Children With Special Health Needs - Newborn Screening (NBS) Division, to deliver a wide range of behavioral health interventions for...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $540,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The purpose of the "Malama First Responders" project is to support emergency medical services (EMS) personnel serving rural Hawaii through expanded trainings, wellness programs, peer-to-peer networks, and a statewide critical incident stress management network. Key activities include enhancing existing EMS trainings with a focus on behavioral health, providing virtual meeting spaces for peer support and debriefing, and establishing a statewide support network to improve mental wellness and resiliency for EMS personnel across Hawaii. The project is designed to address the heightened risk of depression, PTSD, substance use, and suicide faced by first responders, particularly those in rural communities. The Hawaii Department of Health's Children With Special Health Needs - Newborn Screening Division will serve as the primary awardee and implement the project statewide from September 2024 through September 2026.