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 $775,812 to United Ambulance in Maine. The funding supports the Rural EMS Mental Health and Substance Use Capacity Initiative, a comprehensive approach to increase Maine's EMS workforce, build the capacity of EMS professionals to address mental health and substance...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The funding supports the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District in Colorado in offering high-quality training for approximately 50 EMS providers annually over the 2-year award period. The training covers EMS skills, motivational interviewing,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $938,360 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the City of Jamestown and Jamestown Community College. The project, titled "Rural EMS Recruitment and Training," aims to increase the capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel serving the rural areas of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties in New...
This $142,497 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 emergency medical services (EMS) training for rural communities in St. Johns County, Florida. The funding will enable St. Johns County Fire Rescue to train and certify 15 existing employees as Florida state paramedics over the 2-year project period ending...
This $597,366 Project Grant award, funded 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, aims to recruit and train rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Hampshire County, West Virginia to provide evidence-based, trauma-informed care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. The key objectives of the project are...
This $800,000 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 will continue supporting rural emergency services training and community health initiatives. The key products and services to be delivered include: Training emergency medical services (EMS) personnel on substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health...
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $599,820 Project Grant to the Union Ambulance District (UAD) in Franklin County, Missouri. The purpose of this 2-year award, which commenced on September 30, 2024, is to recruit, train, and provide continuing education to emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the rural county. The key objectives of the program are to: 1) provide continuing education units to 34 EMS personnel to maintain their licenses...
The Northern Oxford Regional Ambulance Service (Med-Care Ambulance) was awarded a $800,000 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The grant will fund a multi-faceted initiative to improve emergency care and outcomes for patients experiencing mental health emergencies and substance use disorder related emergencies in 11 rural...
The federal 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 $597,423 to Heartland Education, Inc. to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma. The goal is to increase the number of prehospital EMS personnel and provide training on mental health issues and opioid overdose...
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 Horizon Health Foundation of East Central Illinois, Inc. (doing business as Paris Community Hospital Foundation) to strengthen the capacity of rural emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide trauma-informed care and facilitate connections to treatment and...
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) grant award, totaling $800,000.00, was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to Mainehealth to implement a rural emergency medical services (EMS) training project in Franklin County, Maine. The project aims to: 1) Increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel by implementing recruitment and training programs, and 2) Provide EMS personnel with trauma-informed, recovery-based training to improve their ability to understand and provide safe, stigma-free treatment for mental health and substance use disorders in emergency situations. Key objectives include recruiting and orienting 30 new EMS personnel, providing career exploration/recruitment information to 1,000 individuals, offering training to 20 local fire and law enforcement officers, and training 100 EMS personnel on mental health, substance use, and harm reduction. The project will serve a population of 40,000 in the rural Franklin County region, which faces significant socioeconomic challenges.