The University of Missouri System received a $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. The MO-RESCUE training program aims to provide comprehensive EMS education and continuing education for rural EMS providers in Missouri, with a focus on training related to mental health and substance use care. Key objectives...
This $600,000 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 supports the Lincoln County Ambulance District (LCAD) in developing a comprehensive EMS training and education curriculum focused on providing care for people with active substance use disorders during pregnancy. The key objectives of the project include: Providing 90...
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 support a workforce development initiative in Illinois' EMS Region 5. The grant will fund two training programs over a 2-year period: In Year 1, a hybrid Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) training program for 25 students to address acute staffing shortages in...
This 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 program (CFDA 93.243), will fund the HERO-IIII: Helping Train EMS in the Rural Ozarks IIII program. The purpose of the $791,404 award over 2 years is to continue recruitment and training of rural residents in Southwest Missouri to become certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and...
This $600,000 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) aims to increase emergency medical services (EMS) capabilities for the rural population in Blue Springs, Missouri. The Inter City Fire Protection District (ICFPD) will use the funding to recruit, train, and retain additional advanced life support (ALS)...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $597,423 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to Heartland Education, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Crescent, Oklahoma. The purpose of this one-year project is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma to increase the number of prehospital personnel. The project will...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $528,363 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital (GVMH) in Clinton, Missouri. The funding will be used to enhance the capabilities of EMS personnel and first responders in GVMH's service area to respond to mental health crises and substance use disorder emergencies. Key activities...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Mainehealth d/b/a Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) to implement a rural emergency medical services (EMS) training project. The project aims to increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel in Franklin County, Maine. Key objectives include recruiting and...
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 program (CFDA 93.243), will fund a $799,276 initiative by the Clarinda Regional Health Center in southwest Iowa. The purpose of the project is to recruit and train approximately 860 emergency medical services (EMS) staff to provide improved care for residents experiencing mental...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Jersey Community Hospital (JCH) in Jerseyville, Illinois. The grant will fund the JCH EMS Training and Recruitment Program, which aims to provide high-quality emergency medical services (EMS) training to personnel in the JCH training center and the rural...
This federal Project Grant award of $800,000 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 supports the Washington County Ambulance District's EMS Training and Education Program in rural Missouri. The primary objectives of this two-year project are to: 1) Conduct courses that qualify up to 150 graduates to serve in EMS agencies; 2) Provide initial training on life-saving devices for a minimum of 1,000 first responders; 3) Implement an inventory and tracking system for life-saving devices; 4) Provide continuing education on life-saving skills and devices for a minimum of 500 first responders; and 5) Place 200 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in accessible locations across the three-county service area. The project aims to increase the capacity of Missouri EMS agencies to provide life-saving services through certification, training, and continuing education, with a focus on addressing substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health disorders.