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, will fund the Margaretville Hospital EMS Training Program. The $720,000 award, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2026, will enable Margaretville Hospital to partner with the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services and SUNY...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $359,736 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Donald Guthrie Foundation. This 2-year grant program will provide comprehensive training for 120 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Steuben and Chemung counties of rural New York. Key objectives include training EMS staff in naloxone and buprenorphine...
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 in Franklin County, Maine. The project aims to increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel, and provide trauma-informed,...
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 F-M Ambulance Service Inc. (F-M Ambulance) in Fargo, North Dakota. The 2-year grant project, spanning September 2024 to September 2026, aims to recruit, train, and maintain emergency medical service (EMS) personnel across rural and frontier areas in North Dakota, South...
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 aims to increase the capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel serving the rural areas of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties in New York to provide appropriate and effective emergency care...
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 Southern Illinois Hospital Services, doing business as Southern Illinois Healthcare Enterprises. The grant will fund a 2-year program to address the severe shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in the 20 rural counties of Illinois EMS Region 5. In the first...
The federal Project Grant award of $799,440 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 (CFDA 93.243) program. The purpose of the award is to increase the number of paramedics, enhance training for opioid overdoses, and increase proficiency in substance use disorders training for the local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) force. Specific activities...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under CFDA 93.243, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District (UPRFPD) in Colorado. The grant supports training and certification for approximately 50 EMS providers annually across EMT, paramedic, and community paramedic levels within UPRFPD's rural service area. The training focuses on EMS skills,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance) to Brooks Ambulance Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer ambulance service in rural Waldo County, Maine. The grant will fund the training of 20 new Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), 6 Advanced EMTs (AEMTs), and 2 Paramedics over a two-year period. This training program aims to...
This 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 will continue training emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, and Orangeburg counties in South Carolina on substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health conditions. The funding will expand the EMS system to provide...