This federal 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, supports the Washington County Ambulance District's EMS Training and Education Program in rural Missouri. The $600,000 award, with a project period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, aims to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS)...
This federal Project Grant of $400,000 was 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. The funding will be used by the Inter City Fire Protection District (ICFPD) in Blue Springs, Missouri to increase EMS capabilities and address substance abuse and mental health disparities in the rural district. Key services include: 1) Recruiting,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $400,000 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. The project, titled "Rural EMS Resilience and Response Initiative," aims to strengthen the capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide trauma-informed care and facilitate...
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) will fund an initiative to expand recruitment, training, and retention of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in Franklin County, Maine. The awardee, Mainehealth d/b/a Healthy Community Coalition, will partner with Northstar, the sole EMS provider in...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $398,244 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 project is to recruit and train rural emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide holistic, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care for patients with mental health and substance...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $352,242 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 District in Clinton, Missouri. The funding will be used to: A) Enhance the capabilities of the hospital's EMS personnel and other first responders to respond to mental health crises and substance use disorder emergencies through 24...
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 the Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, Illinois. The funding will support the Jersey Community Hospital EMS Training and Recruitment Program, which aims to provide high-quality emergency medical services (EMS) training to personnel in the hospital's training...
The Lincoln County Ambulance District (LCAD) in Missouri received a $400,000 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 purpose of this grant is to develop an EMS training and education curriculum focused on providing care for people with active substance use disorders during pregnancy, as well as training EMS personnel on...
The University of Missouri System has been awarded a $600,000 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, titled the "Missouri Rural Emergency Services Collaborative for Under-Served Education EMS Training Program (MO-RESCUE) 2024", aims to provide emergency medical services (EMS) education and continuing...
The federal Project Grant award of $331,356.00 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 fund a multi-faceted project by Memorial Health Care System, Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The project aims to significantly expand the capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to administer care for mental health and substance use...
This $399,880 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 aims to enhance the skills of EMS personnel in Franklin County, Missouri to better respond to mental health crises and substance use disorder emergencies.
The key components of the project include: 1) Providing continuing education courses and on-duty learning to 34 EMS personnel from the Union Ambulance District (UAD) to maintain their EMS licenses and certifications; 2) Training 34 EMS personnel from Franklin County on evidence-based practices related to mental health, substance use disorders, trauma-informed care, peer support, and medication for overdose; and 3) Assisting 10 EMTs to enroll in a paramedic course, 10 paramedics to complete a community paramedic course, and 10 paramedics to complete a critical care transport course. The project also includes developing procedures for warm handoff referrals to supportive services and obtaining naloxone and emergency medical equipment. The award period is September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026.