This $799,440 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 will support an EMS Training and Support Project in South Carolina. The key objectives are to: Increase the number of paramedics by developing an on-site certification program to serve the local and rural region. Enhance training for paramedics on opioid overdose...
This $600,000 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 strengthen the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce in rural central and western South Dakota. The funding will be used to train 294 new emergency medical technicians (EMTs) from rural communities to address critical EMT shortages in the region....
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...
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 Upper Pine River Fire Protection District in Bayfield, Colorado. The funding will support training and certification for approximately 50 EMS providers in the district's rural service area over the 2-year project period from September 30, 2024 to September 29,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to F-M Ambulance Service Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota to enhance emergency medical services (EMS) in rural and frontier regions. The grant will be used to recruit, train, and maintain EMS personnel, including 40 emergency medical technicians (EMTs), 4 paramedics, and up to 4 community paramedics, with a focus on addressing substance use disorders, mental health conditions, and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, awarded a $735,912 Project Grant to the Bear Valley Community Healthcare District. The grant will fund the Big Bear Valley Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training Program, which aims to: 1) Train EMS personnel in addressing substance use disorders (SUD)...
This federal Project Grant award of $775,812 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 Rural EMS Mental Health and Substance Use Capacity Initiative in Maine. The initiative aims to: Recruit and train approximately 150 EMS students per year, with an expected 162 newly licensed EMS professionals over the 2-year project period,...
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 program (CFDA 93.243) to the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia. The purpose of this 2-year grant 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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc. under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant funding will support the Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps' Rural Training Project, which aims to offer comprehensive emergency medical services (EMS)...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.243 "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance" provides $425,788 to the County of Rowan, North Carolina to enhance the capabilities of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel through specialized training on substance use and mental health response. The project aims to equip first responders with the knowledge,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, awarded a $800,000 project grant to the Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative to continue providing emergency medical services (EMS) training and support in Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, and Orangeburg counties in South Carolina.
The funding will enable the organization to train 48 new EMTs over two years, provide ongoing training to maintain licenses and certifications for credentialed EMTs and paramedics, and expand the EMS system to deliver trauma-informed and recovery-based community paramedicine care. Additionally, the grant supports mental health training for EMS personnel, community education on naloxone use and other emergency techniques, and the establishment of first responder-specific mental health and substance use disorder treatment transition services. These activities aim to develop a sustainable, integrated health and emergency response system to address the behavioral health needs of the approximately 125,000 residents in the target catchment area.