The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to Tripp County, South Dakota to strengthen the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce in rural central and western South Dakota. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year grant include: Training 294 new Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) from rural communities to address a critical EMT shortage in the region. Providing continuing education units...
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 $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 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 $515,932 Project Grant under CFDA 93.243, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, to the County of Sandoval, New Mexico. The project, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, aims to build the capacity of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians in Sandoval County to provide culturally-relevant, trauma-informed, and recovery-based care for substance...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $142,497 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Saint Johns County, Florida. The grant funding will enable St. Johns County Fire Rescue (SJCFR) to train and certify 15 existing employees as Florida State Paramedics over a 2-year period. The paramedic training will focus on advanced medical interventions, including...
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 (CFDA 93.243) program to Heartland Education, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Crescent, Oklahoma. The purpose of the "R.E.A.C.T. (Rural EMS Access to Critical Training) Project 24-25" is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma, with...
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...
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...
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 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 Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho. The project will train and certify 40 emergency medical technicians (EMTs), 4 paramedics, and up to 4 community paramedics, with a focus on addressing substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health conditions, and trauma-informed, recovery-based care. The grant will also provide ongoing training and certification for existing EMS providers to maintain their licenses and enhance their ability to respond to mental health and substance abuse emergencies in rural communities.