The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $37,611,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Puerto Rico Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (MHAASA). This 3-year grant aims to implement a comprehensive strategy addressing opioid use through evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery initiatives in Puerto Rico....
The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP) was awarded a $101,382 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. This 3-year grant, commencing on September 30, 2024, aims to enhance suicide prevention and mental health services for UPRRP's diverse student population of approximately 11,500 graduate and undergraduate...
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 University of California, Riverside School of Medicine (UCR SOM). Through this 3-year award, UCR SOM is implementing the Promoting Access to Treatment and Health Equity (PATH) for Substance Use Care curriculum to train 720 medical students, trainees, and faculty on...
This $300,000 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 supports Bay Path University's "Part of the Solution" initiative. The initiative aims to develop a comprehensive didactic and clinical curriculum in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment that will engage 210 physician assistant (PA) students over 3 years....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Hospital General De Castaner Inc. in Castaner, Puerto Rico. This 2-year award, effective September 1, 2024, will enable the hospital to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including implementing a Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) program. The funding will support the...
This 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, aims to provide substance use education and training to physician assistant, clinical psychology, and clinical mental health counseling students at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The...
This $1,000,000 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 Intercambios Puerto Rico, Inc., a non-profit organization, in providing comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health treatment and recovery services for individuals experiencing homelessness in the Puerto...
This $599,740 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 (CFDA 93.243) program will allow Northern Arizona University (NAU) to implement a comprehensive education and training program to increase the capacity and confidence of PA students and interdisciplinary learners in Arizona to deliver evidence-based care for individuals with...
The Project Grant award of $300,000.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the TEACH-SUD curriculum development at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The TEACH-SUD program aims to train over 1,500 medical students, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists over 3 years to provide compassionate, evidence-based,...
This federal Block Grant award, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program (CFDA 93.959), will deliver $6,024,624.00 in funding to the Administracion De Servicios De Salud Mental Y Contra La Adiccion (ASSMCA) in Puerto Rico over a 2-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The grant supports a comprehensive range of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and...