The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to the New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJ DHS) to implement the Collaborative Care Model (COCM) in two primary care and one pediatric care clinics located in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The project will serve 1,100 unduplicated individuals with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and co-occurring physical health or substance use disorders over...
This 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 program (CFDA 93.243) will provide $1,500,000 over 5 years to Care Plus NJ Inc. for the CAREPLUS NJ: TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS (TIEH) program. The TIEH program will deliver comprehensive case management and clinical services to individuals, including youth and families,...
The New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJ DHS) was awarded a $206,364,729 Project Grant 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 goals of the NJ State Opioid Response (NJ-SOR) project are to: 1) increase access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD); 2) support the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and...
The federal Project Grant award of $9,395,720.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) will fund the "Health in Action Project" at the Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center in Somerset County, New Jersey. The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare services for 1,000...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc. (BCCS), a non-profit organization in Wilmington, Delaware. The grant, titled the "BCCS Portable Clinical Care Project (PCCP)", will enable BCCS to provide comprehensive and integrated behavioral health,...
The Essex County Division of Community Health Services (DCHS) received a $799,993 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. The DCHS "County CARA Project" will focus on two key objectives: 1) Strengthening opioid overdose response and prevention efforts in Essex County by providing comprehensive training,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $749,996 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Children's Aid and Family Services Inc. (CAFS), a non-profit organization in Paramus, New Jersey. The grant will fund the establishment of the Bergen County Higher Education Addiction Prevention Consortium (BC HEAP) in collaboration with five postsecondary institutions...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a 2-year $3,671,770 Block Grant to the New Jersey Department of Human Services to carry out the state's plan for providing comprehensive community-based mental health services under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The funding will support an array of treatment, prevention, and recovery programs for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Saint James Health Inc., a non-profit community health center in Newark, New Jersey. This grant will fund an integrated care system to provide expanded screening, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health, substance use disorder, and opioid use disorder to underserved residents in the greater Newark...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the New Breed Creation Life Center, Inc., a woman-owned, non-profit organization in Jacksonville, Florida. The "Project Second Chance" grant will fund a five-year initiative focused on: 1) behavioral health outreach, treatment, and recovery-oriented services;...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,950,000 Project Grant to the North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI), a non-profit organization in Newark, New Jersey, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The funding will support the North Jersey Portable Clinical Care Pilot Project, which aims to provide comprehensive healthcare services to underserved and historically under-resourced populations experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the Newark metropolitan area. Key services include delivering basic primary care, substance use disorder treatment, infectious disease screening and prevention, harm reduction education and supplies, mental health screening and referral, and care coordination to address social determinants of health. NJCRI plans to reach an average of 1,092 unduplicated individuals annually over the 3-year project period. Additionally, NJCRI will sub-award $120,000 to the New Castle County Government in Delaware to provide services in accordance with the State Opioid Response (SOR) program.