The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation (CS-HHC) in New Haven, CT. The 2-year grant will enable CS-HHC to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment capacity at its Recovery and Wellness Center site. Specifically, the funding will support adding an 0.59 FTE addiction psychiatrist, 2.4 FTE...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has awarded a $999,768 project grant to Mainehealth for the "ProjectConnect" program. This 5-year grant, starting on September 30, 2024, will fund a mobile harm reduction, housing, and treatment program designed to outreach, engage, and house individuals experiencing or at risk of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The grant, titled "Project HOPE," aims to implement substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health treatment and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Hancock County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board in Ohio. The award, titled "PROJECT HOME: (HOUSING, OUTREACH, AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT)", will be used to implement a comprehensive and integrated service model for individuals and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) in Denver, Colorado. This 3-year grant will implement targeted strategies to provide substance misuse, abuse, and harm reduction services, facilitated access to treatment, and peer recovery support services for people...
The Danbury Hospital was awarded a $1,302,519 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 grant, titled "Housing First: Increasing Access to Behavioral Healthcare for Unhoused Populations," aims to provide comprehensive, culturally competent services for individuals with serious mental illness, serious emotional...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $140,000.00 and 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 enable the Ali Forney Center (AFC) in New York City to expand its integrated services and supports for unhoused LGBTQ+ BIPOC youth aged 18-24 with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental...
The Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program received a $1,500,000 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 grant aims to reduce substance use-related mortality among people experiencing homelessness in Alameda County through three key activities: 1) direct provision of Medication-Assisted Treatment...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $487,461 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Native Health, a non-profit minority-owned healthcare organization in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant funding will support an Integrated Health and Outreach Program for HIV and SUD Prevention targeting underserved urban Indigenous, Hispanic, and minority populations in...
This federal Project Grant award for $616,000.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program. The grant will support the Catholic Charities, Inc. - Archdiocese Of Hartford's New Haven Family Service Center Certified Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) to increase staffing and training to provide evidence-based Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MI/CBT) treatments to adults in...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,807,491 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation (CS-HHC) in New Haven, Connecticut. The "Street HIV Outreach to Engage Unsheltered Populations in Treatment (SHOUT)" project will serve 275 unsheltered individuals with substance use disorder who are at-risk for or have HIV/AIDS over the 3-year award period by providing integrated behavioral health care, HIV treatment, and prevention services where they reside, such as on the streets, in tent encampments, and under bridges. CS-HHC, a Federally Qualified Health Center, will use evidence-based practices including screenings, testing, treatment, medication-assisted treatment, and harm reduction to improve access to primary care, infectious disease services, and substance use/mental health treatment for this hard-to-reach population.