Project Grant H79TI088663

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Champlain Valley Family Center For Drug Treatment And Youth Services, Inc. $545,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490).

CVFC will implement the North Country Youth and Family Treatment and Recovery Initiative, a family-centered program serving youth, young adults, and families ages 10–25 with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders across Clinton, Essex, and Franklin counties in rural northern New York. The program will serve at least 25 unduplicated individuals in year one and at least 80 annually in years two through five, totaling 345 individuals over the project period.

CVFC will expand its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model to deliver outreach, prevention, early identification, screening, comprehensive assessment, individualized treatment planning, care coordination, case management, medication-assisted treatment, family therapy, peer recovery support services, aftercare, and recovery planning. Services will be trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and responsive to justice-involved individuals, pregnant or parenting young adults, and families. The target population includes youth and young adults involved with child welfare, juvenile justice, education, social services, probation, and reentry systems.

The catchment area spans approximately 4,461 square miles with more than 162,000 residents and faces high rates of substance use, provider shortages, transportation barriers, poverty, and geographic isolation. Place of performance is Plattsburgh, New York. The period of performance runs through September 29, 2031.