Project Grant H79TI088779

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $475,812 to the North Texas Behavioral Health Authority on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490).

The North Texas Behavioral Health Authority will expand capacity for substance use disorder and co-occurring disorder treatment and prevention services for children, adolescents, and young adults across Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall Counties in Texas. Homeward Bound, Inc., NTBHA's designated SUD treatment provider, will deliver services alongside structural partners Child and Family Guidance Center and Southern Area Behavioral Healthcare Services. The project implements CRAFFT 2.1+N screening, extended buprenorphine-naloxone medication for opioid and alcohol use disorder, a developmentally adapted outpatient SUD/COD treatment model, Rainbow Days' evidence-informed curriculum-based support group prevention program, case management, and peer recovery support. The project will serve no fewer than 30 unduplicated individuals in year one and no fewer than 80 unduplicated individuals in each subsequent project year, totaling no fewer than 350 unduplicated individuals across the five-year period. Services are split evenly between adolescent outpatient SUD/COD treatment for ages 12–17 and prevention education for ages 11 and under, with young adults ages 18–25 served through the adolescent outpatient treatment track. The period of performance runs through September 29, 2031, with place of performance in Dallas, Texas.