Project Grant R44HD098921

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $914,860 Project Grant to Teachers College Columbia University to implement the "Culturally-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Practices for Youth (CITY) Program: Increasing Mental Health Service Capacity of Urban, High Needs Schools". The 1-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, aims to develop and expand school-based mental health services and increase the number of qualified mental health...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) received a $2 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Train-WI Expansion Project across southern Wisconsin from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The goal of the Train-WI Expansion Project is to train nearly 300 school districts and over 1,500 school personnel on the Neurosequential Model for...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $601,576 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Colorado-Denver to develop and pilot evaluate an executive functioning and emotion regulation intervention for preadolescents with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). The goal is to create the first outpatient treatment specifically for preadolescents with SITB that addresses emotion dysregulation and executive functioning within a family...

The Windsor Central School District was awarded a $426,434 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a multi-tiered system of supports and trauma-informed programming from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The district will provide universal social-emotional learning curricula for grades K-12, screen all students semi-annually for additional service needs using a...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $354,105 Project Grant titled "TEACHING FOR RESILIENCE VIA UNDERSTANDING, SUPPORT, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATION: PROJECT TRUSTED" to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). This grant, funded through the Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) program, aims to improve student achievement by enhancing the quality of prospective and new teachers through comprehensive teacher...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,400,000 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to Alliance For Inclusion And Prevention, Inc. (AIP), a non-profit organization. The funding supports AIP's implementation of programs to expand and improve children's mental health services in Boston public schools. AIP specializes in providing evidence-based interventions for trauma, grief, and related...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324), provides $529,121 to Florida International University (FIU) to conduct a meta-analysis on the effects of mental health interventions delivered in schools. The project, titled "Effects of Mental Health Interventions Delivered in Schools: A Meta-Analysis," will run from Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025. As part of this...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) will be used by the Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. to implement violence prevention and youth mental health interventions in high schools. The project will deliver the evidence-based Positive Action curriculum to provide 12 hours of violence prevention education for students. Additionally, the organization will train at least 30 teachers,...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Temple University to develop and pilot test a trauma-informed intervention called RISE (Resilience-based Intervention for Stress Reduction and HIV-related Efficacy). The $721,833 award aims to address the high rates of trauma, depression, and antiretroviral treatment non-adherence among Black sexual minority men living with HIV, particularly those recently...

The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Mental Health awarded a $5,821,542 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The grant funds the Evidence-Informed Mental Health Prevention, Assessment, Collaboration, and Treatment in Middle Schools (E-IMPACTS) project. E-IMPACTS will evaluate the integration of two online activities to improve school-based mental...