Project Grant S184X220071

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the CFDA program "Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research" (93.865) will provide $431,750.00 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct an exploratory investigation on bilingualism, executive function, and brain organization in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The project aims to 1) characterize the associations between bilingualism...

This $417,342 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.184 - School Safety National Activities) will fund "The Buffalo Mental Health Service Professional Fellowship: Training School Social Workers to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis." The grant supports training programs for school social workers to enhance mental health services and address the youth mental health crisis in the Buffalo, NY area. Key...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will support research on implementing community health worker (CHW) delivered evidence-based mental health treatment for Spanish-speaking Latine parents. The $708,048 award to the University of Illinois will fund a 5-year project to: 1) refine a transdiagnostic evidence-based treatment (CETA) for...

This 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 provides $1,116,265 to the Foundation for the Advancement of Human Systems, Inc. to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to ethnic minority communities and underserved populations. The key objectives of this 5-year project...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $373,960 to Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital to implement and pilot test a culturally-centered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol for suicidal behaviors among youth in Mexico City. The key products and services funded by this award include: (1) culturally adapting and contextualizing the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to support research on the psychosocial and neural mechanisms of a culturally and linguistically adapted treatment for bilingual Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during their transition to adulthood. The primary objectives are to: 1) finalize the culturally adapted "Iniciando!...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to adapt and pilot a brief interpersonal psychotherapy intervention (BIPT-A) for delivery by youth mentors in community centers to address depression symptoms, belongingness, and burdensomeness among Latinx youth at risk of suicide. The $196,992 award will support a comprehensive career development plan for the principal investigator to gain...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under CFDA 84.325 - Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities - provides $132,691 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the "PROJECT MESA: MULTILINGUAL, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL COMMUNICATION APPROACHES" initiative. This 12-month project aims to enhance the preparation of...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,825,000 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program to the Board of Education Colorado. The grant, titled "STRENGTHENING SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN COLORADO: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND RESPECIALIZATION," aims to improve students' safety and well-being by developing and expanding school-based mental health services, increasing the number of...

This Project Grant award of $691,353 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between bilingualism, executive function, and brain organization in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study, to be conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will collect behavioral, neuroimaging, and...