Project Grant SM062964

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico received a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to implement the Puerto Rico Intervention, Diversion, and Education (PRIDE) program. PRIDE supports children and youth aged 6-18 exposed to violence in two high-crime, high-poverty public housing communities in Puerto Rico. The program provides a three-tiered system of...

Federal Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $1.154M Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to implement and rigorously evaluate a Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) program across three high-throughput jails in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The award, effective September 15, 2025 through May 31, 2030, will deliver a virtual telehealth-based peer recovery model (LINCS UP) adapted to the jail setting,...

This Project Grant award of $665,225 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to improve access and adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda. The 5-year project, titled "SUUBI4PREP: Improving PrEP Access and Adherence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda", will combine peer support interventions with economic empowerment initiatives to address...

This $5.37 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the development of a context-aware digital adherence intervention called SMARTSTEPS to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among men who have sex with men with substance use disorder. The grant will support two phases. Phase I will inform the specification of an algorithm that utilizes digital phenotyping data from a smartphone app to anticipate non-adherence based...

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 Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...

The Illinois Department of Human Services received a $1,282,670 formula grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP, CFDA 93.092), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. Under this award, IDHS will deliver comprehensive sexual health education and youth development services to young people ages 10-19, with particular emphasis on pregnant and parenting youth under age 21. The...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $632,775 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The grant aims to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER (Enhancing and Motivating PrEP Options among Women through Empowerment and Resilience) telehealth intervention to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and persistence among African American women in the southern United States. The project...

ENGAGE Eastern North Carolina: Capacity Expansion Project Summary East Carolina University received a $1,125,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), awarded September 30, 2025, with completion expected by September 29, 2028. The project expands existing treatment infrastructure...

Federal Grant Award Summary Rhode Island Hospital, a division of Lifespan Corporation, received a Project Grant award of $573,320 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) effective August 1, 2025, through April 30, 2028. The award supports development and preliminary testing of a nurse-led HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation intervention designed specifically for incarcerated individuals. The project will...