Project Grant T9733396

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), will support the "Project RISE (Resilience in an Opioid Stricken Environment)" at the University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The $1.8M award will fund a specialized training program to develop paraprofessionals who will work with families and children impacted...

This federal Project Grant award of $567,231 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) supports the "Supporting Underserved Peer Professionals in Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT)" program at Western Michigan University. The program aims to address the shortage of peer professionals trained to work with families experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders in...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,269,432 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to One World Recovery Network (OWRN), a non-profit organization based in Hurst, Texas. The funding supports OWRN's efforts to establish a Department of Labor credentialed Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) that aims to strengthen peer-based recovery support systems in three medically underserved Texas counties...

The University of South Carolina was awarded a $299,914 Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program (CFDA 93.732) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the Integrated Care for Recovery (I-CARE) Training Center. Over 4 years, the project will provide specialized training to 23 paraprofessionals at a Level I program and 12 paraprofessionals at a Level II program, including recovery coaches, peer support specialists, and community health workers. The training...

This $1,148,802 project grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) supports Rhode Island College's Institute for Education in Healthcare to deliver a specialized training and apprenticeship program. The program aims to build the capacity of behavioral healthcare teams and integrated primary/behavioral healthcare teams by training a new cadre of dually-certified Peer Recovery...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to Casa-Trinity Inc., a non-profit organization in Geneseo, NY. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund the "RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM-IMPACT" initiative over a 4-year period ending on August 31, 2028. The project aims to address the critical opioid epidemic in...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), will support Fairleigh Dickinson University's FDU STRONG program. The $460,233 award will fund the development and implementation of a Community Health Worker (CHW) training certificate program to increase the behavioral health workforce serving individuals and families...

This Project Grant award of $1,519,496 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports the development and implementation of a workforce intervention called PATH (Peer Advanced Training in Harm Reduction). The goal is to reduce burnout among Peer Recovery Support Specialists (PRSS) who deliver harm reduction services and improve service quality and system-level outcomes. The PATH intervention uses virtual education...

The federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, will support the development and expansion of the behavioral health workforce, including professionals and paraprofessionals, to increase access to mental health services, address...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $290,312 to The Washington University in St. Louis to develop a postdoctoral training program called "Promoting Excellence through Pain and Addiction Research Enhancement (PREPARE)". The PREPARE program aims to recruit and train early career investigators to conduct clinical research on the intersection of...