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Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services Notice of Intent #W27104 Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success for States (SPF-PFS): Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for States

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) is in the process of applying for a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) entitled: Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success for States (SPF-PFS): Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for States | SAMHSA.

The purpose of this program is to:

· Help prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance use prevention services that strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being.

· Expand and strengthen the capacity of prevention providers serving communities and tribes to implement evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention strategies.

This Grant Funding would enable the Department of Public Health to implement the Positive Adolescent and Childhood Experiences to Prevent Substance Use (PACES) initiative to prevent, delay, and reduce youth substance use by strengthening protective factors among youth ages 5-14 before and during the developmental period when alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, and other substance use risk increases in middle and high school.

For this grant, recipients are required to provide capacity building activities, such as providing technical assistance (TA) directly to communities, prevention organizations and providers, community anchor institutions, and other interested parties within the first three months of award.

The purpose of this notice is to publicize the MDPH/BSAS’ intent to submit a federal grant application naming ADEPT Inc. as a partner to the above-mentioned grant application. ADEPT Educational Institute Inc. (ADEPT Inc.) is currently coordinating TA, and training supports in collaboration with BSAS and the Office of Prevention and Well Being as part of the SAMHSA Substance Use, Treatment, and Prevention Block Grant.

ADEPT Inc. has extensive experience coordinating training activities, supporting contracting with providers, and facilitating CEUs and has a long history of working with BSAS and with communities across the Commonwealth making them uniquely qualified. This history and experience will allow them to meet the grant requirement of being operational within the first three months.

ADEPT Educational Institute of New England, formerly AdCare Educational Institute of New England, is a regional workforce developmental leader. For the past 55 years, individuals have developed their prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support skills through their programing supports.

For the past 50 years ADEPT has facilitated the annual New England Institute of Addiction and Prevention Studies Summer School. Working in partnership with all of the New England State Alcohol and Drug Agencies to offer 50+ trainings representing hundreds of hours of continuing education credits for public health professionals across the full spectrum of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services. In addition to the Summer School ADEPT works to bring trainings to the public health work force in both in person and virtual settings year-round.

If you have equal qualifications to the organization mentioned above and would like to be considered for partnership on this grant, send qualifications along with any questions or comments with the subject line: i SUBJ: SPF-PFS-States-W27014 in writing by 07/06/26 at 4:00 PM to Ryan Naismith at Ryan.H.Naismith@mass.gov