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Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services Competitive Opportunity for the Selection of a Participating Provider in the State Pilot Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW-PLT) Grant Notice of Intent #27018

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) is applying for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) State Pilot Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW-PLT) notice of funding opportunity TI-26-014. SAMHSA will award 5 grants nationally for up to $1,080,000 each for three years.

The purpose of this grant is to strengthen and expand the state system’s ability to provide integrated, evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) and maternal mental health services for pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) and their families.

Grant funding would enable the Department of Public Health to support family-based services to improve maternal and infant health outcomes by addressing co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions through comprehensive screening, treatment, recovery supports, and workforce development in a non-residential setting. To accomplish this, MDPH intends to continue to work with an existing training and TA partner, The Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Training & Technical Assistance (MASBIRT TTA), in order to support DPH and its subrecipients in complying with the required screening and referral activities associated with this grant. In this role, MassBIRT TTA will be responsible for supporting DPH and its subrecipients to adapt and implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT); an evidence-based public health approach to identifying individuals at risk for substance use disorder and providing early, tailored interventions, as well as referrals to care as needed.

The grant’s requirements related to screening, referral and access to care are as follows:

· Universal, comprehensive and integrated screening;

· Connection to evidence-based intervention; and

· Develop and implement referral pathways to ensure ongoing access to care

The purpose of this notice is to publicize the MDPH/BSAS intent to submit a federal grant application naming the MassBIRT TTA as its screening, referral and access to care training and technical assistance partner. MDPH/BSAS intends to contract with MassBIRT because the organization is uniquely qualified to provide training and technical assistance related to screening, referral and access to care for the proposed project. MassBIRT TTA has over a decade of experience in providing training and technical assistance related to screening, referral and access to care. To date in Massachusetts, MassBIRT TTA has partnered with BSAS to provide training and technical assistance to over 30,000 healthcare, behavioral health, human service, public health and education professionals on screening, referral and access to care.

MassBIRT TTA has successfully implemented systems and processes for training and supporting federal grantees to implement screening, referral and access to care using evidence-based strategies. Their experience supporting service providers on how to implement SBIRT will ensure timely compliance with required screening, referral and access to care activities associated with grant. Leveraging their existing relationships, training and infrastructure, MassBIRT TTA supports healthcare, behavioral health, human service, public health and education professionals to adapt and implement SBIRT in a manner that reflects their specific population and service setting. MassBIRT TTA brings deep experience with training and technical assistance for federally funded grants and has successfully worked with BSAS and other federal grantees to meet the required screening, referral and access to care activities. Using this experience and past success, MassBIRT TTA will assist BSAS and its subrecipients with meeting the screening, referral and access to care activities outlined in the NOFO.

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: SUBJ: State Pilot Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW-PLT)-W27018 in writing by 07/10/26 at 4:00 PM to Ryan Naismith at Ryan.H.Naismith@mass.gov