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Date: 9/21/2007
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SAMHSA Awards More Than $5 Million to Support Alternatives to the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Mental Health Facilities
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced the award of eight grants totaling more than $5 million over three years to support states in reducing and ultimately eliminating the use of restraint and seclusion in institutional and community-based settings that provide mental health services.
Grantees receiving these awards will be able to increase the number of programs that implement alternative models to reduce/eliminate restraint and seclusion, including staff training models and other multi-faceted approaches, and collect data to measure the impact of these models.
"Too often, seclusion and restraint are the cause of additional trauma, injury and even death," said SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline, Ph.D. "These grants ensure that states and tribes can invest in sustainable solutions and strategies for the treatment of those with serious mental illness."
The Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant (SIG) is one of SAMHSA’s infrastructure grant programs. These grants can support activities to help the grantees build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective recovery-based substance abuse prevention, treatment and/or mental health services, including services for people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders.
The eight awards are funded up to $214,000 per year in total costs. Continuation of these awards is subject to the availability of funds as well as the progress achieved by the grantees. Total funding for year one is $1.7 million. The grantees are:
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Connecticut Alternative to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant -- $214,000 through a strategic planning process to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, use of restraint and seclusion among young adults, ages 18-25, with serious mental illness.
Indiana
Family and Social Services Administration
Indiana Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant -- $213,576 to reduce the incidence of seclusion and restraint at two state-operated facilities that treat youths ages 5-18, the Evansville Psychiatric Children’s Center, Evansville, Ind., and the Richmond State Hospital, Richmond, Ind.
New Jersey
Division of Mental Health Services
Building Capacity for Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion -- $214,000 to reduce and eventually eliminate seclusion and restraint in four state psychiatric hospitals by monitoring relevant outcomes and allowing the Division to partner with a consumer-run mental health organization that will provide on-site peer advocates.
New York
State
Office of Mental Health
Positive Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion in Children’s Mental Health Settings in New York State -- $214,000 to build capacity to use positive alternatives to restraint and seclusion within inpatient and residential treatment programs that are operated and licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health and that serve children with severe emotional disturbances.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Oklahoma Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint (OKASAR) Program -- $214,000 to develop an infrastructure for change that focuses on creating an atmosphere that supports wellness and recovery for each consumer via improved and sustained training for direct care and administrative staff.
Texas
Health and Human Services Commission
State of Texas Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion (STARS) Project -- $213,817 to advance evidence-based infrastructure improvements in four public psychiatric hospitals to reduce and ultimately end the use of restraint and seclusion in the treatment of consumers with mental disorders, including those with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and/or developmental disabilities.
Vermont Department of Health
Implementation of Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion -- $213,905 to improve mental health inpatient treatment by implementing alternatives to seclusion and restraint at the Vermont State Hospital for adults with serious mental illness and Retreat Healthcare for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances.
Virginia State Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services
Infrastructure Development for the Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint for Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Forensic Inpatient Consumers -- $213,702 to develop and implement specific strategies along multiple interactive domains including: leadership commitment, the use of data to inform practice, workforce development, tools and techniques, consumer participation, and debriefing techniques in order to continue toward the goal of reducing the incidence of seclusion and restraint.
For more information, visit http://www.samhsa.gov.
SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.
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