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Statewide Family Networks

$1.4

23/
Approx. $61,000

The purpose of the Statewide Family Networks program is to enhance capacity and infrastructure at the State level to meet the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. To achieve this goal, the program assists family members to work with policy makers and service providers to improve services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

Eligibility is limited to domestic private, nonprofit entities, including faith-based entities, American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations, tribal family organizations, and currently funded Statewide Family Network grantees: 1) controlled and managed by family members; 2) dedicated to the improvement of mental health services statewide; and 3) with a Board of Directors comprised of no less than 51 percent family members.  

Fall

Statewide Consumer Networks

$626,000

14/
Approx. $45,000

The purpose of the Statewide Consumer Networks program is to enhance State capacity and infrastructure to be consumer-centered, targeted toward recovery and resiliency, and consumer-driven by promoting the use of consumers as agents of transformation.  To achieve this goal, the program assists consumer organizations around the country to work with policymakers and services providers to improve services for consumers with a serious mental illness.  

Eligibility is limited to domestic private, nonprofit entities, including faith-based entities, American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations, and currently funded Statewide Consumer Network Grantees: 1) controlled and managed by mental health consumers; 2) dedicated to the improvement of mental health services statewide; and 3) with a Board of Directors comprised of more than 51 percent consumers.  

Fall

Consumer/ Consumer Supporter TA Centers

$1.86

5/
Approx. $370,000

The Consumer Supporter TACs foster consumer involvement in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services and recognize the role of self-help, mutual support, and empowerment in the recovery of persons with a severe mental illness.

Eligibility is limited to domestic private, nonprofit entities, including faith-based entities, American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations, and currently funded Consumer/Consumer Supporter TA Center grantees: 1) controlled and managed by consumers/consumer supporters; 2) dedicated to the improvement of mental health services statewide; and 3) with a Board of Directors comprised of more than 51 percent consumers/consumer supporters.  

Fall

Jail Diversion

$841,000

3/
Approx. $280,000

The purpose of the Jail Diversion program is to promote the transformation of systems to improve services for justice-involved adults with mental illness.  Grantees are expected to act through agreements with other public and nonprofit entities to develop and implement programs to divert individuals with a mental illness from the criminal justice system to community-based services. 

Eligibility is limited to the immediate office of the Chief Executive (e.g., Governor) in the States, political subdivisions of States (e.g., County Executive, City Mayor), Territories, and the District of Columbia; or the head of an American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization.

Fall/Winter

Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion

$1.7 mil.

8/
Approx. $214,000

The purpose of the Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion program is to support States in their efforts to adopt best practices to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of restraint and seclusion in institutional and community-based settings that provide mental health services (including services for people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders). 

Eligibility is limited to agencies of States, the District of Columbia, Territories and American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments with jurisdiction over mental health issues for the target population identified in the proposed project.  Eligible applicants must have the capacity to report incidents to their State Protection and Advocacy system, specifically the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Program, as required under the Children’s Health Act of 2000.

Fall/Winter

Adolescents at Risk

$1.86 mil.

6/
Approx. $300,000

The purpose of the Adolescents at Risk program is to evaluate voluntary school-based programs that focus on identification and referral of high school youth who are at risk for suicide or suicide attempts. Grant funds may not be used to pay for direct treatment services.

Eligibility is limited to local educational agencies and domestic public and private nonprofit entities working in conjunction with local educational agencies.

Fall/Winter

Campus Suicide

$297,000

4/
Approx. $74,000

The purpose of the Campus Suicide Prevention program is to provide funding to support grants to institutions of higher education to enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression, substance abuse, and suicide attempts, which can lead to school failure.

Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education . Applicants from both public and private institutions may apply, including State universities, private four-year colleges and universities (including those with religious affiliations), Minority Serving Institutions and community colleges.

Fall/Winter*

Minority Fellowship

$3 mil.

4/
Approx. $750,000

The goal of the Minority Fellowship program is to facilitate entry of ethnic minority students into careers in mental health and substance abuse treatment and to increase the number of psychology, psychiatry, nursing and social work professionals trained to teach, administer, conduct services research, and provide direct mental health/substance abuse services to ethnic minority populations. 

Eligibility is limited to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Psychological Association (APA), and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Winter/Spring

Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines

$2.6 mil.

1/
Approx.
| $2.6 mil.

The goals of the Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines grant program are to: (1) increase the number of crisis programs offering hotline services through a single, nationally accessible telephone number that links callers to their geographically nearest crisis center; (2) increase the number of crisis centers/hotlines certified in suicide prevention; and (3) assess and evaluate the use of the national suicide prevention number; reasons for callers’ use of the service; the nature and appropriateness of services provided; outcomes of the intervention; and the technical efficiency and effectiveness of the telephone service.

Eligible applicants are domestic private/public nonprofit entities, e.g., State or local governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations; public or private universities and colleges; and community and faith-based organizations.

Winter/Spring

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

$7.5 mil.

16/
Approx. $469,000

In FY 2007, SAMHSA plans to fund two types of centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

1.   Treatment and Services Adaptation (TSA) Centers provide national expertise on specific types of traumatic events, population groups, and service systems, and support the specialized adaptation of effective treatment and service approaches for communities across the country; and

2.   Community Treatment and Services (CTS) Centers implement and evaluate effective treatment and services in community settings and youth serving service systems, and collaborate with other Network Centers on clinical issues, service approaches, policy, financing, and training issues.

Eligible applicants are domestic private/public nonprofit entities, e.g., State or local governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations; public or private universities and colleges; and community and faith-based organizations.

Winter/Spring

Conference Grants

$248,000

5/
Approx. $50,000

The purpose of the Conference Grants program is to support domestic conferences developed for knowledge synthesis and dissemination. The goal of SAMHSA's knowledge synthesis and dissemination activities is to improve the quality of the Nation's substance abuse and mental health treatment and prevention services and systems.

Eligible applicants are public and domestic private non-profit and for profit entities.  An individual is not eligible to receive grant support for a conference.

Fall and

Winter

CSAT

Targeted Capacity Expansion for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services

(TCE/HIV)

$32.1 million

65/
Approx.
$.5 mil.

The purpose of the TCE/HIV grant program is to enhance and expand substance abuse treatment and/or outreach and pretreatment services in conjunction with HIV/AIDS services.

Eligible applicants are domestic private/public nonprofit entities, e.g., State or local governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations; public or private universities and colleges; and community and faith-based organizations.

Fall

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs)

$8.1

15/
Approx.
$.5 mil.

The ATTC program develops research-based and culturally appropriate substance abuse treatment and recovery curricula and provides academic and continuing education, professional development, and practicum training to students and practitioners in the substance abuse treatment and related fields.

Eligible applicants are domestic private/public nonprofit entities, e.g., State or local governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations; public or private universities and colleges; and community and faith-based organizations.

Fall/Winter

Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP)

$2.9 mil.

8/
Approx.
$.35 mil.

The purpose of the RCSP grant program is to develop, design, deliver, and document peer-driven recovery support servicesthat help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders.

Eligible applicants are domestic private/public nonprofit entities, e.g., State or local governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations; public or private universities and colleges; and community and faith-based organizations.

Fall/Winter *

State Incentive Grants for Treatment of Persons with Co-Occurring Substance Related and Mental Health Disorders (COSIG)

$3.3 mil.

3/
Approx.
$1 mil.

The purpose of the COSIG program is to provide funding for States to develop or enhance their infrastructure to increase their capacity to provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based treatment services to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders.

Eligibility is limited to the immediate office of the Chief Executive (e.g., Governor) in the States, Territories, District of Columbia; or the head of an American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization. Current grantees are not eligible.

Fall/Winter *

Access to Recovery (ATR) Voucher Incentive Program (VIP)

$70.5 mil.

25/
Approx. $1 mil. to $5 mil.

The ATR VIP program builds upon the successful Access to Recovery (ATR) program initiated in FY 2004. It provides a financial incentive to States, Territories and tribal organizations to facilitate individual choice and multiple pathways to recovery by adapting current Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant and other available financing to voucher systems. This program is part of a Presidential initiative to promote a wider array of treatment provider options and introduce greater accountability and flexibility into drug treatment systems.

Eligibility is limited to the immediate office of the Chief Executive (e.g., Governor) in the States, Territories, District of Columbia; or the head of an American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization.

Winter/Spring

Access to Recovery (ATR) Methamphetamine

$24.8 mil.

10/
Approx.
$2.5 mil.

The ATR-Methamphetamine program is part of a Presidential initiative to promote a wider array of treatment provider options and introduce greater accountability and flexibility into drug treatment systems. Through the ATR-Meth grants, States, Territories, the District of Columbia and American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations will have flexibility in designing and implementing voucher programs to provide clinical treatment and recovery support services to meet the needs of clients in the State with methamphetamine abuse and/or dependence problems. Applications are strongly encouraged from States whose epidemiological data and treatment data indicate high methamphetamine prevalence and treatment prevalence.

Eligibility is limited to the immediate office of the Chief Executive (e.g., Governor) in the States, Territories, District of Columbia; or the head of an American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization.

Winter/Spring