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Mental Health Transformation Grants. Short Title: (MHTG)
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Description
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Total Grant Amounts: Anticipated $16.5 million.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2010 Mental Health Transformation Grants (MHTG). The purpose of this program is to foster adoption and implementation of permanent transformative changes in how public mental health services are organized, managed, and delivered so that they are consumer-driven, recovery-oriented, and supported through evidence-based and best practices. Funding will support States and local governments to create and/or expand treatment capacity within SAMHSA’s strategic initiatives.
In order to complement but not duplicate the efforts of other CMHS programs, FY 2010 funding for MHTG will focus on services for adults with or at-risk for serious mental illnesses. Applications responsive to this Request for Application must implement evidence-based or best practices that will create or expand capacity to address one or more of the five Strategic Initiatives as follows:
(1) Prevent mental illness through outreach, screening, and early interventions for adults with early signs of mental illness or who are at risk, and promote wellness through holistic treatment approaches. Services may include a variety of practices related to early intervention or wellness promotion, including psycho-education for consumers and family members, and peer wellness coaching or smoking cessation programs.
(2) Implement Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) as the framework for the practice/service chosen and implement trauma screening, assessment, and recovery support. Within the TIC framework, services are organized and delivered in a manner that meets the unique trauma-related needs of consumers/survivors, and safety, as identified by the service recipient, is the primary concern. The practice approach emphasizes the consumer empowerment and the consumer as driver of services, adopts universal precautions in asking about trauma, builds organizational capacity and knowledge of TIC through on-going training and policy review to ensure do no harm practices.
(3) Create or expand the delivery of screening, treatment, and support to active duty, guard, and reserve members to recover from mental illness including trauma related disorders and to their families to build resilience and support recovery. Collaboration with State Veteran Administration (contact http://www.va.gov/statedva.htm) , federal Veteran Health Administration (contact https://www.vha.com/) and the State National Guard (contact http://www.agaus.org/Documents/TAGSContact29April09.pdf) are crucial to ensuring that members and their families have access to excellent and comprehensive care.
(4) Increase the availability of services linked to safe and affordable permanent housing for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to mental illness, substance use, HIV/AIDs or long term institutionalization in a nursing home, jail, or other facility. Services may include outreach, Critical Time Intervention, supportive housing and Assertive Community Treatment or other proven evidence based model for service delivery, ensuring fidelity to the practice models.
(5) Increase employment and education for adults diagnosed with mental illness to address high rates of unemployment among this population and to promote the development of skills, aptitudes and employability. Services will include evidence based practices such as supported employment and supported education, implemented with fidelity to practice models, if tools are available. |
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Funding Organization
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US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Mental Health Services
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Eligible Organizations
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City Agencies
Consortia
County Agencies
State Agencies
Tribal Organizations
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Award Amount Notes
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Anticipated Total Available Funding: $16.5 million; Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $750,000 per year.
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Application Contact
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Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Program Services
Division of Grants Management
SAMHSA
1 Choke Cherry Rd, Rm 7-1085
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (240) 276-1408
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Technical Contact
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Neal Brown
Chief
Community Support Prog BranchRoom 6-1019
1 Choke Cherry Road
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (240) 276-1906
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Subjects
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Education and Prevention
Employment
Housing Services
Mental Health Services
Outreach
Screening
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Audiences
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At Risk Persons
Homeless Persons
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Substance Abusers
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Application Process
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You may request a complete application kit from the SAMHSA Information Line at 1-877-SAMHSA7 [TDD: 1-800-487-4889].
You also may download the required documents from the SAMHSA Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/apply.aspx.
Additional materials available on this Web site include: a grant writing technical assistance manual for potential applicants; standard terms and conditions for SAMHSA grants; guidelines and policies that relate to SAMHSA grants (e.g., guidelines on cultural competence, consumer and family participation, and evaluation); and a list of certifications and assurances referenced in item 21 of the SF 424 v2.
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cdcnpin.org Fund Record #4031
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