Hhs Awards 35 Grants Of $67.6 Million For Homeless People Services

Thirty-four grants totaling $67.6 million over five years will provide substance abuse and mental health services to homeless individuals. The announcement was made bY the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The grant awards total almost $13.5 million each year for five years, subject to continued availability of funds and progress achieved by the grantees. The average award ranges from $272,000 to $400,000 per year in total costs HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will administer the grants.”

“The large majority of homeless individuals have serious and disabling health conditions, including psychiatric and substance use disorders,” said SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie. SAMHSA is pleased to announce these new grants that will help make accessible the many essential health and human services needed for people to get and keep permanent housing.”

This year’s Treatment for the Homeless Projects grantees, and their award amounts are as follows:

— Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J. — $396,400 for the first year to support a comprehensive substance abuse and mental health service system for homeless veterans with a DSM-IV diagnosis of substance abuse and mental health diagnosis of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. The program is expected to receive $397,706 in year two, $398,868 in year three, $398,864 in year four and $359,293 in year five.

— Bridge Back Recovery, Brooklyn, N.Y. — $400,000 for the first year to establish an enhanced Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team that will offer outreach, engagement, and wraparound case management services to women who are homeless. The program is expected to receive $400,000 all five years.

— Mount Saint Joseph/Saint Elizabeth, San Francisco, Calif. – – $400,000 per year for five years, to support a residential treatment program and expand its addiction treatment services to homeless women with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders (with children 0-3 years old or without children).

— North County Serenity House Inc., San Diego, Calif. — $399,136 per year for five years, to expand its program to offer comprehensive services from licensed detoxification through residential treatment and two years of aftercare support for homeless women in the earliest phases of recovery from substance abuse.

— Sabine Valley Center, Longview, Texas — $398,818 per year for five years, to serve homeless adults with severe co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. The project will provide wraparound, outreach and comprehensive case management services.

— Foundations Associates, Memphis, Tenn. — $399,386 per year for five years, to provide culturally competent, integrated Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) for homeless persons with co- occurring disorders.

— Friendship House Association of American Indians, San Francisco, Calif. — $400,000 per year for five years, to provide integrated culturally appropriate residential substance abuse treatment, aftercare, case management, community outreach and mental health services to Native Americans.

— Tarzana Treatment Center, Tarzana, Calif. — $400,000 per year for five years, to expand and enhance residential treatment services for homeless women with substance use disorders.

— Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio — $400,000 per year for five years, to provide gender specific treatment for homeless women who have a substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health disorder.

— COPE Behavioral Services, Tucson, Ariz. — $400,000 per year for five years, to implement a best practice ACT model to overcome specific barriers to the local system of care for homeless persons by providing integrated substance abuse and mental health treatment services.

— Center for Success & Independence, Houston, Texas — $400,000 per year for five years, to serve homeless adolescents and young adults that need substance abuse treatment and dual disorder treatment.

— Mental Health Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif. — $400,000 per year for five years, to increase the provision of outpatient services to dually diagnosed homeless persons based on the Comprehensive, Continuous, Integrated System of Care (CCISC) model.

— Lighthouse Counseling Center, Montgomery, Ala. — $399,392 for the first year. This project will provide a comprehensive and integrated treatment approach for substance abuse, mental illness and co-occurring disorders to homeless adults. The program is expected to receive $379,222 in year two, $383,436 in year three, $387,797 in year four, and $392,312 in year five.

— Center for Community Alternatives Inc., New York, N.Y. — $400,000 per year for five years to provide comprehensive drug, mental health and housing services to women with criminal justice system involvement.

— Southern California Alcohol & Drug Programs Inc., Downey, Calif. — $400,000 each year for five years to expand and strengthen their established substance abuse treatment services with onsite mental health treatment for homeless persons.

— San Mateo County Human Services Agency, Belmont, Calif. — $396,288 for the first year. This project will provide outreach, engagement and intensive outpatient treatment services in two homeless shelters in the county. Services will incorporate motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy. The project is expected to receive $396,431 in year two, $398,947 in year three, $399,814 in year four and $399,608 in year five.

— WestCare Florida, St. Petersburg, Fla. — $400,000 each year for five years to provide integrated health, substance abuse and mental health treatment to homeless adults with dual disorders.

— University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. — $400,000 each year for five years to expand and strengthen substance abuse and mental health treatment services to homeless individuals released from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Arizona jails.

— Fairbanks Native Association, Fairbanks, Alaska — $400,000 each year for five years to provide a residential modified therapeutic community using culturally appropriate integrated substance abuse and mental health treatment and intensive case management for homeless persons.

— Urban Renewal Corporation, Newark, N.J. — $400,000 each year for five years to provide intensive case management and outpatient substance abuse treatment to homeless individuals.

— Southwest Counseling & Development Services, Detroit, Mich. — $389,428 for the first year. This project will provide an integrated system of care for homeless individuals with substance abuse and mental illness disorders. The program is expected to receive $393,445 in year two, $399,995 in year three, and $400,000 for years four and five.

— Bowery Residents’ Committee, Inc., New York, N.Y. — $399,614 for the first year. This project will create a one-stop integrated model of substance abuse and mental health care for homeless individuals with dual disorders. The program is expected to receive $400,000 for the remaining four years.

— Lakeview Center, Pensacola, Fla. — $330,167 for the first year. This project will provide outreach, assessment, case management, outpatient, residential, aftercare, vocational training and linkage to housing for homeless individuals. The program is expected to receive $397,243 in year two, $398,184 in year three, $399,622 in year four and $398,702 in year five.

— Henry Lee Willis Community Center, Worcester, Mass. — $400,000 each year for five years to address the needs of person 16 years of age and older who are chronically homeless and have mental illness and/or physical disability and substance abuse problems.

— Central City Concern, Portland, Ore. — $376,109 for the first year. This project will enhance the system of treatment for families experiencing homelessness because of substance abuse and mental illness. The project is expected to receive $383,071 in year two, $383,971 in year three, $395,261 in year four and $399,897 in year five.

— Center for Urban Community Services Inc., New York, N.Y. — $400,000 each year for five years to introduce an evidence-based practice, Illness Management and Recovery, into the existing set of services for chronically homeless adults with mental illness.

— Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers Inc., Nashville, Texas — $400,000 each year for five years to provide integrated mental health and substance abuse services through adoption of an ACT team co-located in a shelter for adults with substance abuse and/or mental health disorders.

— Phoenix Programs, Inc., Columbia, Mo. — $397,774 for the first year. This project will implement a long-term residential modified therapeutic community to homeless men with co-occurring disorders in existing rural facilities. This project is expected to receive $396,039 in year two, $385,729 in year three, $393,005 in year four and $399,976 in year five.

— Family & Children’s Services, Inc., Tulsa, Okla. — $400,000 each year for five years to provide integrated health, mental health, and substance abuse services to adults with co- occurring disorders.

— Samaritan Village, Inc., Briarwood, N.Y. — $393,630 for the first and second year. This project will improve short and long-term outcomes for homeless substance abuse clients through modifications and specifications to the traditional therapeutic community treatment model. The program is expected to receive $ 395,399 in year three, $399,081 in year four and $399,402 in year five.

— The Thresholds, Chicago, Ill. — $397,268 for the first year. The project will provide ACT services and Integrated Dual- Disorder Treatment to homeless individuals. This program is expected to receive $398,000 in the remaining funding years.

— Casa Experanza, Roxbury, Mass.– $400,000 for five years to develop aftercare services for persons of the Latino population in an existing residential treatment program.

— Special Services for Groups Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. — $399,837 for the first year. The project will provide integrated mental health and substance abuse services and shelter services for homeless individuals using cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy. This project will This project is expected to receive $397,037 in year two, $398,814 in year three, $399,888 in year four and $399,934 in year five.

— Catholic Charities of San Jose, Behavioral Health Division, San Jose, Calif. — $389,963 for the first year. The project will develop ACT teams in the Department of Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide services to homeless persons with substance abuse and mental health disorders. This project is expected to receive $399,207 in year two, $400,000 in year three, $397,581 in year four and $400,000 in year five.