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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2007
Discretionary Funds in Detail

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LOUISIANA

Grantee: STATE OF LOUISIANA Baton Rouge, LA
Program: TCE Jail Diversion SM057338
Congressional District: LA-04
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
This project will plan and implement a post-booking jail diversion program in New Orleans to consumers with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders. The project offers increased collaboration to sustain the provision of comprehensive evidence based practices to 50 persons per year.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA FEDERATION/FAMILIES/CHILD MH Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057985
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Louisiana Family and Youth mentoring Program proposed here is an evidence-based program serving primarily poor at risk families in Louisiana that have a child/youth with serious emotional and behavioral problems as well as the youth themselves. The Louisiana Family and Youth Mentoring Program proposed here reaches out to all families in the state who have a child/youth with serious emotional and behavioral problems as well as those who have experienced traumatic stress due to recent disaster experiences and the ensuing dislocation and disruption of family and community life. The program provides increased opportunities for parent training and skills-building, thus, creating or enhancing the family and youth voice, statewide.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Children's Services SM056050
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $1,600,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2009
Louisiana-Youth Enhanced Services (LA-YES) for Children's Mental Health incorporates a comprehensive and coordinated system of care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. LA-YES provides a community-based service system that is family friendly and culturally competent. The LA-YES consortium goals are to provide culturally competent social services, involve the community in all levels of the delivery system, increase access of the target population, develop a comprehensive system of care, generalize evidence-based practices, provide early intervention and prevention of emotional and behavioral problems, facilitate the provision of a broad array of mental health and other related services, treatments, and supports, and increase awareness of mental illness in youth. The care system confronts the access barriers to improve the needs of children: racial and ethnic disparities, fragmentation of services, an over-reliance on end-stage care, a lack of coverage, and agency focused rather than child-centered care. With this grant, LA-YES, in partnership with the Office of Mental Health and a community-based consortium of youth with serious emotional and behavior disorders and their families, public and non-profit child-serving agencies, advocates, and public officials, will be able to continue its consortium for the well-being of children to address issues of capacity, the desire for quality services and the demand for total systems' reform. It has been in existence for over a year and is weaving itself into the care community. LA-YES is energizing families and care providers to confront the challenges and to create caring systems.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants (2007) SM058117
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The major goal of this project is to further improve the Louisiana Office of Mental Health (OMH) data infrastructure in support of planning, service quality improvement, performance monitoring, and management decision support. The key grant objectives will be to: 1-Fully implement the federally required URS/NOMS tables and state performance measures with an emphasis on improved client-level reporting; 2-Establish standards and procedures for data and performance measures, 3-Establish an OMH Survey and Analysis Unit to augment capacity to explore and incorporate contemporary data collection/analysis/ reporting technologies; 4-Augment the current OMH SAS Data Warehouse/Decision Support System.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Disaster Relief SM00232
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $19,790,988
Project Period: 09/01/2006 - 02/29/2008
Funds were jointly administered by FEMA and CMHS to provide short-term crisis counseling to individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM057887
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Led by a newly developed public/private statewide collaborative, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Mental Health's youth suicide prevention program seeks to reduce youth suicides and suicide attempts in Louisiana by targeting 10,000 middle, high, and college students who were directly affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Partnerships with state agencies as well as the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, TeenScreen, Louisiana Federation of Families of Children's Mental Health, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Mental Health Association of LA, and Teens as Leaders will provide activities including gatekeeper training; depression/suicide risk screening; peer helper training; and stigma reduction and suicide awareness events such as the annual Yellow Ribbon Campaign and the Walk for Youth Suicide Prevention. Activities will be held in schools, communities, and youth agencies. Suicide awareness and promotion will be accomplished by developing a website, education materials, and media campaign.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: QUAD AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY Hammond, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011597
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
  
Grantee: 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY Gretna, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013119
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The grantee will: (1) reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by addressing factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.
  
Grantee: CHILDREN'S COALTION FOR THE BAYOU REGION Houma, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011407
Congressional District: LA-03
FY 2007 Funding: $99,379
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY Ruston, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013493
Congressional District: LA-05
FY 2007 Funding: $99,960
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The grantee will: (1) reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by addressing factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP011184
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $2,350,965
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants are used to advance community-based programs for substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. The SPF SIG implements a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build on assets, and prevent problem behaviors. The five steps are: (1) conduct needs assessments; (2) build state and local capacity; (3) develop a comprehensive strategic plan; (4) implement evidence-based prevention policies, programs and practices; and (5) monitor and evaluate program effectiveness, sustaining what has worked well. These grants will allow the programs to provide leadership, technical support and monitoring to ensure that participating communities are successful. The success of the grants will be measured by specific measurable outcomes, among them: abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse, reduction in substance abuse-related crime, attainment of employment or enrollment in school, increased stability in family and living conditions, increased access to services, and increased social connectedness. In Louisiana, the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant will result in the development of a system that coordinates planning, funding, and evaluation for substance abuse prevention at all levels, from service providers to state agency heads, in order to support the implementation of evidence-based, culturally- appropriate and cost-effective prevention services in all Louisiana parishes.
  
Grantee: SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AREA HLTH EDUC CTR Lafayette, LA
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services SP010554
Congressional District: LA-07
FY 2007 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The SW Louisiana Area Health Education Center in Lafayette, Louisiana has received a 5-year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. The grantee will implement the Substance Abuse and HIV Integration Prevention (SHIP) project throughout the seven parish area of Region IV, also referred to as the Acadiana area in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will target 11-18 year old African American youth, residing in high risk environments or out-of-home placements, in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will address issues related to substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention through a small group of interventions utilizing a science-based curriculum. A youth development approach will be an integral part of the program with youth participating in at least one community service project.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: ANANIAS, INC. Shreveport, LA
Program: Recovery Support Services Involving Grassroots Organization Category TI019306
Congressional District: LA-04
FY 2007 Funding: $499,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Louisiana PATHS partners are comprised of: substance abuse treatment specialists, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment experts, respected members of the local clergy and professional evaluation consultants. With this combined expertise, the Louisiana PATHS Project can provide outreach, detox, outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment and referrals; HIV counseling, testing and early intervention /primary care services and secure additional arenas for outreach, testing and counseling; and accurate evaluations of overall data. Louisiana PATHS partners have committed to participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Louisiana PATHS Project. Members of the community and target population will be included in the planning of the program by participating in meetings and focus groups. Louisiana PATHS' outreach efforts will result in access to and availability of substance abuse information, assessment and treatment for persons in the community. HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne infection outreach activities include information dissemination, prevention education, testing, counseling and referrals. Louisiana PATHS will target the African American and Latino/Hispanic lower socio-economic population, including women and women with children, adolescents, injection drug users, and individuals who have been released from prisons or jails within a prior two (2) year period.
  
Grantee: RAYS OF SONSHINE Monroe, LA
Program: Recovery Support Services Involving Grassroots Organization Category TI019180
Congressional District: LA-05
FY 2007 Funding: $492,650
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Project FAMILY, is an expansion of the gender specific, client-paced, goal focused, faith-based long term intensive substance abuse treatment program of Rays of Sonshine for women with children and an enhancement of prevention outreach and peer-to-peer services as part of a restructured support system to sustain recovery, avoid relapse and reduce the prevalence of addiction in their children. Over the three term of the project, Project Family will assist 54 (18 per year) DSM W qualified substance abusing and addicted women with children in northeast Louisiana It will provide 30 women, 10 per year, with after care services and assist all 84 of them maintain or reestablish physical custody of their children. Project FAMILY will assist at least 50 children through its operation of the Sonshine Youth Center, exclusively for the children of addicts in active treatment or stable recovery. It will assist an additional 75 unduplicated persons at the Mission drop-in center with extended evening and Saturday hours for all of the clients in treatment with ROS and as a community resource for other drug-free addicts in stable recovery.
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Access to Recovery TI019510
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $4,479,149
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The LA-ATR grant project under the auspices of the Governor's Office and through the leadership of the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Addictive Disorders (OAD), will assist in closing identified gaps in substance abuse treatment and recovery support services for those adults and adolescents involved in the criminal justice system and methamphetamine users. Through collaboration with providers from the public, private, faith- and community-based sectors, OAD will have broad-based support to treat these special populations. Louisiana has developed a unique and comprehensive electronic voucher and clinical case record system that will allow for accurate and effective outcomes monitoring, tracking costs and preventing fraud, waste and abuse. The web-based voucher system will provide clients freedom of choice for all ATR services
  
Grantee: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders TI015378
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Louisiana has developed the Louisiana Integrated Treatment Services (LITS) Model for serving persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders. This model, developed through two SAMHSA Community Action Grants, was successfully piloted in one region of the state and has been adopted for statewide implementation. The COSIG grant will focus on implementation of the LITS Model in the state's remaining regions and on development of statewide infrastructure to support and sustain LITS.
  

Last Update: 9/24/2008