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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2008
Discretionary Funds in Detail

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ALABAMA

Grantee: ALABAMA FAMILY TIES, INC. Montgomery, AL
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057956
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Alabama Family Ties (AFT) is a non-profit organization providing education and support to families of children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) across the state of Alabama. Aft's purpose is twofold:
1. enhance state capacity and infrastucture to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with SED and their families;
2. ensure self-sufficient, empowered networks that will effectively participate in State and local mental health services planning and health care reform activities related to improving community-based services for children and adolescents with SED and their families.

The target populations we plan to reach through this grant, named the Statewide Family Network Infrastructure Project, are famiies of children and youth with serious emotional disturbance up to age 25 living within the state of Alabama and youth with serious emotional disturbance living in Alabama.
  
Grantee: ALABAMA STATE DEPT OF MTL HLTH & MTL RET Montgomery, AL
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants SM058076
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
AL DMH/MR will contract with a firm selected through an RFP process to develop the conceptual model for implementation of an EHR. The vendor will also be expected to assist in market research for certified EHR applications for consideration and in development of an RFP to purchase EHR software. AL DMH/MR proposes to continue the EBP Center for Excellence which conducts training on EBPs for community mental health provider staff and to facilitate the collection of data on selected EBPs for URS reporting purposes. The state of AL will also continue collection and analysis of data from the MHSIP Adult Consumer Satisfaction Survey and MHSIP Youth Satisfaction Survey for Families.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Mobile, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013613
Congressional District: AL-01
FY 2008 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: DOTHAN HOUSTON COUNTY S/A PARTNERSHIP Dothan, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012929
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2008 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: WIREGRASS MENTAL HEALTH BOARD, INC. Dothan, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011367
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2008 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: COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE-NCADD Montgomery, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014818
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
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: NORTHEAST ALABAMA CTR/CMTY INITIATIVES Anniston, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014436
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
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: HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC. Hobson City, AL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP013393
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Health Services Center in Hobson City, AL has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. Project PROTECT (Providing Resources, Opportunities, Testing, Education and Community Training) will serve at-risk minorities and those re-entering the community from the criminal justice system in a 14 county area of northeast Alabama. Services will include street outreach, culturally competent prevention messages, counseling, testing and referral (CTR), and prevention education sessions at community venues.
  
Grantee: COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE-NCADD Montgomery, AL
Program: Minority HIV Prevention SP015033
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $335,333
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
The Council on Substance Abuse--NCADD--in Montgomery, AL has a goal, "Turning Point" Project aimed at reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS in African American Women through 5 objectives: 1. Reduce the sexual risk behavior by heterosexually-active women; 2. Reduce the sexual risk behavior by current and potential sex partners; 3. Increase HIV Testing in the community; 4. Fully integrate SA and HIV/AIDS community assessment and prevention data in the county; and 5. Build capacity within the faith community in the county to address the co-occurring issues of transmission. The Project will provide two main interventions: "SISTA" and "Many Men--Many Voices"...both of which are evidence-based exemplary practices. In addition, the project will adapt SAMHSA's 'Spiritual Caregiving to Help Addicted persons and Families...Pastoral Counserlor's Curriculum for the education of Faith Leaders" to include the co-occurring and related issues of SA and HIV/AIDS.
  
Grantee: HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC. Hobson City, AL
Program: Minority HIV Prevention SP015064
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $335,333
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
HEALTH SWERVICES CENTER (HSC), located in Anniston, AL , under the PROJECT "REAL" (Re-Entry And Linkages), plans to provide an intensive, evidence-based SAP and HIVP program focused on clients re-entering the communities of color from the criminal justice system in a rural 14-county area of Northeast Alabama (known as Public Health Areas V and VI).....with secondary focus on members of their social (including sex and drug-using) networks . HSC will address barriers to SAP and HIVP for minority re-entry populations. The Project "REAL" will provide an evidence-based prevention model, Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services (CRCS), which can be tailored to minority re-entry population. The Project plans to enroll at least 175 individuals annually into intensive CRCS Services.
  
Grantee: PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE DE KALB CNTY Fort Payne, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012157
Congressional District: AL-04
FY 2008 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
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: MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN MORGAN CNTY Decatur, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014441
Congressional District: AL-05
FY 2008 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
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: PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE COMMUNITY Huntsville, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011237
Congressional District: AL-05
FY 2008 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: HOOVER CITY SCHOOLS Hoover, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012222
Congressional District: AL-06
FY 2008 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2012
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: FAMILY CONNECTION, INC. Alabaster, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014796
Congressional District: AL-06
FY 2008 Funding: $103,047
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
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: ALETHIA HOUSE Birmingham, AL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP013451
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2008 Funding: $22,971
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Getting Stronger project in Birmingham, AL has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. The grantee will conduct an in-dept assessment of the needs of minorities in the Birmingham area. Based on the assessment, the project will select the target population that is in greatest need and services will include: outreach, screening (including rapid HIV testing), pre/post test substance abuse and HIV counseling, education and prevention interventions, referrals to appropriate medical treatment, counseling and supportive services for clients who are confirmed to be HIV postive, referrals to counseling for persons who have previously tested negative to decrease their risk to acquiring HIV, and referrals to hepatitis A and B immunization services. The grantee will include services designed to meet the special needs of minorities who are returning to the community from prison.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: LIGHTHOUSE, INC. Montgomery, AL
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI016647
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2008 Funding: $392,312
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This project will provide a comprehensive and integrated treatment approach for substance abuse, mental illness and co-occurring disorders to homeless adults.
  
Grantee: HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC. Hobson City, AL
Program: Treatment for Homeless - Homeless TI017881
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $392,581
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The Health Services Center (HSC) will provide an empirically validated model, "Homeless Behavioral Day Treatment" of substance abuse treatment that includes intensive behaviorally based substance abuse treatment and job/employment training for substance abusing homeless persons in the rural south, who are HIV positive, or are at risk of HIV infection.
  
Grantee: HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC. Calhoun, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI018452
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2008 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The Health Services Center (HSC) will expand and enhance the validated Behavioral Day Treatment (BDT) program to provide outpatient treatment for African American women and MSMs who are HIV infected or at risk for HIV infection in northeastern rural Alabama. HSC will expand substance abuse treatment services by doubling the number of treatment slots and the number of individuals served from 30 to 60 annually (300 over the five year life of project). Program participants will have immediate access to substance abuse pre-treatment provided by the program pending treatment slot availability. Rapid HIV testing will be offered to all interested program participants and their sexual and drug-using partners. Relevant pre- and post-test counseling will be facilitated by on-site staff trained and certified on State and local testing procedures and regulations.
  
Grantee: ALETHIA HOUSE Birmingham, AL
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women TI019594
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2008 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2011
Mother's Hope is a specialized substance abuse (SA) treatment program in Birmingham, Alabama for low-income, substance-abusing pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) and their minor children from throughout the State. The project seeks SAMHSA funding to expand the current program from 13 to 26 beds, add six beds for residential children, serve an additional 48 women and 24 children annually (an additional 144 women and 72 children over three years). Mother's Hope will also enhance services to include EBPs, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy, family therapy, trauma-informed services, services for domestic violence, co-occurring disorders, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, drug-exposed infants, parenting education, case management, and vocational services. The target population will also include fathers of the children, partners of the women, non-resident children, and family members, when their inclusion is deemed to be appropriate and beneficial, totaling 450 persons over three years. The targeted PPW women will predominately be African-American, have crack cocaine and alcohol SA, have been in SA treatment at least twice previously, be unemployed, have a high school degree or less, and be homeless. Aletheia House has been providing SA treatment to low-income people since 1972 and residential treatment services to substance abusing PPW for more than 20 years. The majority of the agency's Board and staff are also African-American.
  
Grantee: AIDS ALABAMA, INC. Birmingham, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI019749
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2008 Funding: $450,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
AIDS Alabama (Birmingham) will expand and enhance its existing program from 50 to 100 people per year, totaling 250 additional people over the 5-year period. The Living in Balance (LIB) model of substance abuse treatment will be used to create a true continuum of care from referral through aftercare for HIV positive adults with substance abuse diagnoses. The LIB program is based on a series of psycho-educational and experiential training modules with a central emphasis on relapse prevention and key life areas including: physical/emotional/social well-being, adult education opportunities, vocational development, daily living skills, spirituality and recovery, sexuality, recreation and leisure. Also included is a strong STD and HIV education and prevention module. Special focus will be on African-Americans, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and those released from jails and prisons within the past two years. It will expand the 11-bed intensive residential program to 20 beds.
  
Grantee: ALETHIA HOUSE Birmingham, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI019743
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2008 Funding: $450,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
The Women's Hope Program at the Aletheia House is a specialized substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS services program targeting low-income, substance abusing African-American women, including pregnant women and women with children. The project will be located in the high HIV/AIDS incidence area of Jefferson County, Alabama. The project will serve 60 women and 15 children annually, and 300 women and 125 children during the five-year grant program. The project will provide evidence-based services, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, group therapy, family therapy, HIV/AIDS prevention services, services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, trauma services, domestic violence services, case management, parenting education and case management. The project will partner with AIDS Alabama to provide HIV rapid testing, including pre- and post-test counseling to clients during their first week of treatment. Clients who are confirmed HIV positive will be referred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham's HIV Clinic and be assigned a case manager who will coordinate needed services.
  

Last Update: 11/26/2008