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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2008
Discretionary Funds in Detail

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Grantee: SISTERS OF MERCY MINISTRIES Metairie, LA
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Treatment Centers (2007) SM058776
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2008 Funding: $300,898
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
Mercy Family Center will lead the continued development of Project Fleur-de-lisTM (PFDL), an intermediate and long-term school-based mental health service model for children who have been exposed to traumatic events as a result of natural and man-made disasters. PFDL is a collaborative program linking local social service agencies, schools and nationally recognized researchers, program developers and clinicians in a coordinated effort to provide state-of-the-art mental health services within our schools and community.
  
Grantee: State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Disaster Relief SM00234
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2008 Funding: $2,176,176
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 12/31/2008
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 UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, LA
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Treatment Centers (2007) SM058770
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2008 Funding: $399,079
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center (LRTSC) will provide and evaluate a continuum of care of trauma-focused trainings, interventions, and services for children and adolescents, ages 3-18, including children of military families, in schools in Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes heavily impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Because ofo the extent of the devastation and complexity of recovery, training and service models will be adapted, modified for cultural sensitivity, and implemented to meet needs at this time.
  
Grantee: STATE OF LOUISIANA Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Disaster Relief SM00233
Congressional District: LA-04
FY 2008 Funding: $914,055
Project Period: 09/27/2006 - 12/31/2008
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 FEDERATION/FAMILIES/CHILD MH Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057985
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2008 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 2008 Funding: $1,000,000
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 SM058117
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2008 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 2008 Funding: $29,607,227
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 2008 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 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: 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY Gretna, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013119
Congressional District: LA-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: CHILDREN'S COALTION FOR THE BAYOU REGION Houma, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011407
Congressional District: LA-03
FY 2008 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 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: LOUISIANA STATE DEPT OF HLTH & HOSPITALS Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP011184
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2008 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: Minority HIV Prevention SP014991
Congressional District: LA-07
FY 2008 Funding: $335,333
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
The Drug Education and Prevention of HIV. The project is a community based project that will seek to prevent substance abuse and HIV among African American youth between the ages of 12-17 who live in the highest risk minority communities in Southwest Louisiana. The program will utilize small group interventions with a youth development approach to address and reach the goals of the project.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: NEW ORLEANS AIDS TASK FORCE, INC. New Orleans, LA
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI019798
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2008 Funding: $450,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
NO (New Orleans)/AIDS Task Force, will implement the New Orleans HIV Outreach and Substance Abuse Capacity and Expansion Project to expand its current capacity to provide substance abuse counseling to HIV positive clients through a partnership with Odyssey House, a local substance abuse treatment provider. The proposed program will target African- Americans and Latino(as) in the New Orleans, Louisiana metropolitan area who are HIV positive substance abusers. Substance abuse therapists and peer support outreach workers will work with community-based agencies that serve persons living with HIV/AIDS by conducting in-service trainings. All participants identified as HIV positive and in need of substance abuse counseling will be referred to services. NO/AIDS will also offer expanded and enhanced counseling to HIV positive clients. Through outreach, 1000 at risk individuals will be contacted per year, 200 will be referred to collaborating agencies, and 50 clients the first year and 60 each following year, will be enrolled in integrated substance abuse medical case management.
  
Grantee: ANANIAS, INC. Shreveport, LA
Program: Recovery Support Services Involving Grassroots Organization Category TI019306
Congressional District: LA-04
FY 2008 Funding: $499,194
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 2008 Funding: $456,410
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 2008 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: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women TI019634
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2008 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2011
The state of Louisiana's Office for Addictive Disorders (OAD) is seeking SAMHSA funding to expand the availability of comprehensive, high-quality residential substance abuse treatment, recovery supports, and family services to pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) and their minor children. Framed within a four-month residential treatment program, the Louisiana Pregnant and Postpartum Women (LA-PPW) Program will provide family-centered residential services for 48 women and children annually (totaling 144 over three years), and non-residential treatment to approximately 25 family members, significant others, and partners of the women annually. The program goals include expanding treatment service capacity and outcomes for PPW and their minor children, reducing infant mortality rates and birth defects, preserving and strengthening the family unit, and improving the overall quality of life for women and children. The OAD, the Fiscal Agent and grantee, will contract with Odyssey House Louisiana and Reality House to deliver direct treatment services. The LA-PPW Program will utilize a blend of two evidence-based practices, namely the Gender-Specific Model and the Transtheoretical Model in service provision. Having knowledge of the long-lasting effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the target population, program services will address the prevalence of co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders, especially incidences of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The LA-PPW Program will also provide outreach to female veterans and low-income African American women, as these populations continue to be overlooked and underrepresented in treatment services.
  

Last Update: 11/26/2008