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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2009
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Table 1 - FY 2009 Discretionary Funding for states

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

HAWAII

Grantee: HAWAII FAMILIES AS ALLIES Aiea, HI
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057920
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Hawaii Statewide Transformation and Empowerment Project (STEP) will conduct training, technical assistance, and networking activities aimed at substantially increasing the involvement of chidren and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders (EBMD) and their families in all levels of Hawaii's system of care. Familymember will be supported so tthat they will be able to develop and implement a legislative advocacy action plan. STEP will also inovlve key child-serving agencies, including thos responsible for child welfare and juvenile justice, in an initiative to increase their awareness of and adherence to the CASSP values and principles. Another set of activities will focus on youth leadership development, focusing on developing and implementing a legislative advocacy initiative. HFAA Parent Partners will also provide peer supports and mentoring for youth and families in their home communitites throughout Hawaii.
  
Grantee: Hawaii State Department of Health Honolulu, HI
Program: Disaster Relief SM000263
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $411,181
Project Period: 05/01/2009 - 09/30/2009
  
Grantee: UNITED SELF-HELP Honolulu, HI
Program: Statewide Consumer Network SM056346
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2010
Bridging Islands will foster and sustain consumer networks within each neighbor island, collaborate with existing networks and strengthen pee mentors. Each goal will address county based needs within each area with specific outcomes. The process will increase State capacity to support effective mental health services while strengthening peer mentors and sustaining neighbor island consumer network development. Collectively, the county and consumers will evaluate lessons learned and incorporate recommendations into the next iteration of transformation activities.
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM057063
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $1,190,561
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
Project Ho'omohala (meaning in Hawaiian, "evolving toward maturity") will develop a system of care to meet transitional needs of youth with emotional and/or behavioral challenges, ages 15- 21 in the Kalihi-Palama community. Culturally and linguistically appropriate services will utilize the Transition to Independence process. Families and youth will be active partners in the governing structure and evaluation process.The goal of this project is to implement a system of care encompassing the Transition to Independence Process for youth with emotional or behavioral challenges between the ages of 15-21, living in the Kalihi-Palama Community. This goal will be implemented through the following actions: 1) establish a Youth Community Center; 2) train and assign transition specialists to each youth; 3) develop a comprehensive life-skills program; 4) create a range of supportive services (e.g., vocational, health care); and 5) develop peer mentoring services.
The applicant is the Hawai'i Department of Health on behalf of the Governor. Daily management of the grant will be contracted through the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai'i. The Youth Community Center will be operated by the Susannah Wesley Community Center. Wai Aka will provide the young adult support services, families and youth will guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of this project.
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants SM057457
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $2,190,500
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The goal of this mental health systems transformation project is to create a sustainable, fully integrated, comprehensive statewide mental health plan and to implement a system-wide transformation process over the course of a five-year period. Staffing for this grant can be conceptualized as a model of concentric circles whereby the transformation work group is at the center surrounded by mental health stakeholders coming together in different partnerships to breathe life into the transformation. The next ring supporting these activities is a technical assistance group and project evaluation team comprised of grant-funded staff and in-kind University of Hawaii staff who will assist the transformation work group and stakeholders in tasks such as planning, implementation, program evaluation and workforce development. Finally, the outer ring of the model is the community-at-large whose acceptance of mental health as an integral part of overall well-being is required to bring about full transformation of the system. Hawaii, because of its diversity, is in a unique position to develop effective models of service delivery and care that address the needs of the growing multi-cultural population across the country. Hawaii is committed to seizing the opportunity created by national and state strengths and resources; directing and focusing the efforts of all sectors to address priority mental health needs; building on successes to move past an era of federal court mandates; and realizing the vision of quality mental health care across all of Hawaii's communities for the entire population.
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants SM058093
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $154,700
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
During the project period, AMHD will focus on technical implementation of the URS measures, verification of data quality, and increased distribution of reports to its Purchase of Service Provider network. CAMHD will implement the remaining URS developmental measures, but emphasizes building capacity in the knowledge, skills, and abilities of personnel to define and distribute customized reports and to participate more fully in the DIG network. Upon completion AMHD and CAMHD should report on all URS measures, increase distribution of system information to stakeholders including state council, increase integration of the available information into planning and decision-making. An additional DIG supplement in 2009 will provide data analyses for the PHQ-8 Module on depression prevalence in the state implemented through the CDC's BRFSS survey.
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM058397
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2011
The Injury Prevention and Control Section (IPCS) of the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is proposing to implement the Hawaii Gatekeeper Training Initiative (HGTI) to reduce completed and attempted suicides among youth ages 10-24. This will be accomplished through training adult gatekeepers in key agencies to recognize and respond to youth who are at risk for suicide. This will also increase youth access to trained gatekeepers in Hawaii. The HGTI will use three training curricula: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (adults), SafeTALK (police officers), and Signs of Suicide (youth). IPCS will leverage the grant resources by incorporating gatekeeper training in three systems that already impact significant numbers of youth in both school and community settings. These agencies and their programs include: Department of Education (Peer Education Program), and School-Based Behavioral Health), the Department of Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (agencies contracted to provide treatment services in their Adolescent Substance Outpatient School-Based Treatment Program), and prevention services in their Youth Substance Prevention Partnerships Initiative), and the Honolulu Police Department (Emergency Psychological Services/Jail Diversion Program). The HGTI will accomplish two goals: 1) enhance state level infrastructure for youth suicide prevention efforts, and 2) enhance youth suicide prevention efforts in three systems: Public School, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, and Law Enforcement.
  
Grantee: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA Honolulu, HI
Program: Campus Suicide SM058962
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2012
The University of Hawaii (UH) system with ten culturally diverse campuses across four Hawaiian Islands requires a comprehensive system-wide infrastructure in order to implement campus-specific suicide prevention and mental health programs. Culturally sensitive activities for strategic planning, capacity building, and program development are proposed under the UH Multi-Campus Suicide Prevention Project, in efforts to develop a multi-faceted infrastructure that could accommodate campus-specific suicide prevention and mental health needs. Seven goals to address infrastructure development needs are: 1) assess system-wide and campus-specific needs; 2) develop policies and procedures for responding to mental health events; 3) identify system-wide and community-based resources; 4) establish campus-specific resource networks; 5) increase awareness and knowledge of risk and protective factors for suicide attempts among gatekeepers; 6) increase awareness and knowledge of risk and protective factors for suicide attempts among students; and 7) develop informational, educational, and training materials regarding risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and mental health adjustment. Objectives and activities for these goals emphasize the building of collaborative partnerships between system-wide, campus- and community- based resources. Outcomes expected are centralized and campus-specific guidelines for responding to critical and general mental health needs, increased awareness and knowledge among gatekeepers and target populations regarding risk and protective factors for suicide attempts, increased help seeking behavior and utilization of mental health services among general and target populations, as well as improved access to care and resources for critical and general mental health needs.
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM059024
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $1,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2015
Project Kealahou, meaning "the new pathway" in the Hawaiian language, will build gender- and culturally-responsive trauma-informed practices across Hawaii's child-serving systems to address the complex needs of Hawaii's ethnically-diverse girls with significant trauma issues. The system of care will be for girls ages 11-18 (girls may stay enrolled through age 20) with serious emotional disturbances and trauma histories. It will serve girls in the child welfare, juvenile justice, educational and mental health systems in the Central, Windward, and East Honolulu areas of the island of Oahu. The project will expand to younger girls and broaden its scope to engage primary care in the third year of implementation.
  
Grantee: CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII Honolulu, HI
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative SM059620
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2012
Catholic Charities Hawaii (CCH), a private nonprofit organization, is proposing to establish a Community Treatment and Services Center on Oahu. The center will provide treatment and services for children and adolescents, between ages 2 and 21 years old, who have experienced traumatic events as victims and/or witnesses of domestic violence. The Integrated Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT), a culturally adaptable, evidence-based model will be used as a treatment approach. This is a 3-year project proposal in which a total of 690 clients including military dependents will be served. The project will work closely with local mental health, youth social services, and other collaborators to improve the overall delivery system by: 1) disseminating information on trauma-informed care; 2) educating/training the community-based organizations and local network of service providers, social workers and mental health practitioners on the symptoms and behaviors of trauma-exposed children, and 3) sharing best practices and approaches toward responding to the victims' needs.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: PARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER Honolulu, HI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012968
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 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: KULIA NA MAMO Honolulu, HI
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP013382
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The project targets Asian and Pacific Islander male-to-female transgender and men who have sex with men, age 27 and older. Many of the former are ex-incarcerated, and both groups, which make up the Mahu (two spirits) community in Hawaii, are minority populations at highest risk for HIV. i.e., of all API diagnosed with AIDS, over 65% are MSM, which includes transgender. From our own surveys of over 100 transgender clients, over 60% are ex-inmates, 54% are sex industry workers and over 30% are crystal meth users. 50% of the participants will be re-entry. Interventions will be provided to approximately 150 participants a year. The project is divided into two parts:

1.Capacity Building. The application will spend the first six to nine months of the first year establishing a workgroup or task force that will conduct a community needs assessment. The task force will be made up of the following agencies: Department of Health STD/AIDS Prevention Branch; Department of Health Disease Control and Outbreak Division; Life Foundation, an AIDS service organization; Drug Addiction Services of Hawaii, Inc.; Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, a prevention agency; Hina Mauka, a treatment/prevention agency; Department of Public Safety; Hawaii Cares-the coalition of Ryan White providers; and other agencies. The needs assessment will be the basis for a strategic plan to be implemented after approval from SAMHSA.

During this initial period Kulia Na Mamo will develop memoranda of agreement with treatment agencies, the Department of Public Safety, and others with which to establish linkages to care. Kulia will attend meetings of the HIV Community Planning Group, work with the Jade Ribbon Campaign for hepatitis B testing, and coordinate activities related to hepatitis C with the hepatitis C coordinator at the Department of Health STD/AIDS Prevention Branch.

2. Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation. The proposal follows interventions endorsed by the CDC and/or SAMHSA: Prevention
  
Grantee: HAWAII STATE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Honolulu, HI
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP013944
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $2,093,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The purpose of Hawaii's Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) State Incentive Grant (SIG) is to improve the quality of life of our citizens by preventing and reducing the abuse and dependence on alcohol and other drugs among people of all ages. The SPF SIG will enable Hawaii to (a) support a coordinated and comprehensive approach to substance abuse prevention; (b) ensure that prevention is the first line of defense against illegal drug use and underage drinking; (c) establish effective alcohol and other substance abuse prevention efforts that are evidence-based, culturally appropriate, and long term; and (d) minimize duplicative efforts among partnering agencies, while promoting coordination and identifying gaps in data and services.
  
Grantee: COALITION FOR A DRUG-FREE HAWAII Honolulu, HI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014887
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 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: COALITION FOR A DRUG-FREE HAWAII Honolulu, HI
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015489
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
The purpose of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grant program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. The STOP Act grant program will encourage existing local community coalitions to develop, assess, and implement effective strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking. Strategoies may include: changing local attitudes and norms, and re-evaluating existing laws and policies.
(1) Grantee must participate in national evaluation activities of the STOP grant program.
(2) STOP Grantees must use the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a five step evidence based process for community planning and decision-making. The five step rocess includes: needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.
(3) STOP grantees must plan and implement a comprehensive approach inclusive of multiple strategies as emphasized in the 2007 Surgeon General's Call to Action to prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking located online at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underage drinking/calltoaction.pdf Emphasis should be given to environmental strategies that incorporate prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies. In addition, grantees must select strategies that lead to long term outcomes.
(4) STOP grantees must enhance, not supplant, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. For current Drug Free Community grantees, STOP ACT foods can not be used to supplant or replace activities that are presently being supported by Drug Free Comunity funds, and , separate DFC and STOP ACT accouting systems must be maintained for the purposes of reporting.
  
Grantee: HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER Honokaa, HI
Program: 2009 CSAP EARMARKS SP016070
Congressional District: HI-02
FY 2009 Funding: $190,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2010
Hamakua Health Center, in conjuction with Bay Clinic, Inc. and West Hawaii Community Health Center proposes to utilize 2009 grant funding from SAMHSA to continue building upon this collaborative approach by developing a uniform system of effective screening protocols for identifying mental health and substance abuse for the general population and those who utilize the community health centers as a point of contact for chronic pain management.
  
Grantee: FIVE MOUNTAINS HAWAII Kamuela, HI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012310
Congressional District: HI-02
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2013
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.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Honolulu, HI
Program: Access to Recovery TI019437
Congressional District: HI-01
FY 2009 Funding: $2,713,467
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Hawaii Access to Recovery (HI-ATR) program targets the adult population of child welfare families for the Hawaii Island of Oahu (City and County of Honolulu). "Ice" is the major factor behind Hawaii's explosion of child protection cases, in which Native Hawaiians represent more than fifty percent of Child Protective Services cases and other Asian-Pacific Islanders are also overrepresented. Hawaii is a unique state with (1) the greatest proportions of methamphetamine or "ice" abuse in the nation, (2) inadequate and fragmented treatment resources and significantly limited recovery support services.
HI-ATR Project will introduce a system of vouchers managed electronically through a 42 CFR, Part 2 and HIPAA-compliant web- based information technology (IT) system to improve access to treatment and, subsequent to adequate assessment and referral to an appropriate level of care, genuine independent client choice of service providers, including faith and community-based organizations (FCBOs), especially those that have not previously received public funding.
This project will not only provide the critically needed additional capacity to address Hawaii's ice epidemic but will also contribute significantly to strengthening existing families and healing and reunifying shattered Asian/Pacific Island families, thus ensuring the preservation of the unique heritage and traditions of Hawaii's peoples.
  

Last Update: 10/29/2009