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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)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Grantee: CITY OF CHARLESTON Charleston, SC
Program: 2009 CMHS EARMARKS SM059378
Congressional District: SC-01
FY 2009 Funding: $95,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2010
The Charleston Fire Dept. (SC) application is utilizing this funding to ensure the continuation of quality mental health services to its firefighters once its current funding ends in 2009 and will continue the funding of resources into 2010.
  
Grantee: SOUTH CAROLINA SHARE West Columbia, SC
Program: Statewide Consumer Network SM056349
Congressional District: SC-02
FY 2009 Funding: $69,999
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2010
The Statewide Actions For recovery Project (STAR) being proposed by SC SHARE is a plan for infrastructure change and development that will result in increased capacity in mental health workforce development, the expansion of the peer provider network and policy development that will transform the system of mental health care in South Carolina toward recovery. In collaboration with SC Department of Mental Health, the Mental Health Recovery Center, the Mental Health Association of SC, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in SC the STAR project will infuse person-centered planning into the mental health treatment system. STAR project will also place consumers in employment positions in key administrative positions that serve as the internal management team for the state mental health system.
  
Grantee: DEE NORTON LOWCOUNTRY CHILDREN'S CENTER Charleston, SC
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative SM059480
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $392,265
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2012
The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center's (DNLCC) program: Implementing Evidence Based Treatment (EBT) Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Sexual Behavior Problems through a Children's Advocacy Center will increase access to treatment for children and their non-offending caregiver(s), traumatized by abuse who exhibit or risk exhibiting sexual behavior problems. The children and caregivers DNLCC serves come from diverse ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds from the South Carolina counties of Charleston and Berkeley with a combined population of 506,595. The program will implement evidence-based practices for pre-school, school aged, and adolescents through a Community Based Learning Collaborative with the participation of the multidisciplinary partners of the CAC as a Community Change Team (CCT). The Center hopes to treat a total of 252 children and their caregivers over the three year grant period.

  
Grantee: MENTAL HEALTH ASSN OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM057844
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $344,211
Project Period: 05/04/2007 - 05/03/2010
The Mental Health Association in South Carolina proposes to implement Project SAFE (Suicide Awareness for Everyone), a suicide prevention program for youth in schools, colleges, substance abuse systems, mental health programs, foster care systems, and other child and youth support organizations. The targeted populations are primarily in rural areas of the state with a higher percentage of African Americans and a higher percentage of Hispanic/Latino individuals than the state average. Project SAFE will provide evidenced-based gatekeeper training for personnel in 80% of secondary schools in the targeted regions and will also provide gatekeeper training for personnel in institutions of higher education, local offices of public welfare and juvenile justice, pediatricians' offices, faith-based organizations, and to foster and adoptive parents.
  
Grantee: FEDERATION OF FAMILIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057968
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $60,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Federation of Families of South Carolina (FFSC) proposes to coordinate the Statewide Family Netowrk (SFN) project, South Carolina Technical Assistance Center (SCTAC) for Community Family Networks. SCTAC will provide technical assistance statewide to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families by making available information, training and support. The FFSC will make every effort to provide services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to the family. FFSC staff will work to connect family members in communitities with each other to develop Community Family Networks (CFN). Technical assistance will be based on an individual needs assessment of each CFN. As the SFN grant recipient in South Carolina for six years, SCTAC will continue to provide assistance to strengthen the twenty-three existing CFN's. Family members identified by FFSC in new communities will be provided technical assistance in the development of new CFN's. Technical assistance will also be provided to assist networks in making community contacts and developing CFN's that will collaborate with community policymakers and srvice providers.

The FFSC is the only statewide non-profit organization that advocates solely for children, adolescents and their family's mental health needs. The FFSC is the state chapter of the national, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
  
Grantee: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEPT OF MENTAL HLTH Columbia, SC
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants SM058122
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $154,696
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The 2007 South Carolina Mental Health DIG for Quality Improvement endeavors to enhance the efficiency of data reporting, expand the use of data and its value to stakeholders, and refine and complete the data elements needed for reporting NOMs. The three goals of this proposal are: (1) enhancing the mechanisms needed for routine data reporting to the system, (2) expanding the use of data for planning, performance measurement, information sharing and use by consumers and other stakeholders, and (3) refinement of the data for URS and NOMS reporting including assessment of the data for completeness and accuracy and the development of data linkages that would allow for the collection of additional data elements.
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.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston, SC
Program: Minority HIV Prevention SP015156
Congressional District: SC-01
FY 2009 Funding: $335,333
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
This application, in response to RFA-08-00l by the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center (NCVC) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), describes plans for the implementation of the Charleston County Teen and Family EMPOWERR (Ethnic Minority Outreach and Web-based Education for Risk Reduction) Program. The purpose of the EMPOWERR Program is to deliver culturally-competent, state of the science prevention services to ethnic minority adolescents (12-17 years).
  
Grantee: RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO FOUNDATION Columbia, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014341
Congressional District: SC-02
FY 2009 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: SOUTH CAROLINA ST DEPT/ALC/DRUG ABU SRVS Columbia, SC
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP015586
Congressional District: SC-02
FY 2009 Funding: $2,135,724
Project Period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2014
The State of South Carolina will work to reduce substance abuse by building capacity across the State through coalition development, community needs assessment, strategic planning and training in targeted evidence-based prevention.
  
Grantee: SCHOOL DIST 5/LEXINGTON & RICHLAND CNTY Irmo, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012277
Congressional District: SC-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.
  
Grantee: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Clemson, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012145
Congressional District: SC-03
FY 2009 Funding: $99,526
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: COMMUNITY INITIATIVES INC. Greenwood, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011728
Congressional District: SC-03
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2014
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: GREENVILLE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP Greenville, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012284
Congressional District: SC-04
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.
  
Grantee: GREENVILLE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP Greenville, SC
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015501
Congressional District: SC-04
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: CITY OF SPARTANBURG Spartanburg, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012354
Congressional District: SC-04
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.
  
Grantee: CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COORDINATING COUNCIL Chesterfield, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013611
Congressional District: SC-05
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: CHILDREN'S COUNCIL Lancaster, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012136
Congressional District: SC-05
FY 2009 Funding: $98,021
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: YORK COUNTY CNCL ON ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE Rock Hill, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014727
Congressional District: SC-05
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: LEXINGTON-RICHLAND ALC & DRUG ABUSE CNCL Columbia, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011497
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $124,980
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2014
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: RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 Columbia, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013876
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $99,997
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
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: LEXINGTON-RICHLAND ALC & DRUG ABUSE CNCL Columbia, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring SP015199
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2010
The grantee will: (1) support and encourage the development of new or the expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse; (2) assist one or more communities in efforts to begin coalition operations or to expand the operations of community coalitions that want to receive assistance.
  
Grantee: FLORENCE COUNTY COMM ON ALC-DRUG ABUSE Florence, SC
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013166
Congressional District: SC-06
FY 2009 Funding: $76,013
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.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: MENTAL ILLNESS RECOVERY CENTER, INC. Columbia, SC
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI016569
Congressional District: SC-02
FY 2009 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
The Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. will provide integrated assertive community treatment to individuals who are homeless with mental illnesses and/or dually diagnosed with a mental illness and a substance use disorder in Richland County, SC. In partnership with the SC Department of Mental Health, the Columbia Area Mental Health Center and the Lexington- Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, the PRO-ACT team will provide comprehensive community services (outreach, case management, mental health and substance abuse treatment, services and psycho social rehabilitation).
  
Grantee: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE Columbia, SC
Program: Co-Occurring State Incentive Grants TI018389
Congressional District: SC-02
FY 2009 Funding: $501,871
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The South Carolina COSIG project will be a bold initiative to benefit adults with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The project is designed to improve recognition, diagnosis, and treatment. System changes will be developed during the first two years of the grant, with pilot projects in the Charleston and Georgetown areas serving as test sites for implementation. Once perfected, these changes will be disseminated statewide during the later years of the grant. Evaluation efforts will continue through all five years to monitor statewide implementation efforts, assess sustainability of the changes, and monitor the expected improvements in client outcomes. The purpose of the pilot initiatives is to test the new methods to see if they are feasible, effective, and efficient.
  

Last Update: 10/29/2009