SAMHSA Awards Almost $27 Million to States for Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Programs

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Date: 10/6/2008
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SAMHSA Awards Almost $27 Million to States for Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Programs

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of 18 grants totaling almost $27 million over three years to support state suicide prevention efforts. The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act provides authorization and funding for grants combating youth suicide.

Over the past few months, SAMHSA has announced awards for 30 programs, 12 of which fund suicide prevention efforts from tribes/tribal organizations. These tribes/tribal organizations will receive over $16 million in grants over the next three years.

“Each year, more children and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, and chronic lung diseases combined,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. “These new grants will help states build on and strengthen established youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies.”

The 18 awards to states are funded up to $500,000 per year in total costs. Continuation awards are subject to the availability of funds and progress achieved by awardees.

The grants announced today will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services and will be awarded to the following organizations:

Organization	First Year Award
Missouri State Department of Mental Health Jefferson City	$500,000
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health/Substance Abuse Oklahoma City	$500,000
Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute Nashville	$500,000
Virginia State Department of Health Richmond	$500,000
Maine State Department of Health/Human Services Augusta	$499,999
Massachusetts State Department of Public Health Boston	$498,230
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Catonsville	$500,000
State of Alaska Juneau	$500,000
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Tamuning, Guam	$500,000
Georgia Division of Public Health Atlanta	$500,000
Hawaii State Department of Health Honolulu	$500,000
Center for Health and Learning Brattleboro , Vt.	$499,953
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Harrisburg	$500,000
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Raleigh	$317,117
Purdue University West Lafayette , Ind.	$499,999
Rhode Island Department of Health Providence	$499,683
University of South Florida Tampa	$499,800
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Families Wilmington	$494,153

For additional information about this grant and other SAMHSA programs, please visit http://www.samhsa.gov/.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.

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