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SAMHSA News Bulletin

Date: 10/9/2008
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA Awards $12 Million in Grants for Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery with Priority to Veterans

Today, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the award of six grants totaling $12 million over five years to support local and statewide expansion of jail diversion programs for people with post traumatic stress and other trauma-related disorders. A priority for this program is to provide needed services to veterans returning from Iraq/Afghanistan.

"Every year, thousands of service members depart from the military and rejoin their families and civilian communities. As a nation, we must understand that our veterans – while heroes in every sense of the word – are people first, people who sometimes need help, " said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. "Through these new grants we can help put more services in place and be ready for those in need when they return home."

The programs selected for these grants can receive up to $412,500 each year, over the course of five years. Continuation awards are subject to availability of funds and progress achieved by awardees. The program will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services.

Grants were awarded to:

Colorado Department of Human Services, Denver - $395,855 for the first year. This grant will provide jail diversion services to veterans within Colorado and directly link them with treatment services that will support recovery from trauma disorders including co-occurring disorders.

Connecticut Department of Mental Health, Hartford -- $405,161 for the first year. This grant will support  the CT Diversion/Trauma Recovery Program to provide veterans with PTSD/trauma-related disorders, effective integrated services and recovery support. 

Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta -- $402,108 for the first year. This grant will support the provision of trauma-integrated jail diversion services for veterans and include the training of criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment staff on trauma-informed care. 

Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago -- $399,554 for the first year.  This program will be implemented in two phases, with a result of delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment to 120 consumers as well as specialized training for 1,100 police officers in street level responses to veterans living with a mental illness.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, -- $405,161 for the first year.  This program will implement Mission Direct Vet, which seeks to reduce justice involvement among veterans returning from Iraq/Afghanistan with trauma-related symptoms and addictions by using trauma-sensitive, veteran-focused mental health and substance abuse treatment, and peer support. 

S tate of Vermont, Burlington -- $405,161 for the first year.  This program will pilot its infrastructure and intervention program in Chittenden County, screening an estimated 14,000 veterans and other adults in the criminal justice system for trauma-related disorders and diverting an estimated 300 people from detention to evidence-based treatment and supports. 

For additional information about this grant and other SAMHSA programs, please visit http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2008/sm_08_009.aspx and  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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