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SAMHSA News Bulletin

Date: 10/15/2008
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA Awards $50 Million in Grants to Expand and Strengthen Services for Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Needs of People Who are Homeless

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of 25 grants totaling $50 million over five years to community service organizations across the country offering substance abuse treatment and mental health services to people who are homeless.

"As many as 700,000 Americans are homeless on any given night. An estimated 20 to 25 percent of these people have a serious mental illness, and one-half of this subgroup also have an alcohol and/or drug problem," said SAMHSA’s Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. "These new grants will support community-based programs that deliver the comprehensive services needed to help individuals achieve stable housing, recovery and a fulfilling life."

There are two funding categories -- "Services in Supportive Housing" and "General." Services in Supportive Housing grants provide resources to help formerly homeless individuals remain in permanent housing by providing linkages to appropriate treatment for substance use or mental disorders and other support services. The ‘General Treatment for Homeless’ category allows communities to address local priorities for persons who are homeless and who have substance use or mental disorders or co-occurring disorders, and to develop service systems to increase the number of these persons who are placed in stable housing and receive needed treatment and related services.

Twelve services in supportive housing and thirteen general grants were awarded. The programs selected for grants will receive approximately $400,000 each year, over the course of five years.

The actual award amounts may vary, depending on the availability of funds and the activities proposed by the awardees. Continuation awards are subject to both availability of funds and progress achieved by awardees. The program will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

Grant awardees by State and first-year funding amounts for "General" Treatment for Homeless services are:

Treatment for the Homeless Grant Awardee

First-year funding

Mendocino County Health Dept., Ukiah, Ca..

$400,000

Operation PAR, Inc., Pinellas Park, Fla.

$400,000

Duffy Health Center, Hyannis, Mass.

$400,000

Tapestry Health, Inc., Florence, Mass.

$400,000

Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries , Mich.

$400,000

Community Alternatives, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.

$399,364

Albuquerque Health Care, Inc., N.M.

$400,000

Harlem United Community AIDS Center, Inc., New York City

$400,000

Palladia, Inc., New York City

$400,000

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

$400,000

Volunteers of America of Oregon, Portland

$400,000

The Daily Planet, Inc., Richmond, Va.

$342,641

Primary Care Health Services, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

$400,000

 

Grant awardees by State and first-year funding amounts for Services in Supportive Housing are:

 

Treatment for the Homeless- Services in Supportive Housing Grant Awardee

First-year funding

HomeBase Youth Services, Phoenix, Ariz.

$400,000

Community Housing Partnership, San Francisco, Calif.

$400,000

Mile High Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse,

Denver , Colo.

$399,977

Connections Community Support Program, Wilmington, Del.

$399,970

Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc., Ga.

$400,000

Community Action Council, Lexington, Ky.

$240,023

Family Health Centers, Inc., Louisville, Ky.

$400,000

The Fortune Society, Long Island City, N.Y.

$400,000

MHRSB of Stark County, Canton, Ohio

$397,848

Outside In, Portland, Ore.

$400,000

County of Beaver, Beaver Falls, Pa.

$399,900

Riverwood Mental Health Services, Warren, R.I.

$400,000

                   

For additional information about this grant and other SAMHSA programs, please visit http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2008/ti_08_013.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.


Page Last Updated: 10/16/2008