SAMHSA Awards $43 Million in Grants to Expand and Strengthen Services for Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Needs of People Who are Homeless

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Date: 9/30/2009
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SAMHSA Awards $43 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 $43 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 – General and Services in Supportive Housing. 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. 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.

Sixteen general grants and nine services in supportive housing grants were awarded. 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
Services for the Underserved Inc, New York, NY	$349,987
PSCH, Inc, Flushing, NY	$349,799
Northern Ohio Recovery Association, Cleveland, Ohio	$350,000
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	$300,000
Arizona Board of Regents, Tucson, AZ	$349,991
WestCare Georgia Inc, Atlanta, GA	$350,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver, CO	$350,000
Coastal Bend Alcohol and DrugRehabilitationCenter, Corpus Christi, TX	$350,000
Pima Prevention Partnership, Tucson, AZ	$350,000
Brooklyn AIDS Task Force, Brooklyn, NY	$350,000
University of Medicine and Dentistry, Piscataway, NJ	$349,994
Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division, Milwaukee, WI	$350,000
Renz Addiction Counseling Center, Elgin, IL	$350,000
St. Catherine’s Center for Children, Albany, NY	$349,996
Brandywine Counseling Inc, Georgetown, DE	$349,206
Serving Children and Adolescents in Need, Laredo, TX	$350,000

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
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO	$348,033
Perspectives, Inc, St. Louis Park, MN	$350,000
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, Cincinnati, OH	$344,399
Buffalo Valley, Inc., Hohenwald, TN	$350,000
The Empowerment Program Inc., Denver, CO	$350,000
Guadenzia Foundation, Inc, Norristown, PA	$349,483
Philadelphia Dept of BH/MR Services, Philadelphia, PA	$342,530
Community Psychiatric Clinic, Seattle, WA	$350,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, IL	$350,000

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

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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