SAMHSA Awards $170.5 Million to Fund Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Serious Mental Health Challenges and Their Families

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Date: 10/1/2009
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SAMHSA Awards $170.5 Million to Fund Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Serious Mental Health Challenges and Their Families

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced today the award of 20 grants totaling $170.5 million over 6 years to develop and expand systems of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

“Experience has shown that children with serious emotional disturbances and their families benefit from an integrated approach to care and services,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. “The awards we announced today represent a wise investment that both helps preserve families and protects every child’s right to a future.”

The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program is designed to transform the way mental health services and supports are delivered allowing communities to provide coordinated treatment in the least restrictive way possible.

A system of care is not limited to traditional mental health services. Grantees may offer services such as respite care, tutoring, vocational counseling, legal services and therapeutic recreation.

The programs selected for these cooperative agreements can receive up to $1 million in year one, up to $1.5 million in year two, up to $2 million in years three and four, up to 1.5 million in year five and up to $1 million in year six. The program will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services.

Grant recipients are: First year awards

State of New Mexico	1,000,000
City and County of San Francisco, California	1,000,000
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services	1,000,000
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities	1,000,000
Onondaga County, Syracuse, New York	1,000,000
Alameda City Behavioral Health Care Services, Oakland, California	1,000,000
State of Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago, Illinois	1,000,000
Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Jackson, Mississippi	481,579
Hawaii State Department of Health, CAMHD, Honolulu, Hawaii	1,000,000
Alabama Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Montgomery , Alabama	1,000,000
Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Health and Human Services, Boston , Massachusetts	1,000,000
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	999,999
Kent County CMH Authority, Grand Rapids, Michigan	999,495
State of Illinois, Department of Human Services, Chicago, Illinois	1,000,000
Orange CountyHealth and Family Services, Orlando, Florida	1,000,000
Clermont Count ADAMHS Board, Batavia, Ohio	893,739
Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services, Cincinnati , Ohio	1,000,000
Madison School District 321, Rexburg, Idaho	996,964
County of Talbot, Easton, Maryland	998,539
Florida Department of Children and Families, Miami, Florida	1,000,000

For more information on these SAMHSA grants go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/

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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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