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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
VIRGIN ISLANDS

Grantee: U.S. Virgin Island Dept of Health	St Thomas, VI
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56648
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $71,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This project will continue the State's effort to build infrastructure to collect data and report the remaining Mental Health Block Grant Uniform Reporting System Developmental Measures. Grant efforts will focus on (1) local provider training to improve data quality, (2) implementation of web-based technology using DS2K + data standards to collect, report, and improve accessibility of data, and (3) strengthening internal and external database linkages. Project outcomes will include consistent data definitions, timely capture of data, improved measure of service outcomes and client change, improved data quality, and enhanced ability to analyze and report on developmental measures such as school attendance, school performance, and involvement with the criminal justice system. The project outcomes will be evaluated based on the ability to produce the data required for URS and other desired reporting. The project will also be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce data that is useful to and is used by system stakeholders.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
VIRGIN ISLANDS

Grantee: Access to Rac Health Inst	Christiansted, VI
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services	SP10744
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Access to Racial Health Institute in Washington, DC has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. The grantee will use a historical Crucian culture framework to integrate substance prevention and HIV prevention interventions. The "Focus on Kids" intervention targets pre and early adolescents in their existing friendship groups. The target population is African-American youth in the 6th through 8th grades (11 to 13) residing in Christiansted and Frederiksted, St. Croix. The program will enroll 1 cohort of 50 youth with 2 cohorts per year, serving 100 youth per year.

Grantee: VILLAGE VIRGIN ISLANDS PARTNERS/RECOVERY	Sunny Isles, VI
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP13536
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
SA, HIV, HEP, STI Prevention for Minority Youth and Minority Reentry Populations The Village Virgin Islands Partners in Recovery (VIPIR) in St. Croix, VI has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framwork (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. The grantee goal is to reduce substance use in adult minority and reentry populations, and prevent/reduce the transmission of substance related HIV/AIDS and hepatitis in adult minority and reentry populations. VIPIR is the lead agency and VICARE is the primary contracted community provider of the integrated services to be provided reentry and other high-risk individials (90% who are minority Hispanic, Caribbean, and African American adults). The outcome evaluation will address the effectiveness of the program to reduce drug and alcohol use, increase knowledge regarding the acquisition and transmission of HIV and hepatitis, and decrease risky sexual and drug-taking behaviors.

Grantee: VILLAGE VIRGIN ISLANDS PARTNERS/RECOVERY	Sunny Isles, VI
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13897
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2010
The grantee will: (1) reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by addressing factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
VIRGIN ISLANDS

Grantee: VILLAGE VIRGIN ISLANDS PARTNERS/RECOVERY	Sunny Isles, VI
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14451
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $349,923
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand and enhance the Virgin Islands Partners in Recovery current comprehensive continuum of intervention and treatment services. The program will provide residential services, family therapy, individual counseling, vocational education, recreation therapy, evaluation services and psychotropic medication, and case management to women, and women and their children from African-American and Latina backgrounds.

Grantee: VILLAGE VIRGIN ISLANDS PARTNERS/RECOVERY	Sunny Isles, VI
Program: Treatment for Homeless - Homeless	TI18178
Congressional District: VI-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
Proposes to provide integrated substance abuse, mental health, and health treatment to 200 homeless men and women on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. The target population is African Caribbean and Hispanic/Latino adult males and females. It plans to develop a culturally sensitive outreach strategy for persons who are homeless with dual disorders with a specific goal of increasing motivation to enter treatment; providing a sheltered setting for stabilization and engagement; integrated treatment for health, mental health, and substance abuse problems; and improving access to aftercare and housing.

Last Update: 2/28/2008