SAMHSA Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Funds

SAMHSA State Grant Awards FY 2004
Discretionary Funds in Detail
REP. OF PALAU

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

REP. OF PALAU

Grantee: Ministry of Health	Koror Palau, PW
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56666
Congressional District: PW-00
FY 2004 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)

REP. OF PALAU

Grantee: Ministry of Health	Koror Palau, PW
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP11228
Congressional District: PW-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $420,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants (SPF SIG)-Republic of Palau The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants are used to advance community-based programs for substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. The SPF SIG implements a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build on assets, and prevent problem behaviors. The five steps are: (1) conduct needs assessments; (2) build state and local capacity; (3) develop a comprehensive strategic plan; (4) implement evidence-based prevention policies, programs and practices; and (5) monitor and evaluate program effectiveness, sustaining what has worked well. These grants will allow the programs to provide leadership, technical support and monitoring to ensure that participating communities are successful. The success of the grants will be measured by specific measurable outcomes, among them: abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse, reduction in substance abuse-related crime, attainment of employment or enrollment in school, increased stability in family and living conditions, increased access to services, and increased social connectedness. Palau's Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant program will reach out to communities to enlist their support for the shared development of a strategic prevention framework based on sound prevention principles and Palauan culture and strengths. Palau plans to provide and facilitate training for targeted communities on strategic incentive grant principles, all steps of the Framework --including community readiness, data resources, evaluation, strategic planning, risk/protective factors, and model programs.