SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

ARKANSAS

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: State of Arkansas Little Rock, AR
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM57014
Congressional District: AR-01
FY 2005 Funding: $1,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
Through the ACTION for Kids Project, Arkansas Division of Behavioral Health (DBH), working with other state and community agencies, youth and their families, will develop an integrated community-based, system of care (SOC) for children with severe emotional disorders (SED) and their families living in Craighead, Mississippi, Lee and Philips counties of eastern Arkansas. The target area for the ACTION for Kids Project is a region of contrast and diversity. This region contains an affluent metropolitan community juxtaposed to some of Arkansas's poorest Mississippi River Delta counties. It is home to approximately 4700 children with SED for whom services are often non-existent or located at great distances from their homes and provided through varied and disconnected systems. ACTION for Kids Project: will develop a comprehensive SOC for children/youth with SED and their families; and, ensure meaningful family involvement in all aspects of the SOC. The Division of Behavioral Health will provide the leadership at the state and community level. Project development will be managed through partnerships with two contracted mental health centers.
     
Grantee: DHS/Division of Behavioral Hlth Svcs Little Rock, AR
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56609
Congressional District: AR-01
FY 2005 Funding: $142,200
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.
     
Grantee: Kiwanis Activities, Inc Little Rock, AR
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55652
Congressional District: AR-53
FY 2005 Funding: $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Goals of the project are: (1) To provide a residential educational program called the Alternative Classroom Experience, that fosters academic growth, improves social behavior, increases self worth and acceptance of personal and group responsibility, provides awareness of social issues, improves parenting skills, provides long term follow up and summer camp opportunities (2) To provide yearly a free summer residential and recreational camping program for economically disadvantaged and/or at risk youth that improves social behavior increases self worth and acceptance of personal and group responsibility, and provides long term incentives for leadership growth and development (3) To provide yearly a follow up component for 3rd through 7d' grade ACE graduates that will enhance, implement, and evaluate strategies to reduce the number and duration of student suspensions/expulsions and to improve the overall academic and behavioral performance of the students and (4) To develop an extended outreach program through a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to youth violence prevention and youth empowerment through the advancement within the community of methods generally used in ACE such as but not limited to Character Building through Organized Play (CBOP), Reality Therapy, and Reciprocal Teaching.
     

 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Grantee: City of Berryville Berryville, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12202
Congressional District: AR-02
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: State of Arkansas Little Rock, AR
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP11211
Congressional District: AR-02
FY 2005 Funding: $2,332,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Arkansas was awarded a State Incentive Planning and Development Grant (SIPDG) in October, 2003 to enhance the capacity and collaboration of State agencies to provide a comprehensive, outcome -and research-based prevention system, comprising state-of-the-art monitoring and evaluation components to ensure sustainability and effective services. Building on lessons learned from its SIPDG, Arkansas successful won a five-year Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG in July 2005. The purpose of the Arkansas SPF SIG is to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse through the lifespan; reduce substance abuse-related problems in communities; and build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the State and community levels. The major effort in building community capacity has resulted from State Incentive Grant funds supporting the training of local coalitions. Additionally, under the direction of Governor Mike Huckabee, and building upon the SIPDG Advisory Committee, Arkansas established an expanded Advisory Committee consisting of representatives from the Governor's Office and approximately 30 State agencies and other prevention stakeholders. The Data Collection and Needs Assessment component of the Arkansas SPF SIG is designed to provide State agencies and local coalitions with the infrastructure and supporting data needed to conduct annual State and local community prevention needs assessments, creating a continuum of community resources, capacity, and readiness. The State is currently developing a SPF SIG State strategic prevention plan, using data for planning and making informed decisions to ensure that the State and communities develop an effective and sustainable prevention system.
     
Grantee: Harbor House, Inc Fort Smith, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12358
Congressional District: AR-03
FY 2005 Funding: $98,340
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Huntsville School District Huntsville, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12398
Congressional District: AR-03
FY 2005 Funding: $99,910
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Rogers Development Foundation Rogers, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12069
Congressional District: AR-03
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Creative Action Network for Youth Springdale, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11298
Congressional District: AR-03
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Community Resource Agency Pine Bluff, AR
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12397
Congressional District: AR-04
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     

 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: Arkansas State Hospital Little Rock, AR
Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders TI15360
Congressional District: AR-01
FY 2005 Funding: $1,100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
To meet the needs of Arkansans dually diagnosed with substance abuse and mental health illness, the State of Arkansas, under the leadership of the Governor and his staff, will institute standardized universal screening and assessment as a first step in its attempt to integrate the presently divided systems of substance abuse and mental health care.
     
Grantee: UAMS Little Rock, AR
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment TI15467
Congressional District: AR-02
FY 2005 Funding: $249,945
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will increase provision and effectiveness of alcohol and drug abuse treatment for adolescents with comorbid psychiatric disorders in central Arkansas through dissemination of two types of therapy-motivational enhancement and cognitive behavioral therapy or MET/CBT 5.
     
Grantee: Decision Point, Inc Springdale, AR
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI16616
Congressional District: AR-03
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Decision Point will serve a target population of homeless individuals with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness in northwest Arkansas. Using evidenced-based approach, Decision Point will provide comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment services across a full continuum of care. This project includes a strong process and outcome evaluation, and evaluation results will be used to advocate for long-term sustainability of services for the target population.