SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

ARIZONA

 

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: Valle del Sol, Inc. Phoenix, AZ
Program: TCE-Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults SM56905
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $398,800
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Oro (TdO) program targeting Latino elders, 60 years of age and older at risk for, or experiencing mental health problems in southwest Phoenix and the communities of Surprise and El Mirage. The program is grounded in community outreach principles of the ElderVention and Promotora Models adapted for appropriate implementation with Latino elders. TdO consists of three main service components: Prevention-Education Presentations, Home Visits, and Transition Workshops employing a Spanish-speaking community based psychoeducational approach. The expansion will include a clinical component. A key feature of TdO is the use of active and engaged Advisory Councils at each site ensuring that services are consumer driven.TdO has two goals: to provide culturally adapted depression and suicide prevention services to Latino elders residing in our target areas and to identify at risk, clinically depressed Latino seniors. Depressed seniors will be offered culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CACBT) in order to reduce depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. A Community Training and Volunteer Coordinator will conduct training for professionals and community members on elder abuse, depression, and suicide prevention valley-wide and oversee the volunteers (who will conduct friendly visits and presentations) in all three communities.
     
Grantee: MIKID, Mentally Ill Kids in Distress Phoenix, AZ
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants SM56370
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $59,900
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Mentally Ill Kids In Distress, has assisted families who face the challenges of parenting a child with severe emotional disturbance. This grant will expand the capacity of MIKID's aid and support of families into rural Arizona. MIKID will work to strengthen organizational relationships with family members, advocates, networks and coalitions dedicated to empowering families.
     
Grantee: Arizona Dept. of Health Service Phoenix, AZ
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM57406
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The Arizona Suicide Prevention Project targets Pima and Pinal Counties, two areas of the State with high rates of attempted and completed suicides as well as elevated risk factors for suicide. The Arizona Suicide Prevention Project will include the full continuum of prevention, early intervention, and postvention. Prevention strategies will include formal gatekeeper training for educators, first responders, behavioral health professionals, and youth leaders. Early intervention services will involve assisting schools and health clinics in the targeted counties with establishing screening for depression and suicide and making appropriate referrals to treatment. Postvention strategies will include providing support for survivors of suicide in the form of Critical Incident Stress Management.
     
Grantee: Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, AZ
Program: Child & Adolescent MH and SA SIGs SM56540
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $750,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), in collaboration with Arizona child serving agencies, proposes to use grant funds to expand and sustain activities based on the Arizona Vision and Principles, including: creating and sustaining trusting partnerships with families, and with other child-serving systems; developing, teaching and implementing effective practice improvement protocols; workforce development through expanded training and coaching; community infrastructure development for child and family serving agencies, including effective venues for barrier identification and resolution; and improvements to the overall quality management system to ensure sustainability of the statewide system reform. The Arizona Vision, which identifies meaningful behavioral health service outcomes for eligible children and their families, is built on a set of Principles, based on the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) core system of care values, to which Arizona child serving agencies are committed. The Arizona Vision and Principles, in turn, are contractual obligations established by ADHS, implemented largely through the Tribal and the Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (T/RBHAs) and their child and family-serving providers.
     
Grantee: Office of the Governor Phoenix, AZ
Program: 2004 COSIGS SM56586
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $1,099,856
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The State of Arizona plans to extend its existing behavioral health system co-occurring infrastructure to the State's adult and juvenile criminal justice systems. The intention is to build the workforce, clinical, and information infrastructure necessary to ensure that all individuals who come in contact with the criminal justice system are provided with a consistent and comprehensive approach to the detection, assessment, and treatment of co-occurring disorders in a culturally competent manner that is inclusive of evidence-based practices. Their four key objectives are: 1) local and state criminal justice systems will implement a uniform process for ensuring that individuals within their custody are screened for the presence of mental illnesses and substance use disorders; 2) individuals exiting the correctional systems who have been positively screened will be appropriately diagnosed; 3) informational systems will be integrated to foster the flow of clinically relevant information among and between criminal justice and behavioral health treatment systems and settings; and 4) workforce development initiatives will be targeted to criminal justice and behavioral health service professionals. To evaluate the viability of this approach, a quasi-experimental pilot demonstration study will be undertaken that incorporates pre-release screening, assessment, and transition planning for inmates of the state correctional system, and co-occurring and culturally competent post-release services, including housing supports, intensive case management, and outpatient treatment services.
     
Grantee: Osborn School District Phoenix, AZ
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55635
Congressional District: AZ-04
FY 2005 Funding: $146,831
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
The proposal, "Promoting Non Violence and Healthy Relationships for Teen Girls" targets 8th grade girls as they prepare for a difficult transition year into high school. The entire 8h grade class of female students will be offered the program via a mandatory exploratory class. Research has suggested that it is important to deal with subjects of violence in relationships in gender segregated groups to allow the participants to deal with the material without preoccupation of how they are being viewed. Osborn Middle School has also experienced the national trend of an increased amount of violence being perpetrated by girls. Therefore, this proposal will provide targeted and more intensive intervention with teen girls. Goals of the Project : To reduce positive attitudes toward violence as measured by a reduction in positive attitudes toward violence on the compiled student questionnaire; to reduce threatening and violent behaviors as measured by discipline reports and self reports; to reduce the risk of involvement in violent relationships as demonstrated by an increased knowledge of the dynamics of violent/unhealthy relationships; and to reduce the risk of involvement in violent relationships as demonstrated by a reduction in the personal norms of accepting violence in couple relationships.
     
Grantee: AZ Board of Regents of AZ S. U. Tempe, AZ
Program: Campus Suicide SM57532
Congressional District: AZ-05
FY 2005 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Arizona State University (ASU) is one of the largest and fastest growing institutes of higher learning in the nation. ASU enrolls more than 57,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students on three campuses in metropolitan Phoenix, which is located in Maricopa County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, students aged 20-24 in Maricopa County is significantly higher than the national average for this age group. The target population for this project is freshman residing in dorms at ASU. The goals of the ASU Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program are to: (1) identify and refer high risk students with behavioral health concerns; (2) increase awareness of suicide risk factors, imminent warning signs, prevnetion strategies and resources; (3) expand suicide prevention education provided for Resident Life/First Year students; (4) educate parents about suicide prevention and referral of at risk students; and (5) increase intervention options for residential students who have been referred for mandatory assessment due to risk of suicide. To meet these objectives, we propose to conduct gatekeeper training; develop and implement an education campaign; provide wellness training to undergraduate peer advocates, disseminate information to parents and develop multidisciplinary inverventions for students at risk.
     
Grantee: Jewish Family & Children's Svc, AZ Tucson, AZ
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative SM57216
Congressional District: AZ-05
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The Child and Adolescent Traumatic Stress Services Center of Southern Arizona (CATSS)will improve the availability and quality of services and treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, by implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions in a variety of community settings, including schools, residential treatment facilities and out patient counseling centers. Services are provided for who have experienced traumatic stress as a result of exposure to the full range of interpersonal and environmental violence, including: sexual and/or physical abuse; domestic violence; school and community violence, and natural disasters.The goals of the CATSS Center are to: identify best practices to effectively address child/youth trauma needs in the Tucson/Pima Co. community; work with TSA Centers to adapt evidenced based treatment and services approaches to meet identified needs, and transform service delivery approaches so that best practices can be implemented through collaboration and training with key community stakeholders, including: child welfare entities-child protective and foster care services; law enforcement, including domestic violence-specific intervention; public education schools and family resource & wellness centers; social/behavioral health agencies, and consumers-parents & youth. The project will collaborate closely with the NCTS Network and regional networks in resource development & dissemination, and share lessons learned through local, state and NCTS national networks/collaborations.
     
Grantee: Jewish Family & Children's Svc, AZ Tucson, AZ
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55710
Congressional District: AZ-05
FY 2005 Funding: $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern Arizona will initiate and coordinate The Tucson Coalition on Girls and Violence ("The Coalition"), a community wide collaboration to be convened for the purpose of creating a coordinated community intervention program that will provide services to girls and young women ages 8 to 21 in Pima County, Arizona who are victims and/or perpetrators of violence. Using as a launching point Project Safe Place, a wildly successful violence intervention and prevention program pioneered by JFCS in 1996, the Coalition's overarching goals are to: 1. Discern how the Project Safe Place model can be modified to meet needs of clients of coalition organizations and the Tucson community at large. 2. Develop strategies to incorporate educational opportunities around issues of cultural competency for all service providers working with the diverse population of girls and young women with a history of violence in their lives. 3. Create and implement an action plan to broaden the scope of gender specific violence intervention and prevention services available to girls and young women in Pima County, Arizona.
     
Grantee: Native Images Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55860
Congressional District: AZ-05
FY 2005 Funding: $149,592
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Native Images is located in the city of Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona. NII and Strengthening the Circle-Talking Circle Program will work together and in collaboration with community providers and community members to develop programs aimed at reducing violence and violent encounters for urban Native American girls and young women, through age 21 in the greater Tucson area. This includes victims of sexual abuse, those exposed to domestic or community violence, and females who may be involved with gangs.
     
Grantee: Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, AZ
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56623
Congressional District: AZ-07
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: Chiricahua Comm. Health Ctr. Inc Elfrida, AZ
Program: TCE-Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults SM56938
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The purpose of the proposed project is to provide a culturally based intervention program which addresses behavioral health prevention of depression, both related and unrelated to diabetes, and dementia in residents over the age of 60 in Elfrida, Cochise County, Arizona. In a nontraditional approach, activities will focus in large part around an organic community garden with a walking path. Additional activities will take place both outdoors and indoors, depending on the time of year. Project activities will address all three areas which affect mental health increasing social interaction, providing mentally stimulating projects, and physical exercise, as well as prevention programs, to address life-style changes necessary to control depression in diabetics. Activities will also be targeting dementia and non-diabetic depression prevention. Research shows a strong correlation between reduction or elimination of depression with increased physical exercise. Studies also show a greatly reduced risk of developing dementia when older adults are engaged socially, mentally stimulated, and participate in physical exercise. Many seniors in Elfrida are living below the poverty level and a significant number are living alone. Their isolation often times leads to depression, and risk of dementia increases. Organized activities for those over the age of 60 who are not employed are extremely limited. In addition to garden activities, this project will provide activities which bring seniors together, stimulate their minds, and provide exercise. Activities suggested by community members include an oral history project, formation of musical groups, and walking groups.
     

 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Grantee: Against Abuse, Inc Casa Grande, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12445
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $99,960
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: Citizens Against Substance Abuse Flagstaff, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12158
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $99,999
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: Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services SP10690
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. The grantee plans to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV prevention services to three at-risk groups of youth (ages12-17) and young adults (ages 18-24). These youth and young adults are homeless/runaways, experiencing sexual identity issues, or returning to the community from the justice system and receiving court-ordered substance abuse treatment.
     
Grantee: Pima Youth Partnership Tucson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11731
Congressional District: AZ-01
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: Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation Tucson, AZ
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP13338
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation of Tucson, AZ has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. La Red Latina (The Latino Network) project will target Latino men who have sex with men; Latino released inmates, and high risk Latina women. The project has 5 components: outreach, the Many Men, Many Voices curriculum, Promotoras, and counseling, testing and referral services. Project collaborators include COPE Behavioral Services, PIMA County Health Department and a stakeholder group of additional community organizations.
     
Grantee: Williams Unified School District Williams, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12162
Congressional District: AZ-01
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: Office of the Governor Phoenix, AZ
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP11213
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $2,350,962
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
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. In Arizona, the Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families, in partnership with other state agencies, including the Department of Health Services, will develop a comprehensive, integrated statewide substance abuse Arizona Strategic Prevention Framework resulting in data-driven, community-based prevention activities for Arizona's highest risk youth and families.
     
Grantee: Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. Somerton, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11586
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $99,997
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: Chicanos por la Causa Tucson Tucson, AZ
Program: Youth Transition into the Workplace SP11110
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Chicanos por la Causa (CPLC) is submitting a Youth In Transition proposal for a Cooperative Agreement for Phases I and II to further develop, refine, and evaluate its substance abuse early prevention/intervention curriculum for Hispanic youth ages 16-24. The curriculum, Corazon de Aztlan, is based on the model program Communities That Care includes components specifically tailored for Hispanic youth. The project will include collaboration with key employers, schools, the University of Arizona South Campus, Pima Community College, and community organizations including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The Communities That Care (CTC) model with added culturally appropriate elements has been tested with Hispanic youth in high schools in Tucson/Pima County in a Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention program funded by SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The model will be applied as a prevention and early intervention program for young, primarily Hispanic adults ages 16-24. The target population will include: students in high school transition-to-work programs, young adults ages 18-24 who are in the workplace, including those who are in college with part time employment, full time in the work place, or in employment programs. CPLC will collaborate with community-based organizations including the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The employer focus will also include those industries that employ large numbers of Hispanic youth, which in Tucson includes the construction trades and the restaurant industry. Other collaborators include the University of Arizona as the Evaluation Team and collaborator, Pima Community College and local high schools. Project results will include: 1) completion of a Phase I program with full documentation and process evaluation of the refinement and evaluation of the curriculum; and 2) completion of a Phase II program with full implementation and evaluation of the model.
     
Grantee: University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Program: Prevention of Meth and Inhalant Use SP10629
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $296,756
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The purpose of this project is to continue the development of an inhalant use prevention infrastructure in an urban American Indian community where use and abuse of inhalants occurs across all ages. At least 35% of the clients in substance abuse treatment at the Pascua Yaqui Behavioral Health satellite clinic in Guadalupe, Arizona. These clients range in age from 13 to 52 years. Many began use of inhalants, such as paint or gasoline, by the age of 8. Each objective of this project is a continuation of the current Guadalupe Prevention Project and will lead to the incorporation of prevention principles, skills, and staff into the current Pascua Yaqui Tribe Behavioral Health program.
     
Grantee: The Wheel Council, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Prevention of Meth and Inhalant Use SP10780
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 03/01/2004 - 02/28/2007
The first goal of this grant is to target high risk Latino-middle schoolers who are at risk for inhalant abuse and later substance abuse addiction with an intensive inhalant abuse prevention program. We will accomplish this by expanding the WHEEL Council's current Storytelling PowerBook, a CSAP NREPP. promising program. Since meth use increases in the teen years, the second goal of this grant is to increase awareness of the dangers of meth abuse by high school students throughout the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area through an electronic Teen Zine. The Zine will cover the physiological dangers of meth use, as well as include case studies and stories suitable for use by secondary English classes. It will also be interactive in requesting stories, poems and art work from users. The third goal is to increase the infrastructure of the WHEEL Council in the Murphy neighborhood in southwest Phoenix through outreach to local businesses to support the Teen Zine and to increase community buy in to improving the health of the community and insure sustainability.
     
Grantee: The Wheel Council, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12168
Congressional District: AZ-02
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: Coalition for Tobacco-Free Arizona Phoenix, AZ
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants SP11817
Congressional District: AZ-03
FY 2005 Funding: $20,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
The Coalition for Tobacco-Free Arizona's 3rd Annual Conference will take place September 8-9, 2005 in Phoenix, Arizona with an anticipated 150-200 attendees from across the Southwest region of the United States. The two-day conference will focus on tobacco control efforts, bringing together a culturally diverse group of speakers and attendees. Emphasis will be placed on prevention and cessation efforts and current research within disparate populations. The conference will strive to provide the highest quality educational and training opportunities to advance the work of participants through national and local presenters, networking opportunities and pre-conference trainings. One of the primary goals of the conference is to provide attendees with practical knowledge they can implement into their work in the area of tobacco control. The conference will also serve as an opportunity to exchange resources and foster collaboration among public health professionals, healthcare workers and advocates.
     
Grantee: TERROS, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP13318
Congressional District: AZ-04
FY 2005 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
TERROS, Inc., in collaboration with Body Positive, Inc., Concilio Latino de Salud, African American Hispanic Health Education Resource Center (AAHHERC), Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Phoenix Shanti Group, Native American Community Health Center (NACHC), and The University of Arizona, proposes to deliver and sustain effective substance abuse prevention and related services to prevent and reduce the onset of substance abuse, and the transmission of HIV and HCV among minority populations and minority reentry populations in communities of color within the Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goals will be accomplished by incorporating SAMHSA' s S PF with the local planning and service delivery process. Project will provide gender-sensitive and culturally appropriate SA, HIV and HCV prevention services to persons of color during the five-year grant period. The objectives of the project are five-fold: First, through a community based workgroup of stakeholders, develop and implement a community needs assessment; Second, mobilize and build capacity to address SA, HIV and HCV prevention needs within the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA among a diverse group of communities of color; Third, develop a comprehensive strategic plan based on information of the community needs assessment that articulates the vision of the Phoenix-Mesa community; Fourth, develop and implement evidence-based prevention program and infrastructure development activities in accordance with the strategic plan; and Fifth, monitor process, evaluate effectiveness, sustain effective programs and activities, and improve or replace those activities that fail. Achievement of these goals will enhance the likelihood of preventing and reducing the onset of SA, and transmission of HIV and HCV among African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native American Indians, and minority reentry populations disproportionately affected by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, &/or HCV.
     
Grantee: Chicanos por la Causa, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12453
Congressional District: AZ-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.
     
Grantee: Pinal Hispanic Council Eloy, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12961
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 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.
     
Grantee: Arizona Board of Regents/Univ of AZ Tucson, AZ
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services SP10596
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $349,780
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Arizona Board of Regents in Tucson, AZ has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. This project is a collaboration between the University of Arizona, Arizona College of Public Health, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. The goal of this project is to integrate current HIV prevention and substance abuse prevention services and expand the capacity of current health department staff and community members to provide effective prevention services while providing community education through adult and adolescent peer education, and intensive prevention training for professionals. This project will integrate current prevention services through a community-planning group.
     
Grantee: Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, AZ
Program: Cooperative Agreement for Ecstasy & Other Club Drugs Prevention Services SP11159
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $292,356
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
Pulse for Life is an ecstasy and other club drug prevention and harm reduction project for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tucson, Arizona. The project will use the science-based Popular Opinion Leader model to change social norms in Tucson's MSM club/circuit/rave scene, in conjunction with Motivational Interviewing's States of Change foundation, which will support behavior change in individuals with sustained ecstasy/club drug abuse problems. Pulse will be implemented by SAAF with support from ADHS. A Peer Working Group will advise and help to steer the project throughout implementation. Wingspan (Tucson's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community center) will be subcontracted to assist with outreach and promotion. Pulse is currently a one-year, SAMHSA-funded project of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF).
     
Grantee: City of South Tucson S. Tucson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12923
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 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.
     
Grantee: Casa de Los Ninos Tucson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP10811
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $99,986
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
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.
     
Grantee: Pima Prevention Partnership Tucson, AZ
Program: Youth Transition into the Workplace SP11122
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
Youth, 16-24 years old, in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, use illicit substances at high rates, which places them at great risk for long-term negative consequences of substance abuse on their employment and lifetime earning potential. The Working It Out program has been designed to measurably increase youth's employability and reduce their vulnerability to substance use. Fortyfive youth will be enrolled in the program during each of the two Phase I funding years. The Partnership will expand its existing Pre-employment Training Experience (PETE) to include the Coping with Work and Family Stress. The Partnership's Working It Out program will work with Pima Partnership High School, Howenstine High School, and Target Corporation to measurably improve the skills of 100 youth employees (16-24 years old) to effectively respond to work stress and to avoid substance abuse.
     
Grantee: Luz Social Services, Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: Prevention of Meth and Inhalant Use SP10600
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $296,755
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Luz Social Services, Inc., will implement an inhalant abuse project, Huffing: El Ultimo Suspiro (Athe last breath@). The title portrays the eminent dangers of inhalant abuse among barrio children, youth and their families. This program will utilize the following interventions: (1) life skills and cultural education targeting Hispanic youth; (2) capacity development initiative based on the Barrio Inhalant Typology Model for prevention, assessment, and referral, through the community training; (3) social marketing; and (4) community mobilization on inhalant abuse compliance enforcement, and prosecution. The expansion includes the Westside of Tucson. The project will serve 600 youth, 150 mental health and other professionals, and 50 community members.
     
Grantee: Luz Social Services, Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12297
Congressional District: AZ-07
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.
     
Grantee: CODAC Behavioral Health Svcs of Pima Cty Tucson , AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11681
Congressional District: AZ-07
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: SE Arizona Behavioral Health Svcs Inc Benson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12443
Congressional District: AZ-08
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.
     
Grantee: COPE Behavioral Services, Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services SP10481
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $320,725
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The COPE Behavioral Services, Inc. in Tucson, AZ has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. This project will provide HIV and substance abuse prevention services to a minimum of 756 women of color who exchange sex for drugs or money. This program will provide effective, culturally proficient, high quality prevention services to improve knowledge about HIV and substance abuse, provide support to promote behavior change, connect women in need to treatment, help them to get primary and behavioral health care services, housing, and employment resources.
     
Grantee: Compass Health Care Tucson, AZ
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12239
Congressional District: AZ-08
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.
     

 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Guadalupe, AZ
Program: Recovery Community Service TI13138
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $200,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
The purpose of this grant is to foster participation of people in recovery and their family members in the public dialogue about addiction, treatment and recovery. The term "recovery community" is a broad and encompassing term that includes persons having a history of alcohol and drug problems who are in recovery or recovered, those currently in treatment, those seeking treatment, as well as their family members, and other supporters and allies. Recovery community organizations help people in recovery, their families and supporters work together to identify, develop, and support needed treatment and recovery policies, systems, and services.
     
Grantee: Women in New Recovery Mesa, AZ
Program: Recovery Community Service TI14685
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $324,280
Project Period: 04/30/2003 - 04/29/2007
Women in New Recovery (WINR), a structured recovery community organization for addicted females in Arizona and New Mexico, is applying for funding over four years to implement the Mesa Peer Recovery Project (MPRP). This project will improve current recovery support service delivery to women and their families in three cities by developing and delivering peer-driven recovery support services that prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.
     
Grantee: Native American Comm Health Ctr, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: TCE - American Indians/Native Alaskans TI17276
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $499,903
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The Native American Community Health Center, Inc., and Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation will provide a continuum of substance abuse treatment services using culturally relevant approaches for case management for 165 clients, intensive outpatient services for 165 clients, and aftercare substance abuse treatment services for 265 clients.
     
Grantee: City of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
Program: TCE - American Indians/Native Alaskans TI17309
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $498,212
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
This project proposes to serve 137 Native American clients each year (77 Residential, 60 Outpatient) with their families and/or support systems (approx 350 individuals). The project will use a Circle of Strength model to increase access to external supports (family, community) for Native American adults who have completed a residential and/or outpatient substance abuse treatment program in Phoenix.
     
Grantee: Tohono O'odham Nation Sells, AZ
Program: TCE Minority Populations TI16282
Congressional District: AZ-01
FY 2005 Funding: $499,545
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The grant supports establishment of a comprehensive substance abuse treatment system for adolescents ages 11-17. The implementation of a model program, Brief Strategic Family Therapy, will be the first with a rural Native American population.
     
Grantee: Ebony House, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI14542
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $441,197
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand the number of HIV/AIDS outreach contact sites from 3 to 12, which will increase the number of African-American women contacted to 300 per year and the number of African-American men to 420 per year. Once contact is made, the potential client will be offered HIV testing and substance abuse treatment services.
     
Grantee: University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI14452
Congressional District: AZ-02
FY 2005 Funding: $490,884
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To enhance outreach, treatment, and HIV/AIDS services. The program will run social support groups and provide transportation to HIV, STD, TB and Hepatitis B and C counseling, and testing and referrals to other services provided to women from African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino and Native American populations.
     
Grantee: Terros, Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Strengthening Access and Retention (SAR) TI15666
Congressional District: AZ-03
FY 2005 Funding: $199,903
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The mission of this project is to enhance the rates at which individuals who are referred to TERROS, Inc. for substance abuse treatment services become enrolled and engaged in treatment services. Specific client access and 30-day retention target goals for the first year are: 1) Increase enrollment into treatment by 5% or 400 clients; and 2) Increase 30- day retention from 72% to 78%.
     
Grantee: American Indian Prevention Coalition Inc Phoenix, AZ
Program: Strengthening Communities - Youth TI13309
Congressional District: AZ-04
FY 2005 Funding: $649,952
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To create a collaborative partnership among treatment agencies serving Native American Youth, aged 11-23 in Maricopa County. The program will develop a continuum of care for urban Native American Youth.
     
Grantee: University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI14400
Congressional District: AZ-05
FY 2005 Funding: $492,247
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The Conexiones Sanas (Healthy Connections) Project is a comprehensive, culturally competent HIV, STD, TB, Hepatitas B+C prevention and enhancement project for adolescents enrolled in the Emergency Mobil Pediatric and Crisis Team-Suicide Prevention (EMPACT) Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Program (TSAT) and Drug Diversion programs (DDP). Additional weeks of treatment will be added to the TSAT program and DDP, group sessions will be added to incorporate the prevention and education activities, and on-site testing will be available. The project will be serving girls and boys ages 13 to 17, approximately 30% are Hispanic.
     
Grantee: Pinal Hispanic Council Eloy, AZ
Program: Recovery Community Service TI13166
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $200,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
The purpose of this grant is to foster participation of people in recovery and their family members in the public dialogue about addiction, treatment and recovery. The term "recovery community" is a broad and encompassing term that includes persons having a history of alcohol and drug problems who are in recovery or recovered, those currently in treatment, those seeking treatment, as well as their family members, and other supporters and allies. Recovery community organizations help people in recovery, their families and supporters work together to identify, develop, and support needed treatment and recovery policies, systems, and services.
     
Grantee: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Cmnty Scottsdale, AZ
Program: Adult Juvenile and Family Drug Courts TI14051
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $397,068
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2006
The Salt River Pima -Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) will implement the ""En Novc"" (My Friend) Drug Court Expansion and Enhancement Project." Building on the addition of services to post- adjudicated youth now in progress, the project will increase service coordination among existing service providers and initiate outreach and education activities that will both encourage utilization of the court and maximize the effectiveness of the culturally respectful drug court services now offered.
     
Grantee: Arizona Board of Regents/Univ of AZ Tucson, AZ
Program: TCE- Campus Screening/Colleges & Universities TI17172
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $493,224
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2008
The University of Arizona (UA) Campus Health Service (CHS), in collaboration with the UA Southwest Institute for Research on Women, proposes to combat both underage/hazardous drinking and substance use and 2) enhance capacity to provide treatment for hazardous drinking and/or substance use disorders among UA students through: 1) brief screening; 2) brief intervention and referral by CHS providers and 3) increased provision of more intensive screening, intervention and referral for treatment. Providers in the University Medical Center Emergency Room will refer students to the project who present with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher. In addition, outreach will be conducted to increase self-referrals through faculty, parents, Residence Life, Greek Life, Cultural Centers and other student organizations. UA is a large public institution (37,083 students) in the Southwest, bordering Mexico, with a significant problem of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse among students as documented.
     
Grantee: White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona Whiteriver, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity Expansion TI14920
Congressional District: AZ-06
FY 2005 Funding: $497,708
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), a tribal nation of 18,000 Native Americans in central Arizona, will enhance substance abuse treatment on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The project will provide intensive in-home, substance abuse counseling services and community-based recreational programs for up to 50 at-risk and/or court-ordered Apache youth ages 13-17 and their families each year.
     
Grantee: Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, AZ
Program: State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination TI17384
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 08/01/2005 - 07/31/2008
The purpose of this project is to create a sustainable system of care that effectively breaks the cycle of addiction in Arizona's families through early identification, intervention and treatment for substance use disorders among youth and young adults. Arizona's Youth Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination project will establish a single locus of responsibility within the State for expanding access and the quality and delivery of substance abuse services for the State's high risk population of young people (age 12-24 years) and their family members. The project will capitalize on unique and innovative system and practice reforms currently underway in Arizona to expand early identification and access to services, establish a broad continuum of age, culture and disability appropriate services and supports and to improve the quality and effectiveness of treatment for young people in the State.
     
Grantee: Pima Prevention Partnership Tucson, AZ
Program: Young Offender Reentry Program (YORP) 2004 TI17070
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
This program will address the unmet substance abuse treatment and wrap-around support needs of incarcerated juveniles ages 14-18 reintegrating into their family and community during the four-year funding period.
     
Grantee: AZ Board of Regents/The Univ of AZ Tucson, AZ
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI16651
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $396,800
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This program will expand and strengthen substance abuse and mental health treatment services to homeless individuals released from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Arizona jails.
     
Grantee: Pima Prevention Partnership Tucson, AZ
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment TI15413
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Pima Prevention Partnership (PPP), a non-profit, licensed youth substance abuse treatment provider in Tucson/Pima County Arizona, is seeking to institutionalize Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into its current Pima County Teen Court, a juvenile court diversion program. Pima County Juvenile Court refers youth, 12-17 years old, who have plead responsible for committing a misdemeanor offense (e.g. drug and alcohol related, shoplifting, simple assault, criminal damage). Peer juries sentence each Teen Court participant to a set of constructive consequences based on the offense.
     
Grantee: CODAC Behavioral Health Svcs of Pima Cty Tucson , AZ
Program: Strengthening Communities - Youth TI13344
Congressional District: AZ-07
FY 2005 Funding: $746,229
Project Period: 03/31/2002 - 03/30/2007
CODAC Behavioral Health Services and its community partners are developing a system of care in Pima County. Among the project's initiatives is conducting outreach, referral, assessment, and treatment services to deaf and hard-of-hearing youth enrolled in a local school serving deaf and/or blind children. The project will serve youth ages 12 to 21. Over 40 percent of the youth served by the project will be of Hispanic descent. The project's target number is approximately 350 youth over 5 years.
     
Grantee: Pima County, Arizona Tucson, AZ
Program: TCE Minority Populations TI16386
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The grant supports the "Success by Design program," a five-partner collaboration to establish an intensive outpatient substance abuse day treatment service to address the needs of adjudicated youths, 70 percent of whom are from communities of color.
     
Grantee: Pima County, Arizona Tucson, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI15863
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $466,024
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Pima County Health Department will enhance its collaboratively managed Eon program to increase capacity to offer culturally responsive substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS services to sexual minority youth of color and their multi-ethnic peers. Eon's proposed capacity enhancement project will reach a total of 1,960 individuals. Of those reached, 318 individuals will be served by substance abuse treatment services. The proposed capacity enhancement project will provide culturally responsive, individualized services to African American, Latino/Hispanic and other racial/ethnic minority adolescents 14-17 years old and African American, Latino/Hispanic and other racial/ethnic minority men, between the ages of 14 and 23, who identify with sexual minority communities.
     
Grantee: COPE Behavioral Services, Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI14391
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To enhance street outreach and treatment retention services to a minimum of 7,500 individuals over the time of the grant period. The program will use outreach to target injection drug users and sexual partner from the Latino populations.
     
Grantee: Commission on Accred/Rehab Facilities Tucson, AZ
Program: Grants for Accreditation of OTPs TI17140
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $1,000,000
Project Period: 04/01/2005 - 03/31/2008
CARF, the Rehabiliation Commision, continues to accredit/reaccredit the majority of the nation's OTPs, of which there are a total 1142. Currently CARF is gearing up the reaccredit most of the OTPs that have chosen it as its accreditation body, as the three year cycle has almost been completed for many opioid treatment programs. Also CARF is experiencing an unanticiapted increase of 162% above anticipated requested for accreditation surveys this year. Numerous OTPs are chosing CARF over other SAMHSA-approved accreditation bodies that they previously had chosen. CARF has particpated in the Revision of CSAT Guidelilnes meeting this quarter and several DPT Risk Management for OTPs workshops held across the country starting in June 2005.
     
Grantee: COPE Behavioral Services, Inc Tucson, AZ
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI16557
Congressional District: AZ-08
FY 2005 Funding: $396,800
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This program will implement a best practice ACT model to overcome specific barriers to the local system of care for homeless persons by providing integrated substance abuse and mental health treatment services.