SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

LOUISIANA 

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: Louisiana Federation/Families/Child MH Baton Rouge, LA
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants SM56418
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The focus of this project is both to increase the organizational and collaborative capacity of the parent-run Louisiana Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, and to create and internship opportunity for a local youth with a Severe Emotional Disorder to develop skills of leadership.
     
Grantee: Louisiana Dept of Health and Hospitals Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Alternatives to Restraint & Seclusion SIGs SM56516
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $188,438
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The project will increase the use of alternatives to seclusion and restraint in the Louisiana Office of Mental Health's child and adolescent inpatient facilities by focusing continuous improvement efforts on staff training, education, and evaluation in the use of best practices with SED children and adolescents age 6 to 18. Project activities are designed to: 1) assess gaps in staff's use of trauma-sensitive, strengths-based approaches with children and adolescents in inpatient treatment; 2) promote staff empathy for clients; family inclusion and youth empowerment in treatment; 3) improve crisis management skills without the use of physical interventions; 4) provide training in the use of alternatives that reduce and prevent incidents of seclusion and restraint; 5) collect data to ensure continuous quality improvement related to project goals and objectives. The Office of Mental Health will collaborate with the Louisiana Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health in this project to provide on-site training in developing family/professional partnerships and family sensitivity/inclusion at each facility.
     
Grantee: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth Baton Rouge , LA
Program: Children's Services SM56050
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $2,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2009
Louisiana-Youth Enhanced Services (LA-YES) for Children's Mental Health incorporates a comprehensive and coordinated system of care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. LA-YES provides a community-based service system that is family friendly and culturally competent. The LA-YES consortium goals are to provide culturally competent social services, involve the community in all levels of the delivery system, increase access of the target population, develop a comprehensive system of care, generalize evidence-based practices, provide early intervention and prevention of emotional and behavioral problems, facilitate the provision of a broad array of mental health and other related services, treatments, and supports, and increase awareness of mental illness in youth. The care system confronts the access barriers to improve the needs of children: racial and ethnic disparities, fragmentation of services, an over-reliance on end-stage care, a lack of coverage, and agency focused rather than child-centered care. With this grant, LA-YES, in partnership with the Office of Mental Health and a community-based consortium of youth with serious emotional and behavior disorders and their families, public and non-profit child-serving agencies, advocates, and public officials, will be able to continue its consortium for the well-being of children to address issues of capacity, the desire for quality services and the demand for total systems' reform. It has been in existence for over a year and is weaving itself into the care community. LA-YES is energizing families and care providers to confront the challenges and to create caring systems.
     
Grantee: LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children SM56203
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2005 Funding: $398,357
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2007
The Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center's will provide, improve and enhance needed services for rural children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events in Louisiana. It will focus on two important treatment and services components for children and adolescents: (1) hospitals that provide emergency services and (2) school districts that meet the educational needs of rural children. Within the hospital setting, professionals from the LRTSC will provide training that is both developmentally sensitive and focuses on specific aspects of crisis response. Within the school setting, training and interventions will enhance the recognition of traumatic exposure, response to crisis situations, and mitigation of the impact of trauma. In addition, telecommunications consultations, group interactions, and educational updates will be provided for the schools and hospital facilities. Collaborative partners for the Center include the Louisiana State Department of Education, public and community hospitals, and key State agencies.
     
Grantee: City of Baton Rouge/ P E B R Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Jail Diversion SM55091
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2005 Funding: $300,000
Project Period: 04/01/2004 - 03/31/2007
The Office of the Mayor-President of the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge will plan and implement a Jail Diversion Program. At present, 21% of the Parish jail inmates are estimated to be mentally ill. The jail diversion program is designed to steer persons with mental illness from the criminal justice system to community mental health and supportive services, where appropriate. The diversion programs will work to: 1) create service linkage among mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice systems to address jail diversion and 2) expand local services to assess and treat persons with a mental illness and dual disorders who are diverted from the criminal justice system.
     
Grantee: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth/Hospital Baton Rouge, LA
Program: SAMHSA Emergency Response - Hurricane Katrina SM00206
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2005 Funding: $199,373
Project Period: 09/09/2005 - 09/08/2006
     
Grantee: State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, LA
Program: TCE Jail Diversion SM57338
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/30/2008
This project will plan and implement a post-booking jail diversion program in New Orleans to consumers with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders. The project offers increased collaboration to sustain the provision of comprehensive evidence based practices to 50 persons per year.
     
Grantee: Louisiana Mental Health System Baton Rouge, LA
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56614
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2005 Funding: $158,700
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

Grantee: 24th Judicial District Attorney Gretna, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13119
Congressional District: LA-01
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: Quad Area Community Action Agency Inc Hammond, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11597
Congressional District: LA-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: Parish of Ascension Donaldsonville, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12156
Congressional District: LA-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: Children's Coalition forthe Bayou Region Houma, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11407
Congressional District: LA-03
FY 2005 Funding: $99,379
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: Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13493
Congressional District: LA-05
FY 2005 Funding: $99,780
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: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth/Hospital Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP11184
Congressional District: LA-06
FY 2005 Funding: $2,350,965
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 Louisiana, the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant will result in the development of a system that coordinates planning, funding, and evaluation for substance abuse prevention at all levels, from service providers to state agency heads, in order to support the implementation of evidence-based, culturally- appropriate and cost-effective prevention services in all Louisiana parishes.
     
Grantee: SW Louisiana Area Hlth Education Ctr Lafayette, LA
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services SP10554
Congressional District: LA-07
FY 2005 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The SW Louisiana Area Health Education Center in Lafayette, Louisiana has received a 5-year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. The grantee will implement the Substance Abuse and HIV Integration Prevention (SHIP) project throughout the seven parish area of Region IV, also referred to as the Acadiana area in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will target 11-18 year old African American youth, residing in high risk environments or out-of-home placements, in Southwest Louisiana. The SHIP program will address issues related to substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention through a small group of interventions utilizing a science-based curriculum. A youth development approach will be an integral part of the program with youth participating in at least one community service project.
     

 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, LA
Program: Access to Recovery TI16799
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $7,575,685
Project Period: 08/03/2004 - 08/02/2007
This program will create an electronic voucher system to provide clients with a freedom of choice for clinical treatment and recovery support services. The initiative will focus on women, women with dependent children and adolescents. Identified gaps in treatment services will be closed through collaboration with providers from the public and private sector, as well as non-profit and faith-based organizations. "Set Free Indeed," a faith-based ministry in Baton Rouge, will provide assistance needed by other faith-based agencies to implement faith-based practices and become licensed as providers by the state.
     
Grantee: State of Louisiana Dept of Hlth Baton Rouge , LA
Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders TI15378
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $1,051,050
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Louisiana has developed the Louisiana Integrated Treatment Services (LITS) Model for serving persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders. This model, developed through two SAMHSA Community Action Grants, was successfully piloted in one region of the state and has been adopted for statewide implementation. The COSIG grant will focus on implementation of the LITS Model in the state's remaining regions and on development of statewide infrastructure to support and sustain LITS.
     
Grantee: Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse New Orleans, LA
Program: Strengthening Access and Retention (SAR) TI15651
Congressional District: LA-01
FY 2005 Funding: $199,752
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The objectives of this project are to support the Bridge House of New Orleans in strengthening client access to and retention in their substance abuse treatment program through (a) adoption of a Continuous Quality Improvement system, (b) utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and the American Society of Addiction Medicine's Patient Placement Criteria, and (c) engagement in activities focusing on treatment access and retention innovation dissemination.
     
Grantee: Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc New Orleans, LA
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI13281
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2005 Funding: $487,746
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To expand gender specific residential treatment services for HIV positive African American women.
     
Grantee: Brotherhood, Inc. New Orleans, LA
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI14585
Congressional District: LA-02
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
Brotherhood Incorporated, New Orleans, LA -- $500,000 -- to enhance and expand HIV prevention and substance abuse treatment services. The program will use Targeted Capacity Expansion TCE/ HIV to target injection drug users, men who have sex with men, and adolescents from the African-American populations.