SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

MINNESOTA

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: Mental Health Consumer St. Louis Park, MN
Program: CMHS Statewide Consumer Network Grants SM56359
Congressional District: MN-01
FY 2005 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The Mental Health Consumer Network proposes to maintain and expand programs and activities in three existing regional resource centers. Based upon the principles of recovery and wellness, the project will facilitate involvement in the planning and development of a recovery based mental health system in the state of Minnesota. Specific objectives include expansion of information and communication infrastructure; expand consumer/family training on policy making at state, county and local levels; and broaden the dissemination of data on recovery, self-help, wellness and consumer empowerment. Leadership, consumer family participation and increased collaboration among organizations will be viable strategies to measure long-term self-sufficiency of the network.
     
Grantee: State of Minnesota, Dept of Human Servs St. Paul, MN
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56669
Congressional District: MN-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: P.A.C.T. 4 Families Collaborative Willmar, MN
Program: Partnerships for Youth Transition SM54453
Congressional District: MN-02
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2006
PACT 4 Families (Putting All Communities Together) Collaborative is located 100 miles west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, and serves the four rural counties of Renville, Meeker, Yellow Medicine, Kandiyohi, and the Upper Sioux Community. PACT 4 is organized through a joint powers agreement, consisting of the four counties, 14 public school districts, two charter and one private school, along with over 85 other partners. These partners have a nine-year history of working together to serve children birth to 21 and their families. The model chosen as PACT 4 Families' comprehensive youth program is the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) developed by Hewitt "Rusty" Clark, Ph.D. (Clark, 1993). This system prepares and supports youth and young adults in their movement into adult roles through an individualized process that: (1) teaches community-relevant skills; (2) encourages completion of secondary education; (3) provides exposure to community-life experiences; (4) Promotes movement into post-school employment, educational opportunities, living situations, and community life; (5) transcends the age barriers typical of child versus adult services, and; (6) Respects the self-determination of young people. (Clark 1993) In preparation for this grant, parents and youth agree that the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) is a good one, but state that it does not go far enough. Parents would enhance the model described by Clark above by adding: "the process at PACT 4 Families will respect the relationships young adults have with their families and will encourage continued or enhanced family involvement." Parents and youth BOTH need assistance to transition between the parent- driven, child focused wraparound system to the person-centered, client driven process recognizing that neither are separate from each other.
     
Grantee: Minnesota Statewide Family Networks Minneapolis, MN
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants SM56443
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The Minnesota Statewide Family Network (MSFN) whose mission is to expand opportunities and enhance the lives of children with serious emotional disorders and their families will increase the capacity of patents to obtain services for children through parent connections and increasing the numbers of parents and youth, including those from diverse backgrounds, on local, regional, and state policy boards.
     
Grantee: Regents of the University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative SM56177
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 12/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The Minnesota Child Response Initiativeproposes to develop the Minnesota Child Response Center (MCRC) to raise the standard of care for traumatized minority, homeless and formerly homeless children by embedding evidence-based treatment models into the community system of care. The goals of this project are to 1. Increase access to trauma-informed services through acute intervention, screening, and referral of traumatized children in our target community 2. Adapt and disseminate two best practice treatment approaches: Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Parenting Through Change 3. Establish broad community and provider consensus on the mental health needs of traumatized children and the best practices to address these needs 4. Create sustainable change 5. Work with NCTSN to expand reach throughout Minnesota and the upper Midwest. The MCRC will work closely with the National Network and its treatment services and community treatment sites to disseminate and expand the use of best practices, to offer knowledge regarding uptake of best practice treatments in the target community, and to significantly contribute to network efforts to implement screening in order to enhance the capacity of frontline providers to access mental health services for traumatized children.
     
Grantee: Central Minnesota Mental Health Center St. Cloud, MN
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM57034
Congressional District: MN-06
FY 2005 Funding: $979,687
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright Counties, through their joint powers agreement have authorized Central Minnesota Mental Health Center to develop a comprehensive, integrated children’s mental health delivery system across four rural counties. This seamless system of care is community-based, mobile, and culturally and linguistically competent. Interventions providing comprehensive/timely assessments are child-centered, family-based, and parent-driven. We utilize evidence-based practice models, including the Hawaii Model. We partner with the Minnesota Department of Human Services to promote and provide a broad array of resources while eliminating barriers to access.
     
Grantee: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Red Lake, MN
Program: Emergency Response SM00203
Congressional District: MN-07
FY 2005 Funding: $883,045
Project Period: 05/09/2005 - 09/15/2006
     

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Grantee: Parenting Resource Center, Inc. Austin, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring SP11742
Congressional District: MN-01
FY 2005 Funding: $74,750
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
The grantee is to support and encourage the development of new or expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse in the new or expanded coalition's community.
     
Grantee: Parenting Resource Center, Inc. Austin, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12405
Congressional District: MN-01
FY 2005 Funding: $99,900
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: Carver Scott Educational Cooperative Chaska, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12408
Congressional District: MN-02
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: Northfield City Hospital Northfield, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12242
Congressional District: MN-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: City of Bloomington Bloomington, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring SP13577
Congressional District: MN-03
FY 2005 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) support and encourage the development of new or the expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse; (2) assist one or more communities in efforts to begin coalition operations or to expand the operations of community coalitions that want to receive assistance.
     
Grantee: City of Bloomington Bloomington, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12213
Congressional District: MN-03
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: Chisholm Kids Plus Chisholm, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12180
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $70,012
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: Asian Media Access Inc Minneapolis, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13462
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $82,900
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: Indigenous Peoples Task Force Minneapolis, MN
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services SP10775
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Indigenous Peoples Task Force, Minneapolis, MN has received a 1 year planning grant to develop and improve the infrastructure in minority communities to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services. The grantee will work with American Indian youth and women, primarily in urban areas who are at high risk for HIV/AIDS infections due to high rates of substance use and unprotected sexual behaviors. This will be accomplished by assessing the needs in the community and collaborating with community agencies that now focus on substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention services. A strategic plan will be developed that integrates both of these services and is culturally appropriate to the minority community they serve.
     
Grantee: Upper Midwest Amer Indian Ctr Minneapolis, MN
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services SP10474
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Upper Midwest American Indian Center in Minneapolis, MN has received a 1 year planning grant to develop and improve the infrastructure in minority communities to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services. The program will work with adolescents, women, runaway and homeless youth and adults, commercial sex workers and individuals and partners of individuals returning to the community from prison, jail or juvenile justice facilities. This will be accomplished by assessing the needs in the community and collaborating with community agencies that now focus on substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention services. A strategic plan will be developed that integrates both of these services and is culturally appropriate to the minority community they serve.
     
Grantee: RESOURCE Incorporated Minneapolis, MN
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP13298
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Resource Incorporated in Minneapolis, MN 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. The grantee in partnership with Minnesota AIDS Project and Access Works will provide Twin Cities HOPE, annuity-based substance abuse, HIV, and Hepatitis prevention program targeting communities of color (especially African American & American Indian) and reentry population's metropolis-St. Paul, MN- WI MSA, consisting of 11 Minnesota and 2 Wisconsin counties.
     
Grantee: Minneapolis Urban League Minneapolis, MN
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP13322
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $250,737
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Minneapolis Urban League in Minneapolis, MN 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. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN has one of the fastest growing populations of African-born people in the U. S and is of concern to CDC. African-born comprised 27% of the new infections in 2003 (55 of203 cases) while making up only 1 % of the total population. Further, rates among African-born women were comparable to those seen in Sub-Saharan Africa, 51 % of all the cases between African immigrant and refugees were women. Following the SAMHSA Strategic prevention Framework, prevent and reduce the transmission of HIV and hepatitis and the onset of substance abuse among African-born people living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. We will conduct a community needs assessment for the target population. A needs assessment has been done for African Americans but African-born are considered an emerging risk. A Strategic Plan will emerge from the Community Needs Assessment. In the meantime, we will use our contacts with mosques and evangelical churches to gain trust of the African-born population and deliver prevention messages through respected leaders. Cable television and ethnic newsletters will be another vehicle. A recognized effective prevention intervention will be adapted to serve the needs of African-born adults will be selected. Evaluation: There are four major components: a needs assessment; an examination of outcomes; an exploration of process issues; and an assessment
     
Grantee: Catholic Charities of St. Cloud Diocese St. Cloud, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12231
Congressional District: MN-06
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: North Country Health Services Bemidji, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11420
Congressional District: MN-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: County of Wilkin Breckenridge, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12889
Congressional District: MN-07
FY 2005 Funding: $92,403
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: Polk County Crookston, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12432
Congressional District: MN-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: Meeker McLeod Sibley Cmnty Health Svcs Hutchinson, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12409
Congressional District: MN-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: Cmnty Partnership with Youth & Families North Branch, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12401
Congressional District: MN-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: Goodhue County Red Wing, MN
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12869
Congressional District: MN-28
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.
     

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: St. Paul - Ramsey Cnty. Dept. Pub. Hlth. St. Paul, MN
Program: CSAT 05 Earmarks TI17425
Congressional District: MN-04
FY 2005 Funding: $661,664
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
Ramsey County ACE is a research-based, sustained, early intervention program that integrates child welfare, mental and public health, education, juvenile justice, and community-based services to build resiliency in children, starting under age 10, at high risk for chronic, serious and violent delinquency, substance abuse, school dropout, and long-term welfare dependency. Based on intensive in-home and in- community case management services with an extremely high risk group of multi- problem families, program components include a) identification of the target population using a multi-dimensional risk assessment instrument, b) multiagency and multi- jurisdictional service integration, c) an integrated information system that tracks costs to outcomes, and d) multi-dimensional evaluation.
     
Grantee: Augsburg College Minneapolis, MN
Program: CSAT 05 Earmarks TI17411
Congressional District: MN-05
FY 2005 Funding: $198,400
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
Augsburg College will enhance StepUP Program services for Augsburg students in recovery during the next year. This grant will be utilized to conduct several research components in order to strengthen the StepUP Program and advance the field of recovery services to college students. Standards will be developed to provide a model for other colleges who wish to begin and/or measure their programs against a set of professionally accepted standards.