SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

NEW MEXICO

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque, NM
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55640
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $146,986
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
The goals of Steps to Violence Prevention are: 1. To build self sustaining, culturally competent Neighborhood Action Teams and community-based coalitions to decrease and prevent violence. 2. To implement an evidence based violence prevention curriculum, Second Step, in ten elementary schools. 3. To institutionalize proactive, culturally relevant violence prevention initiatives in the larger Albuquerque community.
     
Grantee: New Mexico Department of Health Santa Fe, NM
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM57385
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
A public-private partnership led by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) proposes to implement and evaluate a comprehensive model for suicide prevention and early intervention that incorporates eight Universal, Selective, and Indicated strategies. The proposed Initiative will serve four diverse rural communities that have experienced a rash of youth suicides, reflecting the State’s disproportionate rate which is twice the national average. The proposed Initiative has seven specific objectives. (1) Signs of Suicide (SOS): Train high school teachers and staff to provide the Signs of Suicide education program to serve 850 youth per year; (2) Train approximately 25 high school students from each community per year to implement this peer strategy; (3) Refer students and community youth of high school age (grades 9-12) and screen at least 680 youth per year; (4) Provide ongoing case management to at least 170 youth identified as at risk to link them with appropriate behavioral health and social services; (5) Offer bi-weekly case consultation, support for crisis intervention, and ongoing in-service training by replicating the effective ECHO model that is based on telehealth technology; (6) develop a Crisis Response Plan in each school that incorporates training, education, ongoing support, and post-vention plans; (7) Provide more intensive 2-day gatekeeper training to at least 4-5 teachers, other school staff, parents, community behavioral health providers, and community advocates from each of the four communities.
     
Grantee: New Mexico Office of the Governor Santa Fe, NM
Program: 2004 COSIGS SM56588
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $1,100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
New Mexico will expand implementation of the evidence-based practice of integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders to increase the identification and assessment of persons with this condition, and to increase provision of integrated treatment services known to positively impact consumer outcomes. The Behavioral Health Services Division of the State's Department of Health will enhance the capacity of its provider networks to screen, assess, and treatment individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, conduct systems evaluations, and measure client outcomes. The Division will serve as the lead agency to oversee the implementation of integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders throughout a new State system that will provide services under contract through a single behavioral health entity. During the statewide implementation of integrated treatment, several provider sites will be selected for intensive training and technical assistance support. The State Incentive Grants Policy Steering Committee, representing multiple agencies, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders, will provide project oversight.
     
Grantee: Parents for Beh. Diff Children Albuquerque, NM
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants SM56353
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $59,997
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Parents for Behaviorally Different Children (PBDC) has served families throughout New Mexico since 1983. The purpose of the PBDC project is to improve the quality of mental health and behavioral health services, systems, and advocacy for children with neurobiological (NBD, i.e. mental illness), emotional and behavioral disorders (SED) and their families in the State of New Mexico, PBDC's mission is to support and strengthen families with children and youth with NBD/SED by advocating for systems change.
     
Grantee: New Mexico Department of Health Santa Fe, NM
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56646
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $160,700
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.
     
Grantee: State of New Mexico Santa Fe, NM
Program: Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants SM57464
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $2,546,363
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The New Mexico behavioral health system transformation is perhaps the most ambitious transformation in progress in the United States. Impacting as many as 400,000 people, and the service systems across 121,356 square miles of urban, rural, and frontier territory, New Mexico’s transformation will bring fragmented systems into a coherent whole; integrate the behavioral health services and perspectives of fifteen state agencies; bring together critical partners locally throughout communities across the State, and expand behavioral health coverage to the most isolated corners of the State. New Mexico’s transformation has reached the launch point because of the effort and hard work of State leaders and staff, consumers and family members, advocates and service providers, who have labored to bring the State to this point with no additional resources, driven by the knowledge that their efforts are of vital importance to the future of New Mexico. For the critical next phases in transformation to succeed, strategic investment is needed to enhance staffing and consumer, family and provider capacity. The resources provided by the MHT SIG will provide that extra push to allow New Mexico to reach its goals and provide a blueprint for system transformation nationwide. New Mexico’s major purpose in applying for this grant is to gain the infrastructure support we need to continue and expand the transformation of our statewide behavioral health system into a consumer and family-driven system of care based on recovery and resilience. New Mexico is ready to take our existing transformation activities to the next level. The foundation exists, the leadership is in place, the political will is strong, and the timing is perfect.
     

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Grantee: Albuquerque Area Indian Hlth Board, Inc Albuquerque, NM
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants SP11839
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $25,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
The Circle of Harmony is a conference planned by Native Americans for Native Americans. The conference purpose is twofold: 1) to educate Native Americans of all ages, tribes, educational levels, and sexual orientations about my infection and the risky behaviors which can lead to infection and 2) to educate health care providers about the best way to provide Substance Abuse/HIV/AIDS prevention/care services to their Native American clients and patients. Conference presenters, drawn from Native and non-Native communities, are experts in the fields of my and substance abuse prevention, behavioral health, western and traditional medicine. Breakout sessions have been offered in four different tracks: HIV treatment, HIV and youth, my prevention, and People Living with AIDS [PLW A] issues. Based upon ongoing research and direct experience, Native American conference planners believe it is essential to develop a distinct conference component, which will focus specifically on substance abuse prevention.
     
Grantee: Albuquerque Partnership Albuquerque, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13096
Congressional District: NM-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: New Mexico Voices for Children Albuquerque, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11678
Congressional District: NM-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: Albuquerque Partnership Albuquerque, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring SP13574
Congressional District: NM-01
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: North Central Community Based Services Chama, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11301
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $97,781
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: Torrance County Estancia, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11727
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $90,710
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: New Mexico Office of the Governor Santa Fe, NM
Program: State Incentive Cooperative Agreements SP10363
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $750,000
Project Period: 09/15/2003 - 09/14/2006
New Mexico will implement an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program directed at reducing risks and promoting resiliency and school preparedness in children age 0 to 6. The primary goals of this project are to strengthen existing capacity for prevention data collection and collect additional follow-up data in currently funded SIG communities and address gaps in prevention and early intervention programs and services to meet the needs of 0 to 6 year olds.
     
Grantee: New Mexico Office of the Governor Santa Fe, NM
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP11208
Congressional District: NM-01
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. The New Mexico Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive grant will reduce substance abuse among youth, families, and adults by reducing risk and increasing protective factors in individuals, schools, families, neighborhoods, and communities throughout New Mexico through an extensive statewide needs assessment, the creation of a New Mexico Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Prevention, and implementation of substance abuse prevention activities.
     
Grantee: Carlsbad Community Anti-Drug/Gang Coal. Carlsbad, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP10814
Congressional District: NM-02
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 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: ENMU-Roswell Chaves, NM
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants SP12836
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $25,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
The proposed conference program that is being developed by the collaborative group of human service agencies, school staff, parents, and individuals will be used to guide the development of a comprehensive system of mental health and substance abuse prevention services for over 18,000 children ages 0-18. The conference will bring together parents, school staff, community members, and representatives from numerous agencies and organizations working together to develop a plan that will provide community-based multi-service and support consultation for families and children at risk through information sharing, diagnostic planning, and treatment coordination. Conference goals are: " Identify the services available through each collaborating agency. " Introduce participants to the effects of poverty on families and children. " Introduce participants to the cultural diversity of families in the region including language, religious practice, beliefs and values, parenting practices, and values systems that help to shape the family and its children. " Review evidence-based approaches that are appropriate to use in developing a " Comprehensive system of substance abuse and mental health prevention services for youth ages 0-18. " Develop a plan of action leading to the creation of an easily accessible referral and case management system that provides "one-stop shopping" for at-risk families and children.
     
Grantee: Southern NM Human Development Inc Las Cruces, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12146
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $75,000
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: Lea County Lovington, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11380
Congressional District: NM-02
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: Border Area Mental Health Svcs Silver City, NM
Program: Prevention of Meth and Inhalant Use SP10797
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $331,856
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Border Area Mental Health Services (BAMHS) will use a comprehensive approach to address the growing problem of Methamphetamine and inhalant abuse in Southwestern New Mexico. The project consists of 3 strategies: 1) school-based prevention in elementary and middle schools using Lions-Quest and Protecting You/Protecting Me curricula; 2) community awareness and 3) home-based family support services based on the "HOME BUILDERS" model. The project targets residents of Catron, Hidalgo, Grant and Luna Counties, a very rural and culturally diverse area of the state with high poverty and unemployment rates. A community awareness campaign will target parents and other caring adults. Information will be available through print, radio, and television media in all four counties.
     
Grantee: The Wellness Coalition Silver City, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13192
Congressional District: NM-02
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: Hands Across Cultures Corporation Espanola, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring SP13564
Congressional District: NM-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: Hands Across Cultures Corporation Espanola, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11260
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: San Juan County Partnership Inc Farmington, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12438
Congressional District: NM-03
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: Natl Indian Yth Leadership Develpmt Proj Gallup, NM
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12440
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: New Mexico Office of the Governor Santa Fe, NM
Program: State TCE Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment TI15958
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $3,346,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
New Mexico's Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Cooperative Agreement project provides substance abuse services through primary health clinics. It targets rural and ethnic minority non-addicted populations to increase access to behavioral health services. The major strategies include motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy for the brief encounters, and sequenced assessments that precede referrals for needed addiction treatment.
     
Grantee: Presbyterian Medical Services Santa Fe, NM
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI16587
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $399,956
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Strengthens alcohol treatment services for homeless street inebriates who are predominately (Navajo) Native Americans.Uses motivational enhancement therapy models as well as traditional cultural Dine healing approaches.
     
Grantee: New Mexico Office of the Governor Santa Fe, NM
Program: Access to Recovery TI16825
Congressional District: NM-01
FY 2005 Funding: $7,575,685
Project Period: 08/03/2004 - 08/02/2007
New Mexico will increase and enhance clinical treatment and recovery support services and offer client choice through the implementation of a voucher system. The new program will enhance the City of Albuquerque's existing voucher system and replicate that system in Santa Fe County, Dona Ana County (Las Cruces) and in Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. Catholic Charities' statewide Stone Soup Collaborative will lead an effort to increase the state's capacity to offer increased choices in recovery support services through faith-based and community-based organizations.
     
Grantee: Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM
Program: TCE Rural Populations TI17180
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 08/15/2005 - 08/14/2008
The Kokopelli Project: Methamphetamine and Other Stimulant Treatment in Adult Rural Populations will expand and strengthen outpatient treatment services to adult methamphetamine and other stimulant users in four rural counties in southwestern New Mexico. The project targets methamphetamine/stimulant users who are parents of minor children, have been involved with the criminal justice system or child protective service systems, have substance abuse and/or co-occurring disorders and have accessed any level of treatment. The program will build capacity through staff training in the Matrix Model and will strengthen partnerships with service providers in the region. The project will provide gender-sensitive and culturally appropriate treatment services to an estimated 455 clients over the 3 year grant period. The proposed project will serve 75 clients in year 1, 190 clients in year 2 and 190 in year 3. The project anticipates that 55 % to 60% of program participants will be Hispanic with 5% speaking only Spanish. Women will be 50% to 60 % of the population and men 40% to 50%. The age range is estimated to be 20 to 45 years old.
     
Grantee: Border Area Mental Health Svcs Silver City, NM
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment TI15415
Congressional District: NM-02
FY 2005 Funding: $249,435
Project Period: 09/01/2004 - 08/31/2007
This program is designed for youth age 12- 21 who meet medical criteria for substance abuse or dependence. The program will adopt or expand use of a treatment protocol that combines two types of therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a five-session protocol, was previously proved to be effective with substance abusing youth.
     
Grantee: City of Gallup Gallup, NM
Program: Targeted Capacity Expansion TI13807
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2006
The City of Gallup, NM (once labeled "America's drunkest city,") has some of the country's most innovative alcohol-reduction policies. The City will expand their traditional Native American residential pilot program, through their contractor Na'nizhoozhi Center (NCI), into a life-long treatment paradigm -the Native American Wellbriety Path (based on a spiritual Community Reinforcement Model).
     
Grantee: New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, NM
Program: TCE- Campus Screening/Colleges & Universities TI17313
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2008
The proposed program at NMHU will integrate the NM Sangre-SBIRT program of screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment services with comprehensive education, outreach, and prevention activities that will result in: • Identification and treatment of students with drinking habits that have negative impacts on their lives and the lives of their peers; • Reduction in incidence of binge drinking on campus; • Reduction in under-age drinking on campus; • Development of responsible drinking habits; • Reduction in alcohol-related incidents of dormitory disturbances, violence, underage party drinking, as reported by residence hall personnel and campus security police; • Increased knowledge among NMHU students about the nature and consequences of alcohol and drug use, including understanding of blood alcohol levels, and the risk of death by alcohol poisoning; • Development of university policies and programs that are conducive to reducing under-age drinking and alcohol abuse on campus; • Progress toward development of a campus-wide system and infrastructure for meeting the behavioral health needs of NMHU students.
     
Grantee: Epidaurus DBA Amity Foundation Albuquerque, NM
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI13155
Congressional District: NM-03
FY 2005 Funding: $478,853
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To engage substance abusing minority women and women with children who have or are at risk of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases , tuberculosis or Hepatitis B or C.