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| Grantee: PA Office of Mntl Hlth & Substance Abuse | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: Disaster Relief | SM00199 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $651,521 | ||
| Project Period: 03/23/2005 - 12/22/2005 | ||
| Regular services grant funding was provided to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Crisis Counseling Assistance andTraining Program. Funds from the President's Disaster Fund supported outreach, counseling and public education services to community members affected by storms and flooding from Tropical Depression Ivan (FEEM 1557-DR-PA). This program is supported through an interagency agreement between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | ||
| Grantee: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants | SM56624 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $160,718 | ||
| 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: Mental Health Association of SE PA | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Grants for National Technical Assistance Ctrs on Consumer/Peer-Run Programs | SM56676 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $350,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| In this project, the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse will build upon 18 years of experience to improve knowledge and information on the best practices of consumer-run programs and self-management approaches and to build the capacity of consumer-operated programs by helping them meet challenges related to program management and administration. Outreach, consensus-building, and networking activities will be employed to enhance the field's knowledge base. Project activities will include aggressive outreach to identify promising consumer-delivered programs/practices creation of a Web-based catalog of programs, convene two task forces to produce "road map" consensus reports charting the future directions for the development of consumer-delivered services (CDS), and building supportive networks of experts around promising programs/practices in eight Centers of Expertise. | ||
| Grantee: Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Linking Adolescents at Risk to Mental Health Services Grant Program | SM57539 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $237,833 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| The proposed Service to Science program evaluation will be conducted with the Youth With Voices, Adolescent Suicide Prevention Project by Temple University’s Center for Social Policy and Community Development (CSPCD). The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a partner in implementing this project. The Youth With Voices Project was developed in response to documented risk factors afflicting the target population as well as the concern of State Senator Shirley Kitchen and US Senator Arlen Specter regarding the rising rate of suicide and mental health diagnosis among minority youth. The goal of this school-based project is to increase suicide and mental health prevention services for minority youth and their families in North Philadelphia. The Youth with Voices Program will be evaluated on its success in achieving the following annual objectives: 1. A minimum of 1000 high school students will be screened for mental health risks (i.e., depression and suicide ideation). 2. At-risk students will receive therapeutic support (individual and group settings) through school-based or community-based mental health interventions. Based on previous screening results it is estimated that this will include at least 100 students. 3. A minimum of 1000 high school students at William Penn High School and the Daniel Boone School will receive Signs of Suicide curriculum. 4. At least 75 high school students will receive Peer Navigator training curriculum. 5. 100 parents and caregivers will receive mental health awareness education 6 times/year. 6. Teachers and key school staff will receive in-school mental health awareness training 4 times per year. 7. At least 25 community and faith-based organizations will become members of the program’s Resource Network and Community Stakeholders Group. | ||
| Grantee: Horizon House, Inc | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56857 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $74,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Horizon House, Inc | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness | SM55961 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $583,508 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| Develop an Assertive Community Treatment program that will deliver substance abuse and mental health treatment to chronically homeless individuals. | ||
| Grantee: Family Communications, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56861 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Potter County Commissioners | Roulette, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56847 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Citizens Acting Together Can Help | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56858 | |
| Congressional District: PA-02 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $74,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Beaver County MH/MR/D&A Program | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| Program: Child Mental Health Initiative | SM57057 | |
| Congressional District: PA-04 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $983,284 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011 | ||
| BC-SCORES (Beaver County's System of Care: Optimizing Resources, Education and Supports) is a collaborative effort to develop a comprehensive system of care for adolescents (14 to 21), involved with the juvenile justice system who have a co-occurring mental health/substance abuse disorder. The adolescent and family are lead team members assisted by a system coach. An assessment for co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders is provided after first contact with the juvenile justice system. Individuals who have a co-occurring disorder and agree to participate are referred to a system coach to complete a more comprehensive assessment. The family and adolescent then have the option of Family Group Decision Making Process or an Inter-agency Planning Meeting. | ||
| Grantee: Allegheny County Dept of Human Services | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: Partnerships for Youth Transition | SM54474 | |
| Congressional District: PA-04 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $489,475 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| The Allegheny County Department of Human Services "Comprehensive Youth Transition" (CYT) project will coordinate a comprehensive set of services for youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED), including housing assistance, enhancing living skills, job training, and assistance in finding meaningful work. Program partners include Behavioral Health, Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities, and Children Youth and Families. Community partnerships are anticipated to include faith and community based organizations, juvenile justice, education, special education, vocational training, housing, and behavioral health managed care. The System of Care, Logic Model will be used to measure the strengthening of services county-wide for targeted youth. The Action Plan will be developed in year 1, and a process evaluation will measure the implementation of the plan in years 2-4, including a focus on sustainability. The program is linked to the Community Connections for Families (CCF) project funded by CMHS for younger children and youth with SED. | ||
| Grantee: Allegheny County Dept of Human Services | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: Child Mental Health Initiative | SM57004 | |
| Congressional District: PA-04 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $857,584 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011 | ||
| Allegheny County DHS and its partners will transform this region’s current method for delivering treatment and support to young children from one of fragmentation to a System of Care that engages 100 children and their families/year in services, care and support through the most natural avenues—their child care centers and family day care homes, their houses of worship, community groups, and faith-based organizations, and through their relatives, and friends. The County will apply the principles of System-of-Care as it has in its previous programs for older children and young adults—ensuring that mental health services are individualized, culturally competent, and driven by the needs and preferences of the family. These services and supports will be community-based, responsive to the cultural context and other characteristics of the populations being served, and Cost effective and sustainable. | ||
| Grantee: Allegheny County Dept of Human Services | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56851 | |
| Congressional District: PA-04 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Middlecreek Area Community Ctr. | Snyder, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56848 | |
| Congressional District: PA-10 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $74,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: ARC of Lackawanna County, Inc. | Scranton, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56852 | |
| Congressional District: PA-11 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Washington Hospital | Washington, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56849 | |
| Congressional District: PA-12 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $148,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: School District of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: TCE - Prevention/Early Intervention | SM55208 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $379,267 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| The School District of Pittsburgh's Prevention/Early Intervention initiative will provide the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum for nearly 4,250 Head Start and elementary school children in grades K-5 at 11 of the district's elementary schools that exhibit the greatest need. The initiative will ensure that children have access to effective prevention and intervention services earlier in their lives and that the skill-based training provided is research-based. The program will seek to accomplish the following specific goals: to develop a comprehensive and sustainable infrastructure of evidence-based prevention and early intervention programs and services that promotes mental health and prevents mental illness and behavioral disorders; to build linkages among the service providers and others who work with this population in order to create a climate that establishes and maintains sound mental health and overall wellness; and to promote community outreach by engaging the target population in the development and implementation of prevention and early intervention programs and services that are consumer driven. | ||
| Grantee: Family Communications, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56862 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Allegheny-Singer Research Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: National Child Traumati Stress Initiative-Treatment and Service Adapation Centers | SM54319 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $599,970 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/30/2009 | ||
| The Allegheny General Hospital for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents is a National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Treatment and Service Adaptation Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) with expertise in developing, testing, adapting and disseminating evidence based treatments for child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and childhood traumatic grief. The Center has developed and tested interventions for sexually abused and multiply traumatized children, for physically abused children and traumatically bereaved children. These models have been adapted for children of culturally diverse backgrounds. The Center is developing network products to further disseminate these models, providing trainings and consultation calls in support of intervention implementation, and has initiated a Train the Trainer Program. In the current grant, the Center is adapting interventions for children whose parents do not regularly participate in treatment, further disseminating the intervention models, expanding the Train the Trainer program, and developing and disseminating educational videos for parents and professionals who sexually and physiclly abused children to treatment. | ||
| Grantee: Holy Family Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56815 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Pennsylvania Mental Health | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: CMHS Statewide Consumer Network Grants | SM56338 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $70,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| In collaboration with the Mental Health Association of Southern Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumer's Association will utilize funds for combining technical assistance program to strengthen the voice of consumers. Two programs will support the project in advocating for recovery oriented behavioral healthcare in Pennsylvania. The first will be regional leadership training that addresses recovery competencies, best practices, system assessment and advocacy. Secondly, the project will support a statewide technical assistance team to improve the effectiveness of local, regional and state networks. These resources will promote systems change throughout the state. Along with the network of the committees within the state, consumers will have a venue to participate in advisory and policy-making bodies at all levels of the system. | ||
| Grantee: Pennsylvania Psychological Association | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56856 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: NHS Youth Services, Inc. | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56838 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $148,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: Young Women's Christian Assoc | Carlisle, PA | |
| Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks | SM56788 | |
| Congressional District: PA-19 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grantee: YWCA of York | York, PA | |
| Program: Youth Violence Prevention | SM55717 | |
| Congressional District: PA-19 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $150,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| The Quantum Opportunities Program is a youth development program providing disadvantaged adolescents with development activities and financial incentives to encourage completion of high school and post secondary education. Quantum is a blue print model that has been proven to reduce the incidence of high school dropouts and increase college attendance of at risk students. Studies have found that Quantum give students a sense of belonging and support that enables them to make a Quantum leap towards self sufficiency. Target population: The program targets York City students in ninth through twelfth grade whose families are receiving some form of public assistance. The program currently serves 75 students including 25 ninth graders, 25 tenth graders and 25 eleventh graders. With funding from SAMHSA, the YWCA will be able to enroll another 25 ninth grade students in September 2003 and begin the Junior Quantum Opportunities Program for middle school students. Goals of the Project are: to prevent the occurrence of violence among York City youth; to improve the life chances of York City youth; and to expand and strengthen the network of services for York City youth. | ||
| Grantee: The Question, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants | SM56454 | |
| Congressional District: PA-38 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $60,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| Pennsylvania Families incorporated (PFI) is a statewide family organization whose purpose is to be a collective voice of diverse family groups throughout Pennsylvania whose children have emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and are involved in any child serving system. | ||
| Grantee: Drug Free Pennsylvania, Inc. | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12952 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $49,600 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Drug Free Pennsylvania Media Literacy Project This project is plan to: develop media literacy educational resources for Pennsylvania middle school teachers as a method to reduce youth substance abuse; to promote a media literacy curriculum in Pennsylvania middle schools; and to mobilize parents to support media literacy as a substance abuse prevention tool; and to reinforce anti-drug messages students learn in school by having ongoing communication with their middle school children. The media literacy training will also be provided to targeted community groups. A 2003 Washington State University study reports that alcohol advertising outnumbers non-alcohol advertising by a ratio of 3 to 1. While there are no advertising messages about illegal drugs, young people are exposed to many media messages that talk about drugs and drug use in a favorable way. Teens find pro-drug messages in the lyrics of popular music, in movies, in humorous references to drug use and getting high in TV comedy shows, and even in the "altered states" that are sometimes shown the process of selling soft drinks, sneakers or snack products. According to the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, a media literacy approach can support substance abuse prevention goals by teaching youth: to recognize how media messages influence them; to develop critical thinking; and to make healthy, educated decisions. This project intends to develop media literacy as a promising approach to youth substance abuse prevention. The initial step is to analyze teachers' educational needs regarding media literacy. Based on the results of a teacher needs assessment that Drug Free Pennsylvania is now conducting, Drug Free Pennsylvania will develop a plan to implement a media literacy curriculum focused on substance abuse in Pennsylvania's middle schools. | ||
| Grantee: Corporate Alliance for Drug Education | Bala Cynwyd, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12841 | |
| Congressional District: PA-02 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $248,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| Project HYPE (Helping Youth Pursue Excellence) is a 5-year prevention research project being carried out in Philadelphia public schools by the Corporate Alliance for Drug Education (CADE). Project HYPE's purpose is to determine whether regular classroom instruction by trained prevention specialists, over a 5-year period starting in 4th grade, will help inner-city students reduce future substance abuse and perform better in school. Using the nationally- recognized Here's Looking at You (HLAY) curriculum, CADE prevention specialists deliver weekly classroom presentations to classes throughout the school year in 4th through 8th grades. As an added enhancement, prevention specialists are available to meet individually and in small groups with at-risk students selected by schools. The study universe consists of all students enrolled in 4th grade at seven K-8 schools during the spring semester of 4th grade (School year 2001-2002). Project HYPE.'s original design envisioned 4 treatment and 4 comparison schools. However, the unexpected addition of DARE in 2 treatment and 2 comparison schools necessitated a change to a group design (HYPE-only, HYPEIDARE, DARE only, and Comparison) for the analysis of results at the end of 5th grade. Results are measured via pre- and post-tests on an HLAY survey instrument previously used in a similar evaluation in Chicago area schools (Farley & Associates, 2003), as well as achievement and attendance data provided by the Philadelphia School District. Project HYPE's results after three years are extremely positive.. o Compared to the three other groups, HYPE-only students decreased their use of substances. o HYPE-only students significantly improved their drug knowledge, clearly outperforming the other study groups. o HYPE-only students improved their attitudes about drug use behaviors significantly more than other groups. o For HYPE-only students, attending HLAY classes is correlated with school attendance. | ||
| Grantee: Jewish Employment & Vocation Svs | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services | SP10510 | |
| Congressional District: PA-02 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $250,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| JEVS proposes to develop a model integrated substance abuse and HIV prevention program targeting women in methadone maintenance treatment and their families. The program will be developed and implemented at Achievement through Counseling and Treatment (ACT I and II), JEVS'MMT program. Once implemented and evaluated, and with the support of multiple state and local funders, JEVS will offer the program as a service to clients at the ACT and other MMT programs throughout the city. JEVS anticipates that this prevention program will add a new dimension to the services it provides at its own MMT clinics but also services available to clients of other clinics citywide. It will be a model for other MMT clinics. The project, "Achievement through Family Development," targets high risk African American and Hispanic mothers, their partners who are willing to participate, and their families with a focus on prevention of drug abuse and HIV-risk behavior for their children ages 10-16. The women are in treatment at Achievement through Counseling and Testing (ACT), a methadone maintenance treatment program (MMT) in Philadelphia, PA. In this project, ACT's two clinics will assume broader roles as community agencies and develop a prevention program targeting high risk youth in the neighborhoods around them. The principal goal of the project, in recognition of the high risk status of children of drug dependent persons, is to intervene with the families and their children to prevent the emergence of drug abuse/dependence and HIV-risk behavior in the next generation. The project will draw upon elements of a few different programs, each empirically demonstrated in previous evaluations to be effective prevention modalities, to provide an intensive, integrated intervention that addresses parenting skills, the quality of family relationships, social skills of the children, and knowledge of the personal risks of drug abuse and the HIV-risk associated with substance use and unprotec | ||
| Grantee: Mercer County Behavioral Health Commiss. | Mercer, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12931 | |
| Congressional District: PA-03 | ||
| 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: Forest-Warren Human Services | North Warren, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP13490 | |
| Congressional District: PA-03 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The Forest/ Warren Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Warren County Drug Awareness Task Force, will address the issue of drug use in Warren County through programs that are both thought- provoking and informative. Through the utilization of stimulating multi-media presentations and in some cases reality participation, we will impact our communities toward drug-resistance behavior. To successfully achieve this objective, we will focus our efforts on high school students in grades nine through twelve and on those currently employed in the community. | ||
| Grantee: Centre County Government | Bellefonte, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12851 | |
| Congressional District: PA-05 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $198,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The Centre/Clinton Joint Task Force Against Drugs Impacting Our Youth will use funding available tl1fough the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to support their continued efforts to provide substance abuse prevention/education services for students and families throughout Centre and Clinton Counties. Specific activities identified for Clinton County will include: o continuing its public information campaign that will be multi-faceted, created with significant input from youth, focusing on educating adults; o continuing use of Life Skills Training, a research based substance abuse prevention program for grades 3 through 8 in the Keystone Central School District, including expanding Life Skills Training to include students in grade 9; o continuing support of the Project Coffee House Theatre Ensemble, a local organization for at-risk youth in order to prepare, produce, and perform youth created anti-alcohol abuse plays; o coordinating program services. Specific activities identified for Centre County will include o continuing its public information campaign, emphasizing prevention education services within the county; o coordinating program services; o continuing use of Project Toward No Drug Abuse in the Bellefonte, Bald Eagle, Penns Valley, and Philipsburg- Osceola school districts, including expansion to additional classes within those school districts; o continuing implementing Life Skills programming in grades 7 and 8; o continuing parenting groups using Guiding Good Choices, for parents of children in grades 4 through 8; o continuing implementation of Life Skills Training in the Philips burg-Osceola School District; o supporting implementation of Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in the Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, and Penns valley School Districts; | ||
| Grantee: Centre County Government | Bellefonte, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP13121 | |
| Congressional District: PA-05 | ||
| 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: Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | |
| Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services | SP10687 | |
| Congressional District: PA-05 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $250,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| Penn State University in partnership with Progressive Life Center, Inc. of Philadelphia, along with other community partners is proposing an initiative to provide young African American girls in Southwest Philadelphia with the skills necessary to promote healthy behavior and reduce risk. The primary goal of this project is to implement a culturally congruent social cognitive intervention designed to decrease risky behaviors in the sex and drug domains. Co-occurring problems of early and unprotected sex and drug engagement confront many African American adolescent females, especially those who reside in low-income high-risk communities. The period of early adolescence (11-14) may be an especially risky and vulnerable period as girls begin the developmental transition from childhood to adolescence. Prevention interventions must simultaneously address the issue of drug and sex at this critical age before problems surface. The objectives of this study are: (1) to implement an effective intervention that decreases risky attitudes and behaviors within the sexual and drug domains; (2) to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention at increasing skills and self-efficacy beliefs within these domains; and (3) to evaluate the extent to which the intervention strengthens and promotes positive cultural and identity factors. This initiative proposes to target 180 girls over the course of 3 years. Intervention components will consist of 30 integrated cultural sessions used by the investigators in previous prevention programs to strengthen ethnic and gender identity and a relational orientation. The cultural curriculum will be integrated with a curriculum aimed at sexual risk and HIV prevention, such as the 6-session Be Proud! Be Responsible! Curriculum developed by Jemmott, Jemmott, and McCaffree (1996); and a curriculum to increase drug refusal efficacy and skills, and to prevent or delay drug use, such as Botvin's 16-session Life Skill Training (LST). | ||
| Grantee: Tioga Cty Partnership for Community Hlth | Wellsboro, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP11444 | |
| Congressional District: PA-05 | ||
| 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: Valley Prevention Services, Inc. | Williamsport, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12846 | |
| Congressional District: PA-05 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| This project will support the efforts of the Communities That Care® Community Prevention Board by providing substance abuse prevention/education services for youth and families throughout Clinton County. Specific efforts include the Across Ages© intergenerational mentoring program; support/coordination of the positive peer pressure Stand Tall drug-free program in area middle and high schools; support/coordination for the every other month insert of the Family Fun Guide in the local newspaper which provides a listing of healthy alternatives to alcohol and other drug use and will as prevention and parenting tips; sponsorship of the live radio broadcast called "What's On Your Mind?" which brings alcohol and other drug professionals. recovering individuals and the parents of recovering individuals together to share with the community their experiences for a healthy alcohol and other drug-free lifestyle; a public information and education campaign that provides resources and promotes parent/community involvement in alcohol and other drug prevention; coordination of presentations by Lock Haven University men's basketball team to area elementary and middle school youth and exploring the implementation of the evidence-based Family Matters Program. The Clinton County Communities That Care® project will be administered by Valley Prevention Services with the Clinton County Communities That Care® Community Prevention Board serving as the advisory body. | ||
| Grantee: Family Services | Norristown, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP11395 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| 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: Colours Organization | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework | SP13448 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $254,320 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010 | ||
| The COLOURS Organization, Inc. in Phildelphia, PA 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. COLOURS proposes to implement the AMARI Project as a way to bring community and service providers together to prevent co-occurring disorders in the sexual minority people of color (SMPC) population. The Pennsylvania State Health Improvement Plan recommends a systems approach coordinated community solutions to health status problems are most likely to be successful when they are considered within the context of a broad system of preventive services, personal health services and social services, which collaborate to address a common underlying cause. The AMARI Project intends to utilize SAMHSA's Strategic Planning Framework as a stepping stone to providing culturally competent, collaborative substance abuse, HIV / AIDS and hepatitis prevention programs for SMPC (including the re-entry population) engaging in activities that put them at high risk of infection. | ||
| Grantee: Community Prevention Partnership/BerksCo | Reading, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12850 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Grandparents Raising Resilient Youth is a program serving grandparent-headed household families where the parent is not in the home and may have little or no involvement with their children. The parents are absent for various reasons including, but not limited to: drug addiction, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, divorce, abandonment, and death. As a result, many children living with grandparents possess pre-existing problems or risk factors including abuse, neglect, and prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol. This situation can create risks for both children and grandparents. The Grandparents Raising Resilient Youth (GRRY) program identifies the significant needs of grandparent-headed households. The children and their grandparents are largely disregarded by the child welfare agencies unless the grandparent has an open case with the Office of Children and Youth Services or there are some abuse/neglect issues that are being monitored. In most cases this leaves the grandparents without any formal support from social service agencies which can include financial assistance or guidance as to where to go and what to do for specific types of assistance (medical, legal, school, etc.). The Grandparents Raising Resilient Youth program targets grandparent-headed households of all racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups. The program, which is the only one of its kind in Berks County, is committed to increasing the resiliency of families while decreasing the risk factors for all members of the participating families through the delivery of supportive services, which include home visits, case management, advocacy, referrals and socialization. The program incorporates aspects of problem solving, social skills training, stress management, substance abuse prevention, violence prevention, conflict resolution, empowerment and wrap around services. Interventions are designed as home based outreach services to more effectively engage families. | ||
| Grantee: Community Prevention Partnership/BerksCo | Reading, PA | |
| Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services | SP10721 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $250,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| Reading, Pennsylvania has experienced an increasingly high incidence of both IV drug use (heroin) and HIV infection that is over represented among Hispanic residents. In response to this problem, the Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County is requesting funding to support the development and implementation of the Neighborhood Unity Program (NUP) a community outreach and educational intervention targeting Hispanic women. The NUP employs individual, group and community prevention strategies designed to reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse among participants, their families and their communities. The intervention will occur in two public housing developments and in Reading's Weed & Seed targeted area. The NUP proposes to employ an Information- Motivation-Behavioral Skills (Fisher & Fisher, 1992) prevention model for program participants that will utilize an evidence-based curriculum and be offered in two formats. The first format is a 12-week program with six sessions covering HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention as well as sessions on conflict resolution, family relationships, self-esteem, stress management and accessing resources. The second format is a 6-week program limited to HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention. The efficiency and effectiveness of both models will be tested. The second activity of the project will support the development of a Women's Health Council (WHC) (Sikkema et al, 200) in each of the four project sites. Women who have completed the educational program will be recruited to serve on the WHC and participate in a specialized train the trainer program "Talking to your Kids about AIDS" curriculum (Meschke et al, 1999). They will then serve a peer educator role to teach their neighbors how to talk to their children about substance abuse and AIDS and they will assist with community education on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention through community events and activities aimed at adults, young adults, families | ||
| Grantee: Cmnty Prevention Partnership of Berks Co | Reading, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP11663 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| 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: Township of Bensalem | Bensalem, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring | SP13579 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $59,304 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/30/2007 | ||
| 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: Township of Bensalem | Bensalem, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12171 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| 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: Bucks Cnty Cncl on Alc/Drug Dependence | Doylestown, PA | |
| Program: Prevention of Meth and Inhalant Use | SP10717 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $349,002 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| Through outreach and education mechanisms, The Bucks County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will enhance the ability of school, juvenile justice personnel, mental health providers and parents to recognize Methanphetamine and inhalant use and refer youth for intervention. The program will serve a target population of 6,100 middle and junior high school students. Specifically, the plan is to: 1) reinforce attitudes of students who report minimal use through 6th grade toward continued non-use in secondary schools, 2) involve families, schools and the community, and 3) increase the number of individuals referred for intervention services. | ||
| Grantee: Bucks Co Cncl on Alc & Drug Dependence | Doylestown, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12439 | |
| Congressional District: PA-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: United Way of Bucks County | Fairless Hills, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12955 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,186 | ||
| 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: NAIVE Program | Langhorne, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12857 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The NAIVE Program is seeking $24,800 from the Congressional Earmark Grant administered by SAMHSA in order to continue to provide presentations of a drug and alcohol risk reduction program presented to audiences of varying ages from junior high school students to senior citizens in Bucks County, PA and the surrounding 5-county area. The 50 minute adolescent program and 120 minute adult presentation includes descriptions of the types of drugs and alcohol available in our society and provides clinical information on the dangers of using and abusing drugs, both illegal substances and prescription drugs. The NAIVE Program, presented by a police detective who has for over 20 years been involved in the apprehension of drug dealers and has seen first hand the ravages that drugs and alcohol cause, is supplemented by a personal story from a mother whose child who died as a direct result of substance abuse. Viewers of the presentation leave with a general knowledge of drugs and their effects. They see the faces behind the statistics of those who have lost the battle with drugs and the destruction that the drug or alcohol use had caused. Parents learn what is out there and what to look for while adolescents learn the lethal risks. It is the aim of the NAIVE Program to reach as many individuals as possible in order to educate them about drug abuse in order to minimize the risk of those individuals becoming involved with drugs and alcohol. The grant, combined with other donations, will allow this innovative education program to continue and expand in order to reach the greatest amount of people. If one life is saved because someone has viewed the NAIVE Program, then the program is a success. It is the motto of the NAIVE Program that: Education is the key to keeping our children alive! "Drugs and alcohol are a major problem in suburban America and we can 't afford to be NAivE anymore! II | ||
| Grantee: Just Community | Quakertown, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP11469 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| 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 Blair | Hollidaysburg, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12067 | |
| Congressional District: PA-09 | ||
| 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: Somerset County | Somerset, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12070 | |
| Congressional District: PA-09 | ||
| 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: Strength Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12847 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Project Re-Entry assist released inmates to successfully complete reintegration into their communities using assessments, case managements, life skills, instruction, peer support, court liaison, relapse prevention and assistance in restructuring their life styles. Strength Incorporated has operated a program (Project BLANKET) that is designed to address substance abuse and recidivism for inmates in the Allegheny County Jail. This program is in its fifth full year of operation and has shown significant success with regard to changing prisoner attitude, understanding chemical dependency, anger management, behavioral changes and relationships with others. In early years the program wanted to address institutional concerns and post-release, reintegration issues. Project BLANKET was created to reduce substance abuse relapse and recidivism rates, however the post- release component was not intensive enough to provide the level of intervention required for the offender community reintegration. A recent national study of the relationship between incarceration and substance abuse involvement indicated that, "The vast majority of prisoners in America's jail each year for repeat offense stemming from their abuse of drugs and alcohol". 1 The assembly concluded that a system of collaborative interventions that include front-end interventions, diversion programs, alternative sentencing for substance abuse offenders, compulsory drug treatment, community-based interventions, interventions inside prisons and re-entry programs were best solutions for addressing this problem. Locally, in Allegheny County Jail, the largest number of charges levied on inmates incarcerated were for Violation of Controlled Substance and Driving Under the Influence, these two charges alone represent approximately 29% of the total charges for all inmates. Allegheny County Jail responded to the needs of addicted inmates by allowing prevention and intervention programs to operate in the Jail. | ||
| Grantee: Institute for Research, Education, | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12844 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $198,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The proposed project endeavors to hasten through national collaboration and dialogue the effective alignment of science, service and policy for the field of addiction prevention, intervention, treatment and research. The project will further enhance the applicant organization's (Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addiction (IRETA) ability to better identify and define a disease management model for addiction care. Through this proposal IRETA will carry forward its current efforts to gather leaders from all relevant stakeholder groups to further conduct national discussions and focus groups where the absolute best research minds and clinicians, policymakers and recovery community members, can meet and define through experience and knowledge a common vision of addiction build upon best science and practice. The proposal will ensure the conduct of a focus group of recovery community members geared at refining recovery maintenance mechanisms for the creation of a clinical model and a gathering of national leaders for a Breakthrough Series to develop specific treatment process, clinical progress and systemic performance indicators. The proposal will also deliver a comprehensive monograph for dissemination that effectively presents the reasons for why the disease management approach to addiction makes sense, how it looks, and its implications for persons within the continuum of substance use. | ||
| Grantee: Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework | SP13355 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $254,320 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010 | ||
| The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force (PATF), in collaboration with Persad Center, Inc., the University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Department Of Infectious Diseases And Microbiology, and the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, have developed the Partnership for Intervention and Empowerment (PIE) Project. It is the goal of PIE to strengthen partnerships with neighborhood communities in order to ignite and promote strategies that will reduce the risk and harm of Substance Abuse, HIV, and Hepatitis infections. We will reduce these risks by uniting the power and knowledge of community leaders with evidence-based prevention intervention tools. The project will take place in four subsidized housing communities within the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In accordance with SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework, we will conduct Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment and work with Tenant Councils to mobilize community members, not only for the purposes of implementation but also to inform the Needs Assessment. Information gained from the Needs Assessment will help us further define our target communities. Our approach will include a community-wide effort, addressing the needs of youth, women at risk, and the reentry population, which consists of female offenders, adjudicated delinquents, and men who have been previously incarcerated and are "living off the lease" in subsidized housing units. Evidence-based prevention interventions will be utilized, and will address substance abuse issues, HIV prevention, and Hepatitis infection in communities of color. HIV Rapid Testing and Hepatitis screenings will also be offered in community settings on an ongoing basis. | ||
| Grantee: Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network | Allentown, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12855 | |
| Congressional District: PA-15 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The ALERT Partnership, a community coalition dedicated to the prevention of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs in the Lehigh Valley, is submitting a proposal for funding to elevate knowledge of how to synthesize research into practice in the field of underage drinking prevention and to expand a local policy change initiative. ALERT is submitting this proposal through its lead agency Lehigh Valley Hospital, for Congressional Earmark Funds through the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The funding will elevate knowledge of how to synthesize research into practice in the field of underage drinking prevention. Through collaboration with the Pacific; Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIR.E), ALERT Partnership will host a symposium on prevention research for regional prevention practitioners, educators, treatment practitioners, and public health professionals. The symposium will present current information from PIRE and will feature interactive discussion on best practices. In addition, the funding wi!1 allow for expansion of the Safe Spring social policy campaign to be extended throughout the school year in targeted Lehigh Valley communities. The campaign was developed to prevent the loss of young life due to aggressive driving, and alcohol and other drug use, during the high risk season of prom and graduations. ALERT, in collaboration with Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking (PAUD), Lehigh \/alley Regional DUI Association and local Students Against Destructive Decisions groups, and in partnership with community and school representatives, will expand the campaign to a SAFEStudent project, incorporating the equally high risk fal1 sports season, holiday seasons, and summer vacation. A priority audience wil1 be: parents, emphasizing social host liability. | ||
| Grantee: Community Services for Children, Inc. | Allentown, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12853 | |
| Congressional District: PA-15 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The Early Head Start -SafeStart for Fragile Families program represents a unique and multifaceted approach to a complex problem. Our therapeutic child development center serves 15 drug-impacted infants and toddlers and their families. The community partnerships formed between Early Head Start and the local county Offices of Children and Youth, Mental Health / Mental Retardation, Drug / Alcohol and Early intervention, positions us to provide comprehensive, preventive treatment services to drug involved families with babies zero to three years of age. Infants who have suffered prenatal drug exposure and the impact of being cared for by a drug involved parent, face both physiological and psychological damage. All of our children have been exposed to teratogenic substances in utero, and subsequent neglect / mistreatment. Both drug impacted and drug affected infants are at high risk for prematurity, low birth weight, birth defects, neurological impairment, developmental delay and a host of assorted challenging care taking behaviors. In addition to the immediate and tremendous disadvantages at birth, these infants are more likely to suffer continued maltreatment or neglect, leaving serious short-term and long-term consequences. Local authorities find that over. 50% of child abuse and neglect cases of children under the age of three have as their root cause drug and alcohol impairment on the part of the parent. During the critical period for healthy development, the parents and children are facing enormous challenges requiring a host of supportive interventions. Consequently, the Early Head Start -SafeStart program answers these compelling f converging needs through our multi-faceted therapeutic treatment for infants, and a comprehensive support system for parents. Our program focuses on the-developmental, holistic needs of the child and family, with the goals of protecting the child from further maltreatment, restoring the infant to its fullest potential. | ||
| Grantee: Gaudenzia, Inc | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework | SP13265 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $254,320 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010 | ||
| Gaudenzia Inc. in Harrisburg, PA 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. Working with a community of collaborators, the Project will reduce and prevent SA, HIV / AIDS and Hepatitis among minority substance abusers, including minority substance abusers reentering Dauphin County from jails/prisons and their family members, significant others, and drug and sex partners. Prevention services will also be provided for family members, significant others, and drug and sex partners. Minority consumers, family members, and collaborators will have a vital role in developing and implementing the project. | ||
| Grantee: Pennsylvania Department of Health | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: Cooperative Agreement for Ecstasy & Other Club Drugs Prevention Services | SP11150 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $292,356 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009 | ||
| The Ecstasy and Other Club Drug Prevention Project will implement a Social Norms Marketing and Environmental Management Approach to the reduction and prevention of use of ecstasy and other club drugs. The Marketing and Management project will target 3 public high schools in Berks County. Factual data about student use/nonuse of club drugs will be presented to encourage nonuse and increase the incidence of nonuse. The Ecstasy and Other Club Drug Prevention Project will continue the work of the Ecstasy Prevention Task Force of providing education and training to the community of Berks County, and will implement a Social Norms Marketing and Environmental Management project in the three largest public high schools in Berks County. The Social Norms Marketing will involve collecting student data on their use and perceptions of peer use of ecstasy and other club drugs. | ||
| Grantee: Community Health Council of Lebanon Co. | Lebanon, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP13070 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $98,988 | ||
| 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: Muslim Community Ctr of Grtr Pittsburgh | Monroeville, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12248 | |
| Congressional District: PA-18 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,443 | ||
| 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: Mid-Atlantic Network Youth Fam Srvs | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants | SP12831 | |
| Congressional District: PA-18 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $25,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| MANY will host a conference for 200 participants on November 14-16, 2005, in Annapolis, MD. The conference, entitled "Partnering for Prevention", represents a collaborative strategy to bring state-of-the-art training to improve the capacities of agencies to provide substance abuse prevention services to runaway, homeless and other high risk youth. This project will enhance the proficiency of professional youth services workers in the Mid-Atlantic States, (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, & Pennsylvania). The workers will be staff of community based agencies such as runaway shelters, street outreach programs, child welfare programs, substance abuse programs, domestic violence programs, juvenile justice programs, mental health programs, and youth development and mentoring programs. The overall theme of the conference will be to focus on the joint issues of youth substance abuse and youth homelessness, for the purpose of workforce improvement. Conference goals include training in best practices in substance abuse prevention, knowledge dissemination by experts in the substance abuse field, a facilitated issue forum, and training on evaluation models. The conference will include four tracks of training, keynote speakers, resources and special events. | ||
| Grantee: United Way of Adams County | Gettysburg, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP13034 | |
| Congressional District: PA-19 | ||
| 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: Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center | York, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12842 | |
| Congressional District: PA-19 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $228,160 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center will use grant funds to provide tobacco education and prevention programs to approximately 17,500 school children in grades 1-7 throughout South Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland. The project will also provide access to the Center's tobacco education e-learning curriculum to 500 classrooms, or 10,000 students, in the same region. The project will provide the following Byrnes Health Education Center's Tobacco Education Theater Programs, Outreach Learning Labs and e-Learning HeLP- Kits to these children: Huffin' 'N' Puffin'- a 2-hour program for 4th and 5th grade students taught at the Center highlights the effects of tobacco and inhalants on the body. The Discovery Cart features hands-on activities designed to reinforce the learning points of -the Theater Program. Qroan Tales -a 2-hour program for 3rd grade students taught at the Center discusses the effects of substances. .including tobacco on the body's organs. The Discovery Cart features hands-on activities designed to reinforce the learning points of the Theater Program. Be Smart Don't Start -a classroom-based outreach Learning Lab for 1st - 3rd grade students that shows what happens inside the body when we smoke. A simple dissection of a mammal brain is included DrugSmart:-a classroom-based outreach Learning Lab for grades 3 - 5 helps students explore the effects substances have on the respiratory and nervous systems. A dissection of a mammal brain helps to reinforce the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system. No Butts About It -a classroom-based outreach Learning Lab for grades 6 - 8 that focuses on the effects that smoking and drugs have on the respiratory and nervous systems. Students will have an opportunity to experience these effects with drunk simulation goggles. Huffin' HelP-Kit. a web-based series of activities and lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom to educate students about the dangers of tobacco. | ||
| Grantee: York County Trend, Inc | York, PA | |
| Program: Drug Free Communities | SP12128 | |
| Congressional District: PA-19 | ||
| 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: Boys and Girls Club of Erie, Inc. | Erie, PA | |
| Program: CSAP 2005 Earmarks | SP12859 | |
| Congressional District: PA-21 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $49,600 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The SMART Moves (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) prevention/education program addresses the problems of alcohol, drug use and premature sexual activity. The program teaches youth aged six through twelve resistance and refusal skills, assertiveness, good decision-making skills and the influence of the media and peers while promoting abstinence from substance abuse and early adolescent sexual activity. The Boys and Girls Club of Erie will implement two portions of the SMART Moves program, SMART Kids for 90 members aged six through nine and Start SMART for 90 members aged ten through twelve during the 2005-2006 school year. Members will learn correct information about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and will not only learn but practice refusal and good decision making skills through role-playing. The program will be conducted by trained professionals who, in addition to providing the education and skill development, will serve as role models to the participating youth in the supportive Boys and Girls Club environment | ||
| Grantee: Commonwealth of PA | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders | TI15344 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $1,099,366 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| Pennsylvania's Departments of Public Welfare and Health will integrate mental health and substance abuse treatment through 1) The construction of a permanent, state level infrastructure using the knowledge and experience gained through MISA pilots at the county level; and 2) Pilot enhancement activities that will result in a comprehensive, integrated approach to serving persons with co-occurring disorders throughout the Commonwealth. | ||
| Grantee: ODAAT, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: CSAT 05 Earmarks | TI17426 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $198,400 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The organization is now prepared to apply the success of that same model to overcoming barriers contributing to homelessness as they relate to behavioral health. This funding from SAMHSA would assist us in bridging treatment gaps regarding mental health support services. These grant funds would assist ODAAT in expanding its internal capacity, so that we may supply psychosocial support services to dually-diagnosed populations, as opposed to using an external provider. These services would be issued in conjunction with ODAAT's existing menu of client services: HIV/AIDS counseling, Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Criminal Justice services. We have outlined the focus of this funding to be the following: 1. Develop in-house psychosocial support services. 2. Enhance residential services. 3. Expand outreach to homeless, mental population. 4. Improve compliance structure. 5. Improve maintenance of program facilities. 6. Expand and formalize service link to the ODAAT Drug & Alcohol program. 7. Document & formalize the research and clinical materials recording ODAAT's "Tough Love" Drug & Alcohol program methodology. Funding of an internal psychosocial support structure would allow us to bring all of these program services under one umbrella. | ||
| Grantee: Assoc de Puertorriquenos en Marcha, Inc | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI14521 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $500,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| To enhance and expand substance abuse treatment and outreach services to Latino ex-offenders who have been recently released from Philadelphia County prison. The expansion goal is to serve a total of 1,080 new clients. | ||
| Grantee: Philadelphia Health Management Corp | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI14557 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $499,999 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| To expand and enhance current capacity to conduct street outreach and pre-treatment services. The program will provide outreach and pre-treatment counseling and case management to target criminal justice and injection drug users from African-American and Latino populations. | ||
| Grantee: Net- Treatment Services, Inc | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI15747 | |
| Congressional District: PA-01 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $495,590 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| People experiencing chronic homelessness and opioid addiction have many health care needs complicated by a lack of access to continuous, comprehensive primary and behavioral healthcare. North East Treatment Centers (NET), a not for profit behavioral health and social service agency, will enhance and expand its substance abuse treatment continuum of care for 700 opioid addicted individuals by adding pharmacotherapy to their existing ambulatory and residential drug and alcohol services. | ||
| Grantee: Saint Barnabas on Lake Drug & Alc Ctr. | Erie, PA | |
| Program: CSAT 05 Earmarks | TI17428 | |
| Congressional District: PA-03 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $24,800 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| The Saint Barnabas facility is located on the shores of Lake Erie, in northeast Erie County, has been identified as an excellent site for this facility. The physical facility has been housing Lakeview Estates Assisted Living Facility, making it well suited both in location and facility to house the Saint Barnabas Rehab Center without significant capital investment. Additionally, the Saint Barnabas facility is located in a rural area of Erie County, where there are few of the attractions or distractions of the urban areas, making it conducive to recovery. It is anticipated that twelve beds will initially be utilized for residential substance abuse treatment for adult males. A total capacity of 50 beds is planned as the Rehab Center grows through referrals through the Erie County Drug and Alcohol System and additional grant and reimbursement funding is obtained to support the cost of operations serving additional clients. With state funding and SAMHSA funding in place, it is anticipated that the Saint Barnabas Rehab Center will be in a position to hire and train initial staff and begin accepting client referrals once the necessary community linkages are finalized. | ||
| Grantee: Gaudenzia Inc | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women | TI16021 | |
| Congressional District: PA-06 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $500,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| Over 3 years, Gaudenzia will provide prevention and treatment services to 252 pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) and their 270 infants and children, including focused outreach to low - income minorities and PPW with co-occurring mental health disorder or HIV/AIDS. Gaudenzia will provide 3 detox/stabilization beds, 22 rehab beds (10 adult and 12 children), and 12 transitional apartments at Fountain Springs, an existing licensed facility for women with children. | ||
| Grantee: Easy Does It, Inc | Leesport, PA | |
| Program: Recovery Community Service | TI13164 | |
| Congressional District: PA-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: Today Inc | Newtown, PA | |
| Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment | TI15527 | |
| Congressional District: PA-08 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $158,312 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| 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: Mon Yough Community Services, Inc | McKeesport, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI13082 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $407,138 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| To expand services to work with 18-25 year olds to change the behaviors which put them at risk. | ||
| Grantee: Institute for Research, Education, | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Program: Addiction Technical Transfer Center | TI13404 | |
| Congressional District: PA-14 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $633,673 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| ATTCs provide state-of-the-art education and training programs to health care professionals, state and local governments, and community organizations. Utilizing comprehensive curricula addressing all elements of addiction treatment and recovery, ATTCs disseminate research-based knowledge to addictions treatment and public health/mental health personnel, institutional and community corrections professionals, and others. | ||
| Grantee: New Directions Treatment Serv | Bethlehem, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI15780 | |
| Congressional District: PA-15 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $500,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| The New Directions Treatments Services (NDTS) program serves the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton Metropolitan Statistical Area (ABE/MSA) located in east central Pennsylvania. According to the CDC HIV/AIDS 2000 surveillance report, the ABE/MSA ranks 19th among all MSAs nationwide for the incidence of AIDS among the Hispanic population per 100,000 persons. Currently NDTS is the only methadone treatment program within a 40 mile radius of the ABE/MSA in Pennsylvania. Over the past year, the waiting list for methadone treatment has risen from 70 patients to 139 patients. | ||
| Grantee: Pennsylvania Department of Health | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: State TCE Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment | TI15977 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $3,477,286 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will expand its continuum of care to enhance screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment (SBIRT) in general medical and other community settings for adult (i.e., ages 18-65) patients with substance abuse and dependence disorders who reside in Allegheny, Philadelphia, Huntingdon, Juniata, and Mifflin counties. | ||
| Grantee: Gaudenzia, Inc | Harrisburg, PA | |
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | TI15790 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $500,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| The overarching goal of this project is to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among minority substance abusers in Dauphin County. The Project will provide services to 2,427 unduplicated substance abusers over 5 years, including expanded treatment services to 1,727 substance abusers with HIV/AIDS or at high risk and enhanced services to 700 high-risk substance abusers. | ||
| Grantee: Teen Challenge Training Center, Inc. | Rehrersburg, PA | |
| Program: CSAT 05 Earmarks | TI17408 | |
| Congressional District: PA-17 | ||
| FY 2005 Funding: $99,200 | ||
| Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 | ||
| Teen Challenge will formally establish a six to eighteen-month residential employment-training program in order to facilitate a smooth transition back to society for program graduates. The goals of the program will be to develop positive work patterns, positive socialization patterns and increase the recipients knowledge and understanding of appropriate and expected behavior as he functions in a variety of roles in society. An initial core group of fifty-four graduates will be targeted. Expected outcomes are: Increased permanent recovery rates for program graduates; full time employment outside of Teen Challenge for all program graduates who seek employment; enrollment in post-secondary institutes of higher education for those who seek additional formal education; enrollment in vocational training or educational institutions for those who seek additional vocational training; and an increase in successful marriages and in parenting skills. Products of this initiative will include a comprehensive training manual, assessment tools, evaluation tools, and a final report. These products will be made available to the over one hundred and fifty Teen Challenge Centers throughout the United States as well as to other interested social services and rehabilitative agencies. | ||
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