SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005

Discretionary Funds in Detail

WISCONSIN

Center for Mental Health Services

Grantee: Wisconsin Dept of Hlth & Family Services Madison, WI
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants SM56639
Congressional District: WI-02
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: WI Dept. of Agr., Trade & Cons. Protect. Madison, WI
Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks SM56822
Congressional District: WI-02
FY 2005 Funding: $49,600
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
     
Grantee: Mental Health Center of Dane Country Madison, WI
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children SM56079
Congressional District: WI-02
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2007
The Mental Health Center of Dane County Adolescent Trauma Treatment Program will improve the quality, effectiveness, and availability of therapeutic services for adolescents who have experienced traumatic events by identifying, developing, improving, providing and evaluating effective adolescent trauma treatments and services. The program will focus on the relationship between adolescent trauma and substance abuse. The Center will develop integrated early identification services for traumatized adolescents who are also involved in substance abuse across the Dane County adolescent service system. In order to improve access to these services, the program will also provide training and consultation on child/adolescent trauma to a wide array of governmental and community agencies to improve assessment and intervention services. The program will share the lessons of its efforts through local, state and national collaborations.
     
Grantee: Wisconsin Family Ties, Inc. Madison, WI
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants SM56439
Congressional District: WI-02
FY 2005 Funding: $60,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Wisconsin Family Ties (WFT) serves families that include children with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders, will continue its work to strengthen the capacity of families to act as agents of change in influencing the type and amount of services provided to them and their children.
     
Grantee: Task Force on Family Violence Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Program: CMHS 2005 Earmarks SM56830
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $69,440
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
     
Grantee: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Program: Youth Violence Prevention SM55576
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $149,979
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2006
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) proposes the Parklawn Enhanced Anti-Bullying Solutions Coalition (PEAS Coalition) a project that will reduce bullying behaviors in a Milwaukee neighborhood. Stakeholders including the Central City Cyberschool, the Parklawn YMCA, Project Ujima, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, and the MCW Department of Pediatrics and Center for Healthy Communities plan to mobilize a coalition to empower the youth, families, and agency staff with positive interpersonal skills in a community wide anti bullying effort. Youth, aged 5 to 13 years, who are geographically located in the Parklawn neighborhood in the north central section of Milwaukee, will be targeted for this project. All youth are African American, eligible for federally subsidized meal programs and housing, and predominantly live in single parent families.
     
Grantee: Milwaukee Health Services, Inc Milwaukee, WI
Program: AIDS TCE-Service Capacity Bldg in Minority Communities SM54135
Congressional District: WI-05
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. (MHSI), a Community Health Center, will bring together HIV expertise in health care, mental health, education, public health, research, AIDS social services, and health advocacy to address known barriers to sustainable mental health services to minority community members with HIV.
     

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Grantee: New Paradigm Partners Birchwood, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13185
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The rural code coalitions mission is to take a community wide grass roots approach to reducing substance abuse among youth, particularly youth ages 13-20. This coalition was started by new Paradigm Partners whose mission is to strengthen their learning communities through resource sharing, capacity building, and innovation teaching strategies and collaborate efforts. While the strategies are different , ultimately the goal of both the rural CODE coalition and New Paradigm Partners is to increase student achievement. The coalition covers approximately 2000 square miles with a population under 5000, serving the communities of Birch wood, Shell Lake, Weyerhaeuser, New Auburn, Winter, and Lac Courte OReilles Reservation all of which arel small, low wealth, rural communities located in the Norwest region of Wisconsin.
     
Grantee: Opportunities, Inc of Jefferson County Fort Atkinson, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13032
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $95,505
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Delinquency Prevention Council serves Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a mid -sized suburban area with a population of 78,300 which is 10 percent Latino. The goals of the program are to reduce alcohol and marijuana use among youth and over time among adults by addressing factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse, and to strengthen governments to support the efforts of the council to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth, specifically alcohol and marijuana use. The council will achieve these goals by implementing multiple strategies such as conducting the search survey, establish a youth involved media campaign , circulate cultural sensitive information in the community and conduct youth and adult focus groups in the community. These collaborated efforts with key stakeholders will allow the council to continue its history of success.
     
Grantee: Kenosha Co. Div Children Family Services Kenosha, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13168
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $96,390
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Concerned Citizens Coalition on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse serves the great Kenosha County area with a population of 154,234, this is 89% urban and 11% rural. African American and Hispanic residents account for 17% of ethnic groups with 1% of less for others. Coalition objectives are to prevent and reduce substance abuse, reduce underage access to alcoho,l implement science based model programs to increase youth resiliency and refusal skills, build coalition capacity, increase community readiness toward ATOD prevention, and sustain interventions.
     
Grantee: AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP13412
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide SA, HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. ARCW and leading partners' project purpose is to reduce and eliminate the occurrence of SA, HIV and Hepatitis infection among the minority and re-entry populations of the Milwaukee- Waukesha MSA. ARCW's leading partners will be Wisconsin Correction Services, the state's leading Community service provider working with re-entry individuals and two minority community-based organizations, 16th Street Community Health Center and La Casa de Esperanza, to reach minority individuals. ARCW and its partners will work to reduce SA, including alcohol use, methamphetamine use, and other injection drug use, that can result in sex and drug use behaviors placing individuals at-risk for HIV and Hepatitis. With 20 years of experience providing prevention services to individuals at- risk, ARCW will extend prevention programming to reach a greater number of at-risk individuals. Upon completion & approval of the needs assessment & strategic plan, ARCW and its partners will implement prevention interventions that include: Providing SA, HIV, and Hepatitis prevention outreach through 10,800 contacts annually. Providing HIV and Hepatitis testing & referral services to individuals in the re-entry and minority communities, conducting 2,800 HIV and 1,800 Hepatitis tests annually. Screening 1,168 re-entry and minority individuals annually for substance abuse and make appropriate referrals for SA treatment. Conducting multi-session SA, HIV and Hepatitis prevention education and counseling among the re-entry and minority populations reaching 880 individuals annually. Conducting capacity building assistance annually to 48 organizations serving re-entry minorities & minority individuals to provide SA,HIV & Hepatitis prevention.
     
Grantee: Racine Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse Racine, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13059
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Racine County Coalition on Drug Free youth serves Racine County, Wisconsin, an area of 331 square miles. The Eastern part of the county is urban and suburban while the Western part is primarily rural. The total population is 188,831 and is 11 percent African American and 8 percent Hispanic . The target population for the coalition is the county's 38,000 youth ages 5-18. The goals of the program are : Goal 1) prevent or delay first use of tobacco, alcohol ,and marijuana by youth ; limit the access of underage youth to alcohol ; reduce high levels of marijuana by youth.
     
Grantee: Partners in Prevention-Rock County, Inc Janesville, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12255
Congressional District: WI-02
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Cooperative Educational Svc Agency Five Portage, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12079
Congressional District: WI-02
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Jackson County Black River Falls, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12462
Congressional District: WI-03
FY 2005 Funding: $95,945
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: Grant County Health Department Lancaster, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11336
Congressional District: WI-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: School District of the Menomonie Area Menomonie, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12393
Congressional District: WI-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: Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital Assoc Prairie du Chien, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11351
Congressional District: WI-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: School District of River Falls River Falls, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12225
Congressional District: WI-03
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Cooperative Educational Svc Agency Four West Salem, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11656
Congressional District: WI-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: Couleecap Inc. Westby, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11308
Congressional District: WI-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: IMPACT Alcohol & Other Drugs Abuse Svcs Milwaukee, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring SP13568
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $55,257
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2006
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: IMPACT Alcohol & Other Drugs Abuse Svcs Milwaukee, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12458
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12391
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $99,947
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: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11602
Congressional District: WI-04
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: Nicolet School District Glendale, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12449
Congressional District: WI-05
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: Ozaukee Council Inc Grafton, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11369
Congressional District: WI-05
FY 2005 Funding: $99,791
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: Council on AODA of Washington Co. West Bend, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13019
Congressional District: WI-05
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The prevention Network of Washington County serves Washington County, WI a suburban area with a population of 117,000. The goals of the program are to: reduce substance abuse among youth with a particular emphasis on alcohol, tobacco ,and marijuana and; to strengthen collaboration among communities , private ,nonprofit agencies, and other local public and private agencies/organizations.
     
Grantee: High Expectations Beaver Dam, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP10805
Congressional District: WI-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 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: Family Resource Centers of Sheboygan Co Plymouth, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP13004
Congressional District: WI-06
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Healthy Sheboygan County 2010 AODA Committee serves all of Sheboygan County, WI, a rural/urban area with a population of 114,000 residents. The goals of the program are to :reduce substance abuse among Sheboygan County youth by reducing identified risk factors and increasing identified protective factors ; to build resiliency an strengthen the healthy Sheboygan county 2010 APDA committee, and to reduce substance use and abuse through long term strategic planning, collaboration , and local implementation of prevention efforts.
     
Grantee: School District of Westfield Westfield, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12914
Congressional District: WI-06
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
With a population of 15,832 ,the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition serves rural Marquette County in central Wisconsin. This coalition serves Westfield and Montello School District(s) Combined districts have an ethnic makeup of 93.7% White, 4.5 % Hispanic , and 1.8% combined American Indian , African American, and Asian/Pacific Islander. The goals of the program are to: 1) Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities and agencies to support the efforts of community coalitions; and to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth. To achieve these goals, the coalition plans to implement information dissemination, environmental strategies, community based processes and prevention Education with an emphasis on Early Education.
     
Grantee: Family Preservation Odanah, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12998
Congressional District: WI-07
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Grant SP12998 The Bad River Reservation in northwestern Wisconsin , the largest Chippewa Reservation in the state, encompasses an area along 17miles of Lake Superior shoreline in Ashland County. The 124,334- acre reservation was established in 1854. Total tribal membership (on and off reservation) consists of 6,374. The seat of tribal government is located in Odanah, approximately 18miles east of Ashland. The bad river Family Preservation seeks to serve tribal youth ages 11-15. The focus of this prevention programming will be on reducing substance abuse among youth and strengthening collaboration and relationships with various organizations and sectors of the community changing community attitudes. The coalition will make an effort to recruit , hire, and train Native American staff and volunteers to become involved in both the planning and implementation phases of this program.
     
Grantee: Wausau School District Wausau, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11615
Congressional District: WI-07
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
     
Grantee: Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Fdn. Green Bay, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP10801
Congressional District: WI-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: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Keshena, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP11376
Congressional District: WI-08
FY 2005 Funding: $82,649
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: Great Lakes Intertribal Council, Inc Lac du Flambeau, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12979
Congressional District: WI-08
FY 2005 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/30/2010
The Positive Alternative Coalition (PAC) serves all of the Vilas and portions of Oneida Counties Wisconsin, a rural area with a population of 30,301 of which 9% is represented as American Indian. PAC is housed in the central office of Great Lakes Inter Tribal Council, a consortium of the 11 American Indian tribes of Wisconsin. The PAC service area includes three school districts, covering 1300 square miles and drawing students from 19 small rural communities. The goals of the program are to reduce substance abuse by: facilitating and enhancing collaboration among all age groups and cultures in the community; targeting multiple drugs; and establishing and strengthening collaboration among rural communities, community coalitions, and non profit organizations, federal, state and local tribal governments of the Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council.
     
Grantee: United Way Fox Cities Menasha, WI
Program: Drug Free Communities SP12385
Congressional District: WI-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.
     

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grantee: State of Wisconsin Madison, WI
Program: State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination TI17392
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 08/01/2005 - 07/31/2008
Project Fresh Light will bring new energy, emphasis and effectiveness to the treatment, services and supports received by Wisconsin's adolescents with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders and their families by improving the provider network, integrating service administration, resolving funding and regulatory barriers and improving data management. First, the State will develop a community of practice that supports and sustains the use of culturally competent, research-supported and outcome-focused adolescent treatment. Second, the Department of Health and Family Services will create an interdepartmental workgroup of system experts to create solutions to improve the fiscal and regulatory climate in supporting adolescent substance abuse services. Third, the Department of Health and Family Services will allocate a full-time state level position to coordinate efforts to improve service administration and delivery at both the State and county levels. Fourth, the Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Office of Justice Assistance will establish an information management and evaluation system to provide reliable evaluation and quality assurance measures for this project.
     
Grantee: AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI13172
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $312,608
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To increase substance abuse treatment and outreach services and HIV/AIDS services.
     
Grantee: Racine County Racine, WI
Program: Young Offender Reentry Program (YORP) 2004 TI16984
Congressional District: WI-01
FY 2005 Funding: $499,650
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
The program will establish an afternoon/evening Day Reporting Center for substance abusing youth aged 14-17 who are returning to the community after being sentenced to incarceration or detention. Racine County intends to serve 300-400 youth by providing alcohol and drug counseling, academic tutoring, career development, independent living skills and family therapy.
     
Grantee: State of Wisconsin - Office of Gov. Madison, WI
Program: Access to Recovery TI16850
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $7,575,685
Project Period: 08/03/2004 - 08/02/2007
The Wisconsin program will expand capacity and enhance Milwaukee's current voucher system for people with substance use disorders. Collaboration with faith-based and community coalitions will lead to a greatly expanded choice of providers for clinical treatment and recovery support services, and the ability to monitor the system for effectiveness.
     
Grantee: City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Program: Targeted Capacity Expansion TI13838
Congressional District: WI-04
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2006
Meta House, Inc., a substance use treatment agency, has developed a gender-specific, culturally sensitive approach to treatment that has as its goal long-term changes in women's ability to raise their children and to be drug-free, symptom-free, law-abiding members of the community. The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Health will partner with Meta House, Inc. to increase its capacity to serve primarily African American women and to address the many health disparities experienced by this population.
     
Grantee: Meta House, Inc Milwaukee, WI
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women TI16761
Congressional District: WI-05
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Funds will be used to expand and enhance the Meta House Maternal Health Project. This is a two-stage residential treatment program delivering maternal health services to primarily African-American women with substance abuse disorders and their children. The project will provide services to 120 pregnant, postpartum and parenting women and 154 children living in the residential program.
     
Grantee: Health Care for the Homeless Milwaukee, WI
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI16556
Congressional District: WI-05
FY 2005 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Healthcare for the Homeless of Milwaukee will increase outpatient mental health and substance abuse services for persons who are chronically homeless and those at risk of homelessness utilizing an integrated treatment model (mental health/substance abuse outpatient services) and a linkage treatment model to connect individuals with substance abuse and mental health resources in the community.
     
Grantee: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Keshena, WI
Program: TCE Rural Populations TI16253
Congressional District: WI-08
FY 2005 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The grant funds a culturally appropriate program of extensive prevention activities and education geared to Menominee youth, in particular, and families and community in general.