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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
ALASKA

Grantee: Alaska Young Family Network	Anchorage, AK
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56409
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $69,999
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Alaska Youth and Family network provides an informative interactive website, support groups, answer questions and network parents of severely emotionally disturbed children about mental health and substance abuse treatment system of care for their child. An outreach component teaches youth to advocate for their own needs. AYFN facilitates professionals, parents and youth to be equal partners in policymaking about the Alaskan behavioral health system.

Grantee: NATIONAL ALLIANCE/MENTALLY ILL/ALASKA	Anchorage, AK
Program: Statewide Consumer Network	SM56429
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $69,934
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
For three years, NAMI of Alaska has played a fundamental role in developing consumer networks, supporters and service providers in regional Alaskan communities. NAMI proposes to link its 12 affiliates as a means to strengthen consumer networks in rural communities that require additional community specific development. With the involvement of Native Alaskans, cultural adaptations have been made to implement training in leadership, personal empowerment, advocacy, organizational development and board and commission membership in previous years. To further facilitate the consumer network, NAMI proposes to implement a training curriculum that will meet the needs of the rural communities and supporters. Consumers are primed from previous related trainings to share knowledge with their peers in other communities. In order to proceed, the efforts in place by NAMI will continue to be needed to implore their continued input on consumer based programs and initiatives in otherwise inaccessible areas of rural Alaska.

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: Circles of Care American Indian & Alaskan Native Children	SM56771
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $319,714
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC), in partnership with South Central Foundation will assist the Native children, youth, and families of the villages of the Cook Inlet Region to develop the infrastructure to transform the mental health system of care. The project will be titled "Cherish the Children".

Grantee: ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER	Anchorage, AK
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative	SM57127
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $385,955
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
Anchorage Community Mental Health Services is requesting SAMHSA support to establish the first Alaska Child Trauma Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The Center will collaborate with community partners to establish a trauma-focused coalition and treatment network to establish best practices-based services for children and adolescents (ages 3 to 18), who have suffered trauma. Child trauma is an enormous problem in Alaska. Alaska has one of the highest rates of child maltreatment, domestic violence, substance abuseand suicide in the nation.In order to provide the best possible services for children and adolescents who have suffered trauma, the Alaska Child Trauma Center will work with The Trauma Centers of Massachusetts, to train Anchorage providers in the use of the ARC (Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency) model,The Center will also work with the State of Alaska Division of Behavioral Health,and to build a comprehensive traumafocused services network for children and adolescents in Anchorage. The Center will work with a professional research team, pilot testing the ARC Framework and evaluating the model locally. There will be close attention to the effectiveness of the model with Alaskan Native and American Indian children and children in foster care.the Alaska Child Trauma Center will collaborate closely with a coalition of state agencies, mental health providers, community agencies, consumers and others.

Grantee: State of Alaska	Juneau, AK
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56619
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
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: MANIILAQ ASSOCIATION	Kotzebue, AK
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57408
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 06/01/2006 - 05/31/2009
Young Inupiat people in Maniilaq’s service area are suffering disproportionately from suicide. In fact, the region has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world. The project will use a variety of prevention approaches. It will include a media campaign to underscore the fact that suicide is preventable and unacceptable within an Inupiat context. A cultural renewal film project will enhance cultural continuity and increase youth resilience- two factors that have been linked to lower suicide rates. The educational components of Project Life include school and community based suicide prevention training so that community members of all ages are knowledgeable about Inupiat suicide and know how they can work to prevent it. Lastly, the project will work with area institutions to develop suicide prevention protocols so that staff who work with high risk populations know how to intervene before and during a suicide crisis. This comprehensive approach will increase community level protective factors and decrease risk factors. In addition, the approach foster earlier involvement with high-risk youth, make suicide interventions more effective and efficient, and will institute postvention rituals and policies. Taken together, Project Life aims to decrease the number of suicides and suicides in the region for the long term.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

ALASKA

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP013910
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $1,633,546
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC) proposes a Tribal infrastucture development project for the Tribal community of Anchorage, Alaska. CITC, as lead agency in collaboration with Southcentral Foundation, United Way and the Municipality of Anchorage, will build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective substance abuse prevention services for the Anchorage Tribal community through implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework.

Grantee: UNITED WAY OF ANCHORAGE	Anchorage, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13064
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $97,445
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: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ALASKA, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13483
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $99,961
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: UNITED WAY OF THE TANANA VALLEY	Fairbanks, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11622
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 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: BRIDGES COMMUNITY RESOURCE NETWORK, INC	Kasilof, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13471
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $99,617
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: SITKA SCHOOL DISTRICT	Sitka, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12421
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $70,988
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: VALDEZ YOUTH AWARENESS COALITION, INC.	Valdez, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP10808
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $106,985
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
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: Yakutat Tlingit Tribe	Yakutat, AK
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12246
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

ALASKA

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: State TCE Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment	TI15969
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $2,164,314
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Connections SBIRT, a tribal project, will serve Anchorage, Alaska. It will enhance screening, referral, brief intervention and treatment services for adults and add those services for adolescents. Its overarching goal is to reduce substance use by participating patients as defined by GPRA outcome measures.

Grantee: RURAL ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM	Anchorage, AK
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI16456
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $399,630
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Provide a realistic solution for homeless late stage chronic alcoholics by using engagement, detoxification, case management, and life skills training.

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI16488
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $599,808
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Expand capacity by adding five residential treatment beds for "the homeless chronic inebriate" who are Alaskan Native and "American Indians." Provides wrap around and case management services.

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: TCE - American Indians/Native Alaskans	TI17184
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $320,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Recovery Journey: Co-occurring Disorder Enhancement Project will expand the Native community's ability to provide a comprehensive, integrated and community-based response for AI/AN with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders. The project will serve 30 clients per year drawing treatment approaches from five evidence based practices.

Grantee: COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.	Anchorage, AK
Program: TCE - American Indians/Native Alaskans	TI17202
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
This project will expand services to provide residential substance abuse treatment to 32 Alaska Native Elders, annually, who are impacted by alcohol. Clients will be drawn from throughout the State. The grantee will use a Therapeutic Community treatment model, modified for Alaska Native culture and conceptualized as a "Therapeutic Village of Care."

Grantee: FAIRBANKS NATIVE ASSOCIATION	Fairbanks, AK
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI16461
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $600,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This program will provide a residential modified therapeutic community using culturally appropriate integrated substance abuse and mental health treatment and intensive case management for homeless persons.

Grantee: FAIRBANKS NATIVE ASSOCIATION	Fairbanks, AK
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women	TI16880
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $494,986
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Healthy Children project provides critical medical and substance abuse treatment services, including residential services to women with their children, to low-income pregnant, postpartum, and parenting women in Alaska, particularly Native women. This project's goals are to: 1) increase safe and healthy pregnancies by reducing maternal substance use and/or abuse; 2) increase wellness in pregnant and postpartum women who abuse alcohol and/or drugs and also increase wellness in their families; 3) improve family functioning, economic stability, and quality of life; 4) decrease involvement in and exposure to abuse in all forms for participating women and their children; and 5) provide culturally integrated residential treatment services for participating women and their children. During the life of the project, assuming the supplemental year is awarded, at least 112 women and their families will benefit. This project has met its goal of serving at least 28 women per year

Grantee: FAIRBANKS NATIVE ASSOCIATION	Fairbanks, AK
Program: TCE - American Indians/Native Alaskans	TI17283
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The Enhanced New Life project will expand a comprehensive continuum of care for 12 additional adolescents living in interior and northern Alaska. Spanning a range from residential co-occurring disorders treatment to outpatient chemical dependence treatment, the continuum of care will embrace an evidence-based treatment model integrating conventional western treatment and traditional Athabascan healing techniques, practices, and principles.

Grantee: ALASKA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH-SOC SVCS	Juneau, AK
Program: Treatment of Persons w/Co-Occuring Substance Related and Mental Disorders	TI15354
Congressional District: AK-00
FY 2006 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
To improve the identification and treatment of individuals with co-occurring disorders throughout a diverse service delivery system, Alaska has committed to addressing SAMHSA goals of improved screening, assessment, treatment, and training, which will be accomplished through infrastructure development, focusing on staffing competency, credentialing, and licensure; financial planning and reimbursement; and information sharing and data collection.

Last Update: 5/8/2009