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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56644
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $156,700
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This project will continue the State's effort to build infrastructure to collect data and report the remaining Mental Health Block Grant Uniform Reporting System Developmental Measures. Grant efforts will focus on (1) local provider training to improve data quality, (2) implementation of web-based technology using DS2K + data standards to collect, report, and improve accessibility of data, and (3) strengthening internal and external database linkages. Project outcomes will include consistent data definitions, timely capture of data, improved measure of service outcomes and client change, improved data quality, and enhanced ability to analyze and report on developmental measures such as school attendance, school performance, and involvement with the criminal justice system. The project outcomes will be evaluated based on the ability to produce the data required for URS and other desired reporting. The project will also be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce data that is useful to and is used by system stakeholders.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: 2004 COSIGS	SM56579
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $1,071,376
Project Period: 09/01/2005 - 08/31/2010
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is improving services to individuals with co-occurring disorders through standardized screening and assessment regardless of entry point, service coordination and network building, and developing an infrastructure that allows information sharing to all stakeholders and promotes the use of data in a quality improvement framework. Two service pilots are being conducted. The Enhancing Psychiatric Services Pilot develops, implements, and evaluates effective, integrated and culturally responsive care Latinos/as with COD. The Addiction Services Pilot is developing an integrated system of services for individuals with COD that uses systems change technology with clinical practice technology at the systems, program and clinical competency levels to create system change. The pilots are establishing an intebrated system of care for persons with CODs to ensure there is "no wrong door" when seeking care.

Grantee: State of Conn. - Office of the Governor	Hartford, CT
Program: Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants	SM57456
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $2,730,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, in leading development of CT’s response to the MHT SIG, has charged 14 key state agencies and the Judicial Branch to successfully transform mental health and other systems to offer CT’s citizens an array of accessible services and supports that are culturally responsive and person- and family-centered and have as their primary aim promotion of the person/family’s resilience, recovery, and inclusion in community life. CT envisions a recovery-oriented system of mental health care that will offer all of the State’s citizens, across the lifespan, an array of accessible services and recovery supports from which they will be able to choose those, which are effective in addressing their particular mental health condition or combination of conditions. Services and recovery supports will be provided in an integrated and coordinated fashion within the context of a locally managed system of care in collaboration with the surrounding community, thereby ensuring continuity of care both over time and across agency boundaries, thus maximizing the person’s opportunities for establishing, or reestablishing, a safe, dignified, and meaningful life in the communities of his or her choice. CT seeks to leverage the MHT SIG funds to consolidate the gains we have made and gather momentum from our important successes to tackle the major challenges inherent in the recommendations of the President’s New Freedom Commission. The MHT SIG would offer the impetus and resources needed to achieve this vision; one in which state and local systems work together seamlessly to prevent mental illness and promote resilience and recovery for all of CT citizens.

Grantee: State of Conn. Dept. of Children & Famil	Hartford, CT
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative	SM57066
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $1,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families proposes the Building Blocks For Bright Beginnings Project with its partners, the Southeastern Mental Health System of Care (SEMHSOC), LEARN, Families United for Children's Mental Health and The Consultation Center. Building Blocks will transform mental health service delivery for our children ages birth- five and their families in southeastern Connecticut through a family driven, youth guided, culturally competent, community based system of care, committed to the promotion of social/emotional wellness and resiliency. The primary activities of this project are workforce development for caregivers and service providers, and comprehensive services to SED children and their families. The work will be guided by a community-based Governance Council and informed by an army of nationally known early childhood consultants. The two primary service subcontractors have strong histories of providing family driven, culturally competent, high quality care in the target communities.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57391
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 06/01/2006 - 05/31/2009
The CT Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Children and Families, Public Health, Education, and the Judicial Branch and the CT Universities (CU) are collaborating with the University of CT Health Center (UCHC) to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain statewide suicide prevention and early intervention programs in conjunction with the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act. Through CT’s existing youth suicide infrastructure, including the Youth Suicide Advisory Board (YSAB), the Connecticut Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative (CT Suicide Prevention Initiative) will support: (1) the implementation of the Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program, an evidence-based practice, in CT middle/high schools and in selected CT Universities; (2) an expansion of a DCF-sponsored training program in recognizing the signs and symptoms of suicidality and depression targeting foster and adoptive parents, school nurses, parent/teacher organizations, youth service bureaus, and juvenile justice personnel; and (3) design and pilot implementation of a model program to increase the availability, accessibility, and linkages to mental health treatment by embedding services in school-based health and community-based hospital clinics. UCHC will serve as the Evaluation Team for the proposed interventions.

Grantee: Connecticut State Dept Children/Families	Hartford, CT
Program: Children's Services	SM54502
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $1,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2008
The State of CT, in collaboration with the Bridgeport public schools, parents and community service providers, is using this cooperative agreement to create a school-based system of care, known as the "Partnership for Kids Project (PARK)" for children with SED and their families. Building upon an existing statewide reform and the local system of care that exists in Bridgeport, the PARK Project will expand the role of the public schools in advancing a community based treatment model that is comprehensive, child centered, family driven and culturally competent. The Project will add specialized care coordinators to the existing Student Assistance Teams in a group of 5 "cluster schools" to allow for individualized treatment planning for children and youth with complex behavioral health needs that integrates services provided in sschool with services offered in the community. In addition, this project will provide technical assistance and support to school personnel in identifying and addressing the needs of SED children, working cooperatively with parents and other caregivers and creating a school milieu that is resonsive to the needs of chidren with behavioral challenges. By fostering a stronger connection between community service providers and school staff, children and families should have the benefit of a comprehensive service delivery system that capitalizes on the strengths of all partners involved in the project. Once the process and parameters around the project have been designed and tested, additional sets of cluster schools will be added as funding permits. Also, following future needs assessment, funds will be used to fill existing service gaps, most notably those that involve non-traditional services such as therapeutic respite and wrap-around services. The project will develop a local Federation of Families chapter in Bridgeport and assist existing parent organizations to become better informed and trained as advocates for children with SED.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: TCE Jail Diversion	SM57292
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 04/30/2006 - 04/29/2009
The Women's Jail Diversion Program will provide post-booking diversion services to women in Hartford with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders with a history of trauma and trauma-related psychiatric disorders. The program will build upon an existing jail diversion program for women in Hartford by providing Assertive Community Treatment, integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment, medication management, and gender-based trauma treatment using the Trauma Adaptive Recovery Group Education and Training (TARGET) model to 180 women over the three year project.

Grantee: True Colors, Inc.	Manchester, CT
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants	SM57586
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $35,057
Project Period: 09/01/2006 - 08/31/2007
A day of presentations on best practices will be added to the True Colors Annual Conference. Planned for Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, the conference will target mental health, substance abuse prevention, child welfare, and health care providers focused on the unique needs of sexual and gender minority youth and their families. Up to 2000 people can be expected to attend the conference March 21, 2007.

Grantee: Families United for Children's Mntl Hlth	Colchester, CT
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56372
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Families United for Children's Mental Health is a Connecticut support and advocacy group, run by and for families of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental health needs. We propose to greatly expand our statewide network by developing new partnerships, building a strong and sustainable infrastructure, enhancing business and leadership skills, strengthening community level family groups, and developing a youth leadership program.

Grantee: CONNECTICUT COLLEGE	New London, CT
Program: Campus Suicide	SM57853
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
The purpose of this grant is to enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems by providing a comprehensive array of services within the campus community, using a public health approach, to enhance the ability to identify and assess students at risk and to raise the skill level of the various campus helpers to make appropriate referrals of students whose behavior indicates they are at risk for mental and behavioral health problems, including suicide. This project will utilize funding to implement an education/public health approach to suicide prevention by promoting enhanced knowledge and awareness of suicide prevention throughout the campus and by enhancing and expanding existing networking infrastructure of campus support services for students.

Grantee: Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic	New Haven, CT
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative	SM57151
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2009
Clifford Beers Clinic, the oldest outpatient clinic in Connecticut, has been a lead agency in providing trauma-informed treatment to the most economically challenged families in the New Haven area. Because of its leadership in the community, Clifford Beers Clinic is in an excellent position to create a community-based clinical center for excellence for the treatment of children and families who have been exposed to trauma, called the Child and Family Trauma Center (CFTC). The purpose of the CFTC is to improve the quality of the treatment services available to those families within the greater New Haven Region by assisting other human service agencies to take root and implement evidence-based practices. By creating such a center in the Greater New Haven region, the quality of life will improve for those children exposed to trauma, who will have improved school performance; parents, who will have a greater sense of empowerment; and the numerous families under stress in New Haven, who will see their stresses alleviated. In addition, the increase in advocacy and community education will lead to a decrease in the number of traumas perpetrated upon our children in the community.

Grantee: Yale University School of Medicine	New Haven, CT
Program: National Child Traumati Stress Initiative-Treatment and Service Adapation Centers	SM54318
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $600,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2009
The Childhood Violent Trauma Center (CVTC) develops, evaluates and disseminates secondary prevention models for children exposed to potentially traumatic events. The CVTC has developed three secondary preventions: 1) The CDCP Police-Mental Health Acute Response Intervention, 2) The Domestic Violence Home Visiting Intervention, 3) The Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention. These interventions provide a collaborative Acute Response protocol implemented by mental health providers and police officers for children and families who have been exposed to violence; safety and access to services for children exposed to domestic violence; and assistance to children who are traumatized by violence, injury or other traumatic events.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Capital Area Substance Abuse Council	Bloomfield, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11299
Congressional District: CT-01
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: Subst Abuse Action Cncl of Ctrl Conn,Inc	Bristol, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12412
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 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: Hawkwing	Glastonbury, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12299
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 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: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP11198
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $2,350,965
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants are used to advance community-based programs for substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. The SPF SIG implements a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build on assets, and prevent problem behaviors. The five steps are: (1) conduct needs assessments; (2) build state and local capacity; (3) develop a comprehensive strategic plan; (4) implement evidence-based prevention policies, programs and practices; and (5) monitor and evaluate program effectiveness, sustaining what has worked well. These grants will allow the programs to provide leadership, technical support and monitoring to ensure that participating communities are successful. The success of the grants will be measured by specific measurable outcomes, among them: abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse, reduction in substance abuse-related crime, attainment of employment or enrollment in school, increased stability in family and living conditions, increased access to services, and increased social connectedness. In Connecticut, the Strategic Prevention Framework Initiative will develop a comprehensive prevention strategy for delivering and implementing effective substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion services that will serve as a blueprint for state and community partners.

Grantee: City of Hartford Human Services	Hartford, CT
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP13397
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The proposed project will provide funding for the MetroHartford Prevention Coalition (MPC), a collaborative effort to provide substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis prevention services within the Connecticut communities of Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, and Bloomfield. The proposed MPC project will join two health departments and one health district representing the four contiguous municipalities in a cooperative effort aimed at reducing the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis among people of color and the minority reentry population. Over the past decade, Connecticut's Capital Region (which includes the targeted communities) has experienced a tremendous increase in population mobility that has resulted in greater diversity among all its municipalities. At the same time, a surge of releases from correctional institutions to the region's communities - estimated at 4,500 individuals over the past year - has resulted in increased stress on these communities. The prevalence of substance abuse, HIV and hepatitis has been and remains high in this area, with a 2002 AIDS case rate of 62.6 per 100,000 minority residents in the Hartford MSA. Faced with multiple public health issues complicated by population mobility between towns, the MPC is conceived as an important strategic alliance for purposes of improved data collection and epidemiological services, joint program development using evidence-based interventions, collective staff development opportunities, and improved effectiveness and efficiency of programs and services provided to residents of each municipality through both municipal and community-based services. The MPC will enable development, implementation and strengthening of a regional infrastructure to promote enhanced health literacy about HIV/AIDS, SA/mental health, and hepatitis, as well as early intervention and prevention in the target populations. Using a regional public health systems approach, this strategic collaboratio

Grantee: NE Communities Against Sub. Abuse, Inc.	Dayville, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring	SP13960
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2008
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: NE Comm. Against Substance Abuse, Inc.	Dayville, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12991
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 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: Ledge Light Health District	Groton, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring	SP13569
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $74,775
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) support and encourage the development of new or the expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse; (2) assist one or more communities in efforts to begin coalition operations or to expand the operations of community coalitions that want to receive assistance.

Grantee: Ledge Light Health District	Groton, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12152
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $99,995
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
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: Yth & Famly Svcs of Haddam Killingworth	Higganum, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12295
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 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: Business Industry Fndn of Middlesex Cnty	Middletown, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11448
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $95,435
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: Town of Old Saybrook	Old Saybrook, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12073
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
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: Town of Putnam	Putnam, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13753
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2006 Funding: $41,078
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 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: Birmingham Group Health Services	Ansonia, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11239
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $87,000
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: Conn Children & Families Center Inc	New Haven, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12303
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 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: Regional Youth Adult Subst Abuse Project	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring	SP13556
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2006 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2007
The grantee will: (1) support and encourage the development of new or the expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse; (2) assist one or more communities in efforts to begin coalition operations or to expand the operations of community coalitions that want to receive assistance.

Grantee: Regional Youth Adult Subst Abuse Project	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11517
Congressional District: CT-04
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: LMG Programs, Inc	Norwalk, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13144
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2006 Funding: $56,051
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: Human Resources Agncy of New Britain Inc	New Britain, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12298
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2006 Funding: $96,684
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: Newtown Youth Services Inc.	Sandy Hook, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11344
Congressional District: CT-05
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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Preg Prog	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14545
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $475,773
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
The Services to Outreach, Link, and Engage (SOLE) project will be expanding and enhancing comprehensive HIV outreach services to 2,450 minority (55% African American, 45% Latino) girls and boys ages 12-17. They will be providing intensive outpatient using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: TCE Innovative Treatment	TI16321
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The grant funds Connecticut Screening and Brief Intervention Initiative. Program is geared toward early identification of and brief interventions for nondependent adult populations as well as referral for individuals with substance abuse disorders.

Grantee: Connecticut State Dept Children/Families	Hartford, CT
Program: Strengthening Communities - Youth	TI13308
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $750,000
Project Period: 03/31/2002 - 03/30/2007
The Department of Children and Families (DCF), in collaboration with community-based organizations, and the Hartford Community Substance Abuse Providers, have created a network of over 60 organizations, working to enhance the alcohol and drug abuse treatment delivery system for youth in Hartford, Connecticut. The Hartford Youth Project (HYP) facilitates early identification, assessment, referral, and treatment of individuals between the ages of 14 to 21 impacted by substance abuse. This program is a strong component of KidCare throughout Hartford, consequently, most of HYP's outreach services are to schools, shelters, detentions centers, child protective services, youth on probation, and children inflicted with mental health problems.

Grantee: State of Connecticut	Hartford, CT
Program: Access to Recovery	TI16831
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $7,499,016
Project Period: 08/03/2004 - 08/02/2007
This program will target at-risk, nondependent adult populations ages 18 and older, who are at increased risk of continued substance use or abuse, as well as adults with substance use disorders. The program will emphasize populations documented to have significant barriers to access to care, service use and successful treatment outcomes, such as criminal justice, adults involved in the child welfare system and racially or culturally diverse populations. Connecticut will offer a choice through a provider network that includes a variety of traditional and non-traditional providers, including those who are faith and peer-based.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of Children & Families	Hartford, CT
Program: State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination	TI17394
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 08/01/2005 - 07/31/2008
Connecticut proposes the Connecticut State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination (SASATC) project to develop and improve policies, regulations, practices, funding and program development functions of the State system that impact treatment and supports for adolescents with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. To ensure these youth and their families are receiving culturally competent, gender specific, evidenced based and cost effective treatment and support services, an Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness Coordinator will be hired to coordinate three areas of infrastructure improvements: increased intra-State agency collaboration; more integrated and outcome oriented policy and practice at the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) across mental health, substance abuse, juvenile justice and child welfare; and increased professional, community and consumer awareness and support for high quality care for adolescents and their families with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.

Grantee: University of Hartford	West Hartford, CT
Program: TCE- Campus Screening/Colleges & Universities	TI17345
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $356,601
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2008
The University of Hartford ("the University"), and its intervention services collaborator, Connecticut Renaissance, Inc., propose a Campus SBI grant for Project OASIS (Outreach and Action for Student Improvement Services) to provide substance abuse intervention to University of Hartford students, with an emphasis on alcohol. At least 900 student clients over the three-year project period will be served at a reasonable cost per client of $983. The University, a private post-secondary institution of higher education, is the applicant and lead agency for a Campus SBI grant, while Connecticut Renaissance will provide the actual substance abuse intervention at an office to be located in close proximity to campus. The service delivery model is based on using the Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) protocol. Most clients will be referred to the program through the University's Judicial Office, although students will also be able to self-refer. The overall project goal is to improve health and life outcomes by intervening in student substance abuse, with an emphasis on alcohol abuse, which will eventually lead to less overall substance use, misuse and abuse on and near campus.

Grantee: Connecticut Comm. for Addiction Recovery	Wethersfield, CT
Program: Recovery Community Support - Recovery	TI16155
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2006 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) will provide a variety of peer-to-peer recovery support services that address the needs of the recovery community consisting of persons in short-term, mid-term, and long-term recovery, as well as their family members, friends and allies. The main components of the program are to: (1) increase capacity by delivering an array of peer-to-peer recovery support services; (2) open eight recovery centers in key locations in the state over the next four years modeled after the highly effective Windham Recovery Community Center model; and (3) honor local recovery cultures and characteristics while developing specific action plans unique to each new Center.

Grantee: Hill Health Corporation	New Haven, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15902
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Hill Health Center will enhance and expand HIV substance abuse services for African-American women. The Center will provide comprehensive, holistic and culturally competent outreach, pretreatment, and referral services utilizing a model of motivational enhancement. During the 5- year grant period, the Village of POWER will expand outreach services to 2,000 women; 1,250 will receive enhanced services and 750 will receive intensive case management.

Grantee: Columbus House, Inc	New Haven, CT
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI16498
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
The New Haven community seeks to implement The Community Living Room, an interagency collaboration that will provide peer-based engagement, street- and clinic-based treatment, and rehabilitative and social services for adult women who are homeless, have substance abuse or dual substance abuse and psychiatric disorders, and who are unengaged with existing treatment and other services.

Grantee: Morris Foundation, Inc	Waterbury, CT
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI15421
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2006 Funding: $182,071
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: Chemical Abuse Services Agency, Inc	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15767
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2006 Funding: $499,998
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
We propose 60 new treatment slots (point- in-time) that will provide Buprenorphine (BUP) maintenance and detoxification treatment integrated with on-site mental health, substance abuse, HIV specialty and primary health care services to 220 persons per year who are dually or triply dually diagnosed with substance abuse, mental illness and HIV/AIDS. Buprenorphine, coformulated with the opiate antagonist naloxone, limits the potential for abuse and, unlike methadone can be prescribed by trained physicians and administered on alternate days. This is an especially appealing approach to care because abstinence from illicit drug use has been associated with improvement in psychiatric functioning, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (and thus delays the development of drug resistance) and with reduction in HIV risk behaviors.

Last Update: 9/24/2008