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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
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Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
MONTANA

Grantee: Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council	Billings, MT
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57380
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $390,751
Project Period: 06/01/2006 - 05/31/2009
Montana and Wyoming’s American Indian children lead the nation in suicide attempts and completions. In order to increase Tribal awareness of suicide related issues, reduce suicidal behavior among Tribal youth, and improve access to suicide prevention services for American Indian people, the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council proposes launching a youth suicide prevention and early intervention program entitled "Planting the Seeds of Hope". This program, seeking funding through SAMHSA’S State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program, under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, has been structured to bring suicide prevention efforts to six Montana and Wyoming American Indian Reservations, serving the Blackfeet, Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Fort Peck, Fort Belknap, and Wind River populations. Adhering to the precepts of the Tribal Suicide Prevention Plan created by the Indian Health Service Suicide Prevention Committee, the Planting the Seeds of Hope project will collaborate with educational and social service providers, public and non-profit organizations, and Tribal colleges to bring customized, culturally appropriate youth suicide prevention and early intervention services to each of the participating reservations.

Grantee: Family Support Network	Billings, MT
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56352
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $60,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Family Support Network is proposing a two-tiered approach to provide in-home support, education and advocacy to families with children with mental illness and the successful integration of families as the foundation around which the state's "Children's Mental Health System of Care" will be developed.

Grantee: Blackfeet Tribe	Browning, MT
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative	SM57012
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $1,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
The Po'ka Project (Blackfeet Children System of Care) is creating a Reservation Wide children's mental health system. Po'Ka goals are: (1) to implement the systems of care philosophy at the local Tribal level; (2) to identify, plan for, or enhance coordination and facilitate a wraparound process for enabling children with SED and their families to access services to meet their needs. This will be done by measurements and reports of the processes and outcomes on the development and implementation of the Po'ka Project in a culturally appropriate manner. The idea is to work closely with our "hard to reach families." The model will be supported with wraparound delivery of services, case management, outreach, family and youth prevention and intervention strategies, therapeutic care, cultural competencies, and integration of concepts to build on the strengths of the community.

Grantee: Mental Health Services Bureau	Helena, MT
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56634
Congressional District: MT-00
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: State of Montana	Helena, MT
Program: Children's Services	SM56267
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $1,875,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2010
KIDS fm will transition the statewide children's mental system in Montana into a workable, culturally competent, responsive System of Care for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and their families. In a collaborative government-to-government effort, Montana and the Crow Nation will enhance access to an integrated, wraparound system of services designed around the individual needs of children and families on the Crow reservation and statewide. State and community-level participants will participate in assessments of cultural competence, co-occurring capability, and trauma sensitivity. These assessments, coupled with the National Evaluation, will allow State and local agencies to guide the creation of responsive, sustainable systems that fill service gaps; braid funding; and transcend barriers imposed by fragmented systems. This multi-faceted, multi-level process will result in improved access to a broad array of strength- and community-based services for youth with SED and their families.

Grantee: Dept of Public Health & Human Serv.	Helena, MT
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57430
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Montana seeks to prevent both fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors among youth and young adults aged 10-24 years of age. The Montana Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention Project (MYSPI) provides planning, coordination, and resources to communities so they can address risk and incidences of suicide attempts and completions, and to implement evidence-based programs to reduce youth suicide among Montana’s youth and young adults. To accomplish the goal preventing both fatal and non fatal suicide behaviors among 10-24 year olds, the following objectives have been identified: Objective #1 - Improve access to and availability of appropriate prevention services for vulnerable youth in up to fifteen communities and one Institution of higher learning; Objective #2 - Increase access to and community linkages with mental health and substance abuse service systems serving youth and young adults; Objective #3 - Implement activities for an ongoing public information and awareness campaign to promote awareness that suicide is a public health problem and it is preventable; and Objective #4 - Establish a process which promotes effective clinical and professional practices, and oversees and supports suicide prevention activities at local and state.

Grantee: University of Montana	Missoula, MT
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children	SM56106
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2007
The University of Montana Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Childhood Trauma will enhance the delivery of crisis response services, trauma intervention, and PTSD management with Native American children. To achieve this mission, the Center will adapt Cognitive Behavior Therapy Intervention for Trauma in Schools as an effective intervention to reduce the effects of violence. In partnership with expert researchers, tribal leaders, and school clinicians, the Center will ensure that the project is culturally responsive to the needs of the Chippewa-Cree peoples on the Rocky Boy Reservation. In cooperation with SAMHSA-funded participants, the Center will subsequently identify a treatment model that can be used with children younger than age 8. Close coordination with local community agencies, tribal councils, and spiritual leaders will reduce the stigma and increase awareness of the social, emotional, and educational impact that community violence and other traumatic events can have on children.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
MONTANA

Grantee: Montana State University Billings	Billings, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12206
Congressional District: MT-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.

Grantee: Family Support Network	Billings, MT
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants	SP13598
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $25,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2007
Family Support Network in collaboration with SAMHSA is proposing to offer a multi-state conference in Billings that will engage providers and bring them together with parents in dialog to look at current issues surrounding meth/drug use, mental illness, and abuse and neglect; how these issues interrelate; and what needs are not being met that would make a significant difference. Dates under consideration for this conference are October 19-21 or 26-28,2006. One of the prominent issues in the development of meaningful mental health services in Montana and surrounding states is the lack of direct interchange between impacted parents and providers. Due to costs of travel and lodging, the people most directly affected by meth use, mental illness, and abuse and neglect are often unable to participate and as a result are not heard. Their input is critical. Parents and juveniles are the end users in programs designed to serve them. Parents do not have an arena where their needs and concerns are heard. The providers who have the authority and are in the decision-making position to take action on families' needs do not hear their critical message.

Grantee: Stillwater County	Columbus, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11529
Congressional District: MT-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: Valley County Coalition	Glasgow, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12184
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $45,951
Project Period: 10/01/2005 - 09/30/2006
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: Alliance for Youth, Inc	Great Falls, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12258
Congressional District: MT-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.

Grantee: Kids First of Ravalli County	Hamilton, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12268
Congressional District: MT-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.

Grantee: Help Committee & Boys/Girls Club Hi-Line	Havre, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12363
Congressional District: MT-00
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: Office of the Govenor State of MT	Helena, MT
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP11174
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $2,332,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Montana's SPF SIG will build infrastructure and capacity by training community trainers, expanding the Epidemiological Workgroup, building function for leadership, cooperation and action for prevention into our State Interagency Coordinating Council, having communities develop "how to" manuals for their prevention activities to include integrating data, developing a licensure for prevention professionals and building data and evaluation knowledge and use. The Addictive and Mental Disorders Division of the Department of Public Health and Human Services will administer this project for the Office of the Governor. To provide direction and support for this project, Montana is integrating the advisory council into our current Interagency Coordinating Council for Prevention. Focus will be to achieve infrastructure and capacity for prevention by expanding knowledge, skills and abilities of both state and community prevention personnel. Grant work will be based upon the Epidemiological Workgroup's data. This data will be used to identify "hot spots" for problem behaviors. Data will be used as a baseline for evaluation, tracking purposes, evaluation purposes and will be required to be incorporated into the community strategic prevention framework that is driven by outcomes. Assistance to communities in developing and using the data will be provided through 15 community trainers (in-kind cost) who will be redirected through contracts to support each identified "Hot spot" community in providing training and technical assistance for community mobilization, data, evaluation or other identified needs. Communities will be required to implement prevention programs that meet level of rigor of 4 or 5 for underage drinking and identified problem behaviors. State infrastructure will be enhanced, as Montana will develop a licensure for prevention professionals to add credibility, develop a common language and strategies and enhance the depth of prevention professionals available in Mont

Grantee: Helena School District One	Helena, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12281
Congressional District: MT-00
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: Flathead Valley Chem Dependency Clinic	Kalispell, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12176
Congressional District: MT-00
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: Phillips Co Coalition for Hlthy Choices	Malta, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12230
Congressional District: MT-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.

Grantee: Missoula County	Missoula, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12366
Congressional District: MT-00
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: Salish Kootenai College	Pablo, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12993
Congressional District: MT-00
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: Sheridan County Youth Action Council	Plentywood, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12364
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $88,258
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 Club of Richland County	Sidney, MT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11440
Congressional District: MT-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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
MONTANA

Grantee: Montana Department of Justice	Helena, MT
Program: TCE Rural Populations	TI17348
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 08/15/2005 - 08/14/2008
The Montana Adult Methamphetamine Treatment Coalition (MAMTC) seeks to serve a total of 180 adults with methamphetamine addiction, primarily of Caucasian ethnicity with the largest minority population being Native American. The program will serve 50 clients in year one, 60 clients during year two and 70 clients during year three. The target population will be equally split in regards to gender. The population is expected to be largely unemployed or under-employed and fall below the poverty range. The program will serve pregnant women, women and men with dependent children, families involved with the child welfare system, and persons with co-occurring mental health disorders. It is anticipated that 40% of the clients are intravenous users and may have HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C. This program aims to improve and employ services using the Matrix Model, Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, Contingency Management, and Comprehensive Case Management.

Grantee: Montana Supreme Court	Helena, MT
Program: Family Drug Courts	TI17436
Congressional District: MT-00
FY 2006 Funding: $71,615
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
The Lewistown Family Treatment Court (LFTC) seeks to increase its participants' abilities to effectively parent and be a sober, productive member of society through a system of intensive treatment services, accountability of the parties, and a holistic approach to ancillary issues. The target population consists of families in which the children have been adjudicated as youth in need of care and for whom temporary legal custody has been granted to Child and Family Services. In addition, the parents in the target population are 18 years or older and meet the DSM-IV criteria for drug/alcohol dependence, but have not been convicted of a violent felony. The project will serve 10 families per year, totaling 30 families over the three year grant period.

Last Update: 9/24/2008