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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
RHODE ISLAND

Grantee: State of Rhode Island	Providence, RI
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative	SM57060
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $1,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
Over the last decade and in partnership with the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch/SAMHSA, the RI Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) has built a sophisticated system of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED). The DCYF, the RI Department of Education and school departments statewide are committing to Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) as an approach to improving school climate and supports for all students. We propose to: build a shared infrastructure to support collaboration between RICASSP and PBIS; increase access to RICASSP wraparound planning and supports; Identify and develop additional supports and services using evidence based practices; infuse CASSP values, especially cultural competence and child and family voice into the structure and approach of child educational programming; and improve the behavioral health and educational outcomes for all children. We anticipate that an additional 700 children with SED will benefit from services and infrastructure developed through this grant. By creating and integrating this new and shared RICASSP/PBIS infrastructure, we will be able to serve all children better and to offer the preventative and early interventions that the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health called for.

Grantee: Parent Support Network of RI	Warwick, RI
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56368
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
"Agents of Transformation: Building a Family and Consumer Driven Rhode Island System of Care is Parent Support Network of Rhode Island's (PSN) new Statewide Family Network Grant. This grant will support the PSN's ability to work towards the goals of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and Rhode Island's State Plan for Children's Mental Health.

Grantee: RI Dept of MH/Retardation & Hosp	Cranston, RI
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56659
Congressional District: RI-02
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.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
RHODE ISLAND

Grantee: State of RI Office of Governor	Providence, RI
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP11215
Congressional District: RI-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. Rhode Island's program is a broad public/private initiative designed to enhance infrastructure and will be aimed at preventing the onset and reducing the progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage drinking. Particular attention will be directed toward eighth graders, underage drinking and ethnic minorities.

Grantee: Capital City Community Centers Inc	Providence, RI
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13873
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $99,997
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: Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Inc	Providence, RI
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12351
Congressional District: RI-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: Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island	Wakefield, RI
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP13840
Congressional District: RI-02
FY 2006 Funding: $98,294
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: City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island	Woonsocket, RI
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12974
Congressional District: RI-49
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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
RHODE ISLAND

Grantee: Community Counseling Center	Pauwtucket, RI
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI15524
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $249,875
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: The Miriam Hospital	Providence, RI
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15875
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $313,553
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Goal of this project is to expand and enhance treatment and pretreatment services targeting minority HIV-positive and high-risk substance using individuals in Providence, Rhode Island by creating a multi-service pretreatment drop- in center at a community-based HIV ministry, and by establishing a network linking these individuals to medical care and substance abuse treatment.

Grantee: The Miriam Hospital	Providence, RI
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14562
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $502,912
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand access to methadone treatment, disease prevention services and medical and social services after their release from incarceration services. The program expects to enroll a total of 600 formerly incarcerated persons in methadone maintain therapy through out the time of the grant. The program will use outreach to target criminal justice individuals, injection drug users, and methadone maintenance clients from the African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Latinos populations.

Grantee: Phoenix Houses of New England, Inc.	Providence, RI
Program: Juvenile Drug Courts	TI17517
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $391,140
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Phoenix House of New England (Phoenix House) proposes evidence-based alcohol and other drug treatment services, continuing care, and case management for 64 participants in the Hampden County Juvenile Drug Court (HCJDC) and their families. The goal is to assist the juvenile drug court program in reducing crime and substance abuse and strengthening families. The target population consists of non-violent male and female juvenile offenders between 12 and 17 who enter the juvenile drug court: 1) as a condition of adjudication in the Hampden County Juvenile Court; 2) as a condition of participation in the Hampden County District Attorney's Diversion Program; or 3) following a violation of probation and reappearance in Juvenile Court. Phoenix House staff will deliver the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA) as the evidence-based treatment service for participants and families, supplemented by the Assertive Continuing Care Protocol (ACC) for the continuing care of participants and families who have completed the primary treatment service. The Phoenix Program will serve 64 youth per year (unduplicated). HCJDC was originally designed for 35 to 50 participants per year approximately divided between Springfield and Holyoke sessions. During fiscal year 2006 with CSAT funding CHCJDC will hold regular sessions at the Palmer site, for 10 to 15 participants per year.

Grantee: Brown University	Providence, RI
Program: Addiction Technical Transfer Center	TI13418
Congressional District: RI-01
FY 2006 Funding: $508,916
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2007
ATTCs provide state-of-the-art education and training programs to health care professionals, state and local governments, and community organizations. Utilizing comprehensive curricula addressing all elements of addiction treatment and recovery, ATTCs disseminate research-based knowledge to addictions treatment and public health/mental health personnel, institutional and community corrections professionals, and others.

Grantee: MAP Alcohol & Drug Rehab Srvc	Providence, RI
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15800
Congressional District: RI-02
FY 2006 Funding: $475,225
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
MAP Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitative Services, Inc. (MAP), Rhode Island's sole minority operated substance abuse treatment program, is applying for a Targeted Capacity Expansion grant for outpatient substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS services. This initiative will sustain and enhance MAP's current successful TCE/HIV treatment and HIV/AIDS risk reduction programs, with their primary focus on minority women and their partners in RI.

Last Update: 9/24/2008