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Grantee: CONNECTICUT ST DEPT OF CHILDREN/FAMILIES Hartford, CT
Program: Children's Services SM054502
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $1,099,999
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 ST DEPT OF CHILDREN/FAMILIES Hartford, CT
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM057066
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $2,000,000
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 ST DEPT OF MH/ADDICTION SRVS Hartford, CT
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants (2007) SM058087
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are allowing provider data to be used for decision-support by DMHAS managers and other stakeholders. To achieve this goal, DMHAS is modernizing its data infrastructure by redesigning its treatment database and developing advanced reporting applications. DMHAS' primary goal in this round of DIG funding is to modify its data collection system to capture all of the data needed to populate the URS tables and to calculate the NOMs.
  
Grantee: CONNECTICUT ST DEPT OF MH/ADDICTION SRVS Hartford, CT
Program: Seclusion and Restraint (2007) SM058132
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $214,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) seeks to leverage the CMHS Alternative to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant (ARS SIG) funds to conduct a strategic planning process to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, use of restraint and seclusion among young adults, ages 18-25, with serious mental illnesses. Recognizing that CT's mental health system of care has existing gaps, barriers, and needs, as identified through the CT Comprehensive Mental Health Plan and the Young Adult Services 2007 Legislative Report, the proposed CT ARS SIG is aligned to address these gaps, barriers, and needs. Recommendations from the CT's Comprehensive Mental Health Plan, developed through CT's Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant (MHT SIG) have provided input in the development of the CT ARS SIG. The CT ARS SIG will be used to establish and implement a coordinated strategy to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the use of restraint and seclusion among young adults, ages 18-25, in DMHAS' targeted psychiatric hospitals.
  
Grantee: CONNECTICUT ST DEPT OF MH/ADDICTION SRVS Hartford, CT
Program: Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants SM057456
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: ADVOCACY UNLIMITED, INC. Wethersfield, CT
Program: Statewide Consumer Network SM057934
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Advocacy Unlimited, Incorporated proposes to promote empowerment, well-being and employability for consumers by expanding English and Spanish language internet resources; computer skills training and web-based networks across the state. The project will expand capacity of communications infrastructure and facilitate consumer involvement in the state's mental health system. The organization will be linked to key initiatives for system transformation planning with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and with other communications infrastructure used by other state and regional consumer and family networks.
  
Grantee: Connecticut St Dept of MH/Addiction Srvs Hartford, CT
Program: 2004 COSIGS SM056579
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $1,100,000
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: Connecticut St Dept of MH/Addiction Srvs Hartford, CT
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM057391
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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 ST DEPT OF MH/ADDICTION SRVS Hartford, CT
Program: TCE Jail Diversion SM057292
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: CONNECTICUT COLLEGE New London, CT
Program: Campus Suicide SM057853
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 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: FAMILIES UNITED/CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH Colchester, CT
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057959
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Families United for Children's Mental Health is a Connecticut support and advocacy group, run by and for famiies of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental health needs. The goal of this project is to strengthen our infrastructure and expand our capacity to better support family and youth, and their efforts to transform serivces and systems. PROJECT NAME: Strengthening Family and Youth Networks in Connecticut TARGET POPULATION: Connecticut families of children and youth aged 0-25 with significant emotional challenges, as well as such youth themselves. CATCHMENT AREA: State of Connecticut Our project recognizes that we need a three-pronged strategy to increase network capacity to support effective substance abuse and mental health services for our children and youth in Connecticut. We need to build strong relationships with a vriety of stakeholders, including family and consumer groups, to build consensus and support for best practices; we also need to provide significant assistance to youth and families trying to find their voice. None of this will be sustaniable, however, unless we simultaneously develop strong and informed statweide and community family organizations to build on progrss made and continue to support effective service delivery that is consumer and family driven.
  
Grantee: YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven, CT
Program: National Child Traumati Stress Initiative-Treatment and Service Adapation Centers SM054318
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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.
  
Grantee: CLIFFORD W. BEERS GUIDANCE CLINIC New Haven, CT
Program: Community TX & Service Ctrs of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative SM057151
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: CAPITAL AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL Bloomfield, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011299
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: HAWKWING, INC. Glastonbury, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012299
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: ERASE, INC. East Hartford, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014376
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2009
The grantee will: (1) reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by addressing factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.
  
Grantee: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFILIATES, INC. Bristol, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring SP014529
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2009
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: CITY OF HARTFORD Hartford, CT
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework SP013397
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: Connecticut St Dept of MH/Addiction Srvs Hartford, CT
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP011198
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: CITIZENS' TSK FORCE SA/NEW LONDON CNTY New London, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014269
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 Funding: $99,828
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
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 SP012152
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 Funding: $99,995
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 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 OLD SAYBROOK Old Saybrook, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012073
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 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: YOUTH/FAMILY SVC OF HADDAM KILLINGWORTH Higganum, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012295
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 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: NORTHEAST COMMUNITIES AGAINST SUB ABUSE Dayville, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012991
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 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: TOWN OF PUTNAM Putnam, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013753
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 Funding: $42,310
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: NORTHEAST COMMUNITIES AGAINST SUB ABUSE Dayville, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring SP013960
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2007 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: BIRMINGHAM GROUP HEALTH SERVICES Ansonia, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011239
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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: BUSINESS/INDUSTRY FDN OF MIDDLESEX CNTY Middletown, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011448
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 Funding: $95,383
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: CONNECTICUT CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTER New Haven, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012303
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PRG Bridgeport, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011517
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2007 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: LIBRATION PROGRAMS, INC. Norwalk, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013144
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2007 Funding: $61,656
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: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFILIATES, INC. Bristol, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012412
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2007 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: NEW BRITAIN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY New Britain, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012298
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2007 Funding: $94,397
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 SP011344
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2007 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)

Grantee: CONNECTICUT ST DEPT OF CHILDREN/FAMILIES Hartford, CT
Program: State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination TI017394
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: CONNECTICUT ST DEPT OF MH/ADDICTION SRVS Hartford, CT
Program: Access to Recovery TI019506
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $4,830,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Connecticut ATR Program provides the opportunity for genuine individual choice among a comprehensive array of clinical treatment and recovery service providers, including a full continuum of recovery-oriented services. With a demonstrated voucher infrastructure in place, including expertise in all phases of a voucher program, CT is now positioned to make maximal use of lessons learned to reframe and transform CT's larger treatment system. The new CT ATR Program will further strengthen CT's ability to support and sustain a statewide, comprehensive clinical and recovery system at the local community and state levels. The Program is a public/private partnership among numerous state and community- and faith-based agencies, and the Administrative Service Organization. The Program will target adults ages 18 and older with substance use disorders, focusing on populations documented to have significant barriers in access to care, retention, and successful treatment outcomes, such as young adults, ages 18-29, and adults involved with the criminal justice and child welfare systems. CT's existing clinical and recovery service system includes over 117 providers, and CT plans to expand the service array to close gaps in its continuum of care.
  
Grantee: State of Connecticut - Office of the Gov Hartford, CT
Program: Access to Recovery TI16831
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $495,000
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 CMTY FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY Hartford, CT
Program: Recovery Community Support - Recovery TI016155
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 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: HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL Hartford, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI018843
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $475,005
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
ProjectConnect, located in Hartford (CT), is a collaborative effort of the Hispanic Health Council (HHC) and Community Health Services (CHS), serving primarily minority women (Hispanic and African-American), not in active treatment, who use and abuse substances and have, or are at risk for, HIV/AIDS. To address the problems of substance abuse and HIV risk, Project Connect proposes a sophisticated model of treatment integrating havavioral health (substance abuse and mental health) treatment with primary medical care, health education, non-traditional outreach services, and intensive case management. The model is based on SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with HIV/AIDS (TIP 37) and the Chronic Care Model developed by the Institute of Healthcare. Specific goals and objectives include: a) increase the number of ProjectConnect women - receiving medical treatment/management for HIV/AIDS; b) increase the number of women receiving substance abuse and mental health treatment (as appropriate); c) reduce substance use among project's clients; d) increase social functioning; and e) improve medical compliance.
  
Grantee: LATINO COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. Hartford, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI018814
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $488,245
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
Latino Community Services, Inc. (LCS-formerly Latinos/as Contra SIDA) proposes to implement the Latino Faith Partnership for Prevention and Treatment, an initiative focused on enhancing and expanding substance abuse outreach, pretreatment and treatment services in conjunction with HIV/AIDS services in the Latino/Hispanic community in Connecticut. Through a partnership with a core group of Latino pastors who are deeply rooted in the culture of the Hispanic community and committed to addressing HIV and substance abuse issues, the project will activate an untapped resource for reaching Latino substance abusers and engaging them in a recovery-oriented system of care. The program projects that over the course of the 5-year funding period it will serve a total of 2,500 unduplicated clients. Evidence-based practices for community outreach, screening, HIV/STD testing, substance abuse treatment and HIV prevention intervention will be integrated into the delivery model, which includes 1) establishing faithfBased outreach fites, 2) providing clinical pastoral counseling training for Latino faith leaders and their community support teams/peer leaders, 3) outreach and pre-treatment services, 4) counseling, testing and referral, 5) outpatient substance abuse treatment and recovery support services, 6) HIV prevention and care and 7) linkage to medical care, behavioral health and wwrap around services.
  
Grantee: UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD West Hartford, CT
Program: TCE- Campus Screening/Colleges & Universities TI017345
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2007 Funding: $374,529
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: COLUMBUS HOUSE, INC. New Haven, CT
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment TI016498
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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: HILL HEALTH CORPORATION New Haven, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI015902
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2007 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: GREATER BRIDGEPORT ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI018735
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2007 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
The Bridgeport Partners for Teens, to be implemented by the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program (GBAPP) will enhance comprehensive substance abuse and HIV serivces to 2,500 minoity and re-entry youth, ages 12-17, over the life of project through an extensive collaborative effort in the city of Bridgeport. Partnerships with key stakeholders will be developed or enhanced and include agreements with the following: local and State health departments, correction and probation systems, hospitals and community health centers, substance abuse and mental health facilities, faith-based organizations, community programs and minority ex-offencers to assist in planning, implementing, and evaluating the proposed intervention. Connecticut Renaissance will partner with GBAPP to provide substance abuse motivational enhancement therapy/treatment. GBAPP will build on current outreach/pretreatment services by incorporating gender-specific HIV risk redutction education, HIV counseling and testing, and subustance abuse treatment and recovery services.
  
Grantee: CHEMICAL ABUSE SERVICES AGENCY, INC. Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS TI015767
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2007 Funding: $496,633
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