SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2007
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
FLORIDA

Grantee: University of South Florida	Tampa, FL
Program: Adolescents at Risk	SM57442
Congressional District: FL-01
FY 2007 Funding: $227,884
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
In response to a severe national and local problem with adolescent suicidality, the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) have developed a Multiple Component Suicide Prevention Program (MCSPP) in their high schools that includes gatekeeper training for school personnel, parents, and students and a multi-stage suicide risk screening process. APS has also formed strong partnerships with community mental health agencies to ensure that at risk youths are assessed and referred for treatment immediately upon being identified. This current grant will be an opportunity to evaluate the relationship between school and family/community implementation factors and suicide-related outcomes of the MCSPP across two large urban schools with substantial Hispanic and Native American populations, two groups at very high risk of adolescent suicidality. With the projected participation of approximately 1300 students and parents and 40 school staff members, this research will provide the framework for us to evaluate these areas and their connection with linking high-risk youths with services in an impressive multiple component suicide prevention program.
Grantee: FLORIDA STATE DEPT OF CHILDRN & FAMILIES	Tallahassee, FL
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants (2007)	SM058079
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Florida will enhance the content and structure of the system by hiring the necessary consultant(s), who will be responsible for various computer programming and data analysis activities. The first year will focus on: (a) modification of the system; and (b)improvement of existing data analysis and reporting capabilities by creating new data table views and producing data presentation reports that are useful and easily accessible to a variety of users. The second and third year will continue the enhancement of the system by improving existing data analysis and reporting capabilities to reflect future changes in the URS requirements for NOMs and Evidence-Based Practices.
Grantee: Florida State Dept of Childrn & Families	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Disaster Relief	SM00239
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $962,938
Project Period: 07/01/2007 - 03/31/2008
Grantee: DAYTONA BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE	Daytona Beach, FL
Program: Campus Suicide	SM057528
Congressional District: FL-07
FY 2007 Funding: $26,038
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC), in collaboration with Bethune-Cookman College (B-CC) and the University of Central Florida (UCF), will provide suicide prevention education and information to college students, faculty, and staff in Volusia and Flagler Counties. The Campus LIFE (Life Is For Everyone) Project will create a mental and behavioral health services network and provide suicide prevention training and education. In 2004, there were 110 suicides among the 500,000 residents of the two-county area on the central east coast of Florida.The Campus LIFE project will change suicide prevention efforts from reactive to proactive in the following ways. The Campus LIFE Project will develop a resource network of mental and behavioral health services available to college students at free or reduced rates.The Campus LIFE project will conduct educational training and seminars to inform students, faculty, and staff, and reduce stigmas associated with seeking help for mental and behavioral needs. The project will train the trainer, train a student peer group, provide educational seminars for staff, and provide educational seminars for students.A counselor will attend each educational seminar to conduct crisis intervention and refer participants to the resource network if the need arises. The Campus LIFE project will provide suicide prevention educational seminars for 25% of each partner's faculty and staff; approximately 348, and 200 students each year of the grant.
Grantee: CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA	Winter Park, FL
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Treatment Centers (2007)	SM058234
Congressional District: FL-07
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2011
Children's Home Society of Florida, in partnership with the Florida Mental Health Institute, will develop the Trauma Recovery for Youth Center to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of sustainable, culturally competent, trauma-focused interventions and trauma-informed system approaches to ameliorate adverse consequences of complex trauma experience for abused and neglected youth in foster care and other out-of-home family care. This project, to be implemented in four counties of Florida's northwest "Panhandle" will demonstrate trauma-specific practices and local system transformation in both small cities and rural communities. The TRY project will particularly focus on how to address child and family trauma issues to promote placement stability, expedite permanency, and prepare youth to successfully transition to independent living when they "age-out" of foster care.
Grantee: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONE	Tampa, FL
Program: TCE Jail Diversion	SM057310
Congressional District: FL-11
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 04/30/2006 - 04/29/2009
This project will expand and systematize a community based post-booking diversion intervention and establish a modified Assertive Community Treatment team to affect diversions and manage the care of repeat offenders with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The Hillsboro County Public Safety Coordinating Council will conduct the six-month strategic transformation planning and project evaluation and provide project specific professional development opportunities for stakeholders. Following the strategic planning phase, the project will maintain a continuing caseload of 30 consumers.
Grantee: SARASOTA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT	Sarasota, FL
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative	SM057026
Congressional District: FL-13
FY 2007 Funding: $2,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
The Sarasota Early Childhood Mental Health Partnership will improve and increase mental health and non-mental health services and supports provided for infants and very young children consistent with system-of-care principles and best practices. Over the six year funding period, the project will link the existing elements of the children's mental health system with those of the early childhood system to [1] create an early childhood mental health system of care; [2] expand key services needed to improve the behavioral health of these children; and [3] deliver comprehensive training and technical assistance to ensure cross-training of system-of-care staff from the two systems. The infrastructure needed to support the newly created system of care will be built by bringing together child-serving agencies, organizations, professionals, families of children with emotional disturbance, and others with an interest in the funding and delivery of services to children with serious emotional disturbance in a cooperative effort to improve and increase mental health services and supports for children and their families. A structured outreach and referral mechanism will be developed to ensure appropriate access to services, with particular emphasis being placed on reaching those populations, which have been underserved or inappropriately served in the past, such as ethnically, and racially diverse children and children living in rural areas of the county. Children meeting the criteria for services will be enrolled and offered the services of a parent advocate to assist them in selecting a care coordinator, service providers, and others as members of theft child/family team. Between 400 and 500 children and their families will be served over the six-year project period.
Grantee: FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY	Ft. Myers, FL
Program: Campus Suicide	SM057859
Congressional District: FL-14
FY 2007 Funding: $15,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Florida Gulf Coast University proposes an information and education project around suicide and two of its main contributors, alcohol abuse and depression. The project will begin by contracting with an expert trainer to educate the front line gatekeepers: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and Housing and Residence Life. The second group will be second line gatekeepers, including Student Affairs, medical, interested faculty, police, student leaders, and other identified groups. During the course of the year, CAPS and Prevention & Wellness Services will develop and present small education outreach style programs to living groups, classes, faculty meetings, or other groups on request. Grantee will also develop promotional items and advertisements to increase awareness of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline and campus resources for mental health services. The program will also develop two pamphlets, one for students and one for parents educating them on warning signs, what to say, and how to refer.
Grantee: BROWARD COUNTY BOARD/CNTY COMMISSIONERS	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Program: Children's Services	SM054475
Congressional District: FL-20
FY 2007 Funding: $1,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2008
Broward County, FL will redesign children's mental health services into a comprehensive, coordinated SOC to support SED children in the least restrictive & most clinically appropriate environment. The project mission & goals were identified, during a 2-year planning process, in a document entitled "Broward County's Children's Services Strategic Plan, A Framework for Action". Child serving agencies such as education, child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, primary health care and substance abuse were involved. Government & private funders, child & family service providers, child advocates, parents & youth participated. The mission is "To create and participate in a collaborative planning, funding & service delivery system that is integrated, culturally competent and focused on empowering families to create measurable change in the lives of their children." This project will create an infrastructure that supports on-going collaboration among local stakeholders, & addresses systemic issues, service gaps & barriers that prevent SED children from remaining within their natural family & community environments. The governing body will be comprised of community stakeholders, 3 SED parents & 2 youths. The local SED Network (SEDNET) will provide expertise specific to the needs of SED families. Family will be provided with TA to create a Family-Run Organization and to enhance parent advocacy skills. Service initiatives include developing a comprehensive, integrated, non-duplicative and strengths-based single "front-door" allowing access to the SOC through behavioral health & primary healthcare providers. A research-based model of intensive wraparound services will be implemented to prevent residential placement. The One Community Partnership will create a drop-in center for older teens & enhance child care & respite to support SED families.
Grantee: FEDERATION OF FAM OF PALM BEACH CNTY	Rivera Beach, FL
Program: Statewide Family Networks	SM057960
Congressional District: FL-23
FY 2007 Funding: $60,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Activities for this project will focus on estblishing stateide initiatives for family-run and mental health orgaizations throughout the State of Florida to participate more fully in the transformation of the State of Floida's children's mental health system to a consumer and family-centered system through coordinated effort of capacity building projects that concentrate on policies, programs, regulations, and stuatutes. To generate a greater awaremess of family involvement movement, this grant supports a team effort between the Federation of Families of Palm Beach County, Inc, in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federation of Families, the Spanish Dederation Families, Dejando Huellas (Leaving Footprints), Families Involved in Support and Helping (Broward Conty Mental Health America), and the Florida Mental Health Institute to establish a Statwide Family network connection over the hnext three years. The youth Task Force Committee will meet once a year as a group and collaboratively, once a month via conference calls. This project will focus on: 1. Encouragement and education of policy agendas that reflect efforts and practices to transform the emtal health system to a consumer and family-driven system. 2. Launching a statwide alliance of mutiple resources through three-tier informational system: monthly newsletter, a website, and a networking database and referral directory. 3. Development of a three-year strategic plan that targets Cha0ter Development, Family Involvement, Cultural Competence, and Public-Private health infrastructure with its goals and objectives.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Grantee: HOLMES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT	Bonifay, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP011305
Congressional District: FL-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: LAKEVIEW CENTER, INC.	Pensacola, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013262
Congressional District: FL-01
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Substance-abuse, HIV/Hepatitis Assessment & Prevention Education (SHAPE) in Pensacola, FL has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. The grantee will deliver integrated prevention services for substance abuse, HIV, Hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections as well as counseling , testing and referall services to African Americans adults.
Grantee: SUWANNEE VALLEY YOUTH ADVOCACY PRTNRSHP	Live Oak, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013703
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $99,844
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: HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM INITIATIVES	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP010807
Congressional District: FL-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 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: COUNCIL OF CHURCH BASED HEALTH PROG, INC	Marianna, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013678
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 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 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: ALPHA EDUCATIONAL. AND LEADERSHIP FDN	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013727
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 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 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: BASIC NORTHWEST FLORIDA, INC.	Panama City, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP010576
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
BASIC Planning for Integrated SA/HIV Prevention Services is a one-year planning and capacity building project, implemented by Bay AIDS Services & Information Coalition, Inc. , which will eventually lead to the establishment of integrated substance abuse (SA) and HIV prevention services for primarily African American residents who display high risk behavior and live in underserved communities in a six-county area in the Northwest Florida Panhandle. The envisioned planning project will rely heavily upon a consensus building process and will be directed toward two goals: 1) to develop and implement a planning structure that will result in a more accurate determination of community need for substance abuse and HIV prevention services, the capacity of the current system, and the gaps in meeting recognized comprehensive needs; and 2) to establish a programmatic and cost-effective, culturally sensitive model of care for the provision of integrated SA/HIV prevention services to all residents of the service area. The project will also include an assessment of current service capacity and the development of core competencies, where needed, so that integrated prevention services can be implemented the end of the planning process. BASIC, a minority-serving, community-based organization located in Panama City, Florida, will implement the planning project. BASIC has a 13-year history of providing HIV prevention and case management activities in predominantly rural communities in a six-county area of the Northwest Florida Panhandle through the identification of basic innovations and solutions to addressing complex issues. BASIC will rely on its existing cooperative partnerships with other prevention providers as well as other collaborative community partners to ensure the development of a model care that is not only responsive to the needs of African Americans, but that will also ensure the best possible client outcomes.
Grantee: FLORIDA STATE DEPT OF CHILDRN & FAMILIES	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP011178
Congressional District: FL-02
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. The Florida Strategic Prevention Alliance will complete the development of integrated state and community-level strategic processes. Both levels will be supported with the assistance of epidemiology, community readiness, resource assessment, strategic planning and organizational development resources for evidence-based programming, and a web-based performance data system that tracks both coalition and program activities.
Grantee: PUTNAM COUNTY ANTI-DRUG COALITION, INC.	Palatka, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013634
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 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 REHABILITATION CENTER, INC.	Jacksonville, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013456
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Community Rehabilitation Center Inc. in Jacksonville, FL has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. The grantee will target an African-American population of approximately 100,000 to participate in an evidence-based prevention models. This program is designed to produce measurable outcomes that demonstrate the effectiveness that community inclusion has when dealing with severe persistent mentally ill persons as well as the effectiveness in a community treatment model for high HIV infection rates of other STD's and the presence of Hepatitis.
Grantee: STEWART-MARCHMAN CENTER, INC.	Daytona Beach, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013368
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Stewart-Marchman Center's Prevention on the Move and its community partners will form a work group to perform a community needs assessment, create an inventory of available services, and identify gaps in and barriers to available services. NIDA's Community-Based Outreach Model, an evidence-based design to facilitate behavior changes needed to reduce transmission risks of HIV, Hepatitis and other communicable diseases will be used. The target population for Prevention on the Move includes African American residents in the general and reentry population in the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Daytona Beach Florida. The geographic region represents both the highest prevalence of HIV / AIDS in county and the largest concentration of African American's. Within this population in the geographic area, this project will target injection drug users, men who have sex with men, commercial sex workers, heterosexuals, bi-sexuals, former inmates, abusers of alcohol and other substances, and homeless individuals. Prevention on the Move will reduce the incidence of infection of HIV, Hepatitis, and other communicable diseases caused by, or developed in conjunction with substance abuse by bringing the services and linkages to care to the community where the clients live, work and socialize. Since drug abuse is usually a covert activity, drug users and their sex partners rarely access services through traditional health and social service agencies. Indigenous outreach workers who are familiar with the drug use subcultures and local neighborhoods in their communities have been shown to be particularly effective agents of behavior change. Peer outreach workers will be utilized as part of the prevention strategy, to serve as opinion leaders and educate and influence their peers to reduce their risks for HIV, Hepatitis, and other communicable diseases in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Grantee: STRATEGIC COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.	N. Lauderdale, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP014399
Congressional District: FL-04
FY 2007 Funding: $99,093
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: HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	Jasper, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012314
Congressional District: FL-04
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: PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE CMTY/S FL	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP011399
Congressional District: FL-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: HEALING BALM MINISTRIES OF NE FL, INC.	Yulee, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP010477
Congressional District: FL-04
FY 2007 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
The Healing BALM Ministries of Northeast Florida, Inc. proposes a rural area SAP and HIVP planning grant for Nassau County, Florida, especially for the communities of Yulee, Callahan, and Fernandina Beach. The planning grant will develop a community-based intervention/prevention approach to SAP and HIVP led by Healing BALM Ministries. Yulee, the temporary Nassau County seat, will serve as the centrally based target community, but the community-based intervention will stretch fifteen miles east of Yulee to Fernandina Beach and fifteen miles west to Callahan. The target population will include high-risk substance abuse youth ages 15-19 and adults ages 20-39 including both low-income Black and low-income White substance abusers. The Healing BALM Ministries will provide a needs assessment of the target communities of Yulee, Fernandina Beach, and Callahan and developmental and supportive work in the school and community to formulate community-based support for SAP and HIVP in these communities. The work of the community-based support for SAP and HIVP in Fernandina Beach and Callahan will be sustained by the infrastructure development and SAP and HIVP leadership in this SAMHSA planning grant of the Healing BALM Ministries, Inc. which is strategically located in Yulee, Florida.
Grantee: CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE	Iverness, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013592
Congressional District: FL-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 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: CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER, INC	Middleburg, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013658
Congressional District: FL-06
FY 2007 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 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: EPIC COMMUNITY SERVICES	St. Augustine, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP011664
Congressional District: FL-07
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: FOCUS ON FLAGLER YOUTH COALITION	Bunnell, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP014181
Congressional District: FL-07
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 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: ONE VOICE FOR VOLUSIA	Daytona Beach, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012247
Congressional District: FL-07
FY 2007 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
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: ONE VOICE FOR VOLUSIA	Daytona Beach, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities Support Program - Mentoring	SP014556
Congressional District: FL-07
FY 2007 Funding: $68,379
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: COUNTY OF MARION	Ocala, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012326
Congressional District: FL-08
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: SAFE CLIMATE COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY	Yalaha, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013888
Congressional District: FL-08
FY 2007 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 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: CENTER FOR DRUG-FREE LIVING, INC.	Orlando, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP010686
Congressional District: FL-08
FY 2007 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Holden Heights Empowerment Project (HHEP) is a collaborative among The Center for Drug-Free Living, Inc. and grassroots community organizations to provide substance abuse and HIV prevention programming for populations who are disproportionately impacted by the AIDS epidemic. An application of social norms using Club Hero, a CSAP promising prevention model, the project enables individuals, families, and communities to strengthen their relationships of support and their protection against substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. It is anticipated that this project will result in the development of an effective prevention model for nationwide replication among other community-based agencies. The program targets the Holden Heights area of Orlando, Orange County, Florida, a community determined to thwart the economic and social forces that have contributed to the deterioration of urban neighborhoods nationwide. The project will complement existing neighborhood improvement initiatives, providing a much-needed component to improve family functioning and mitigate the risks of deviant behavior among the community's youth. The project will serve a minimum of 50 children, ages 6 to 17, and their parents each year for a total projected participation of 250 youth and their families. Youth will receive training in life skills such as ATOD education, HIV/AIDS education, conflict resolution, peer relations, community service, and goal setting. Parents will participate in community service projects with their children and serve as targets of a social norms campaign to enhance awareness of parental roles in appropriate youth development and behavior. Both parents and youth may participate in experiential education and individual family life skills training. The project's goals are to increase enhance self-efficacy among youth, increase attachment to community and school, reduce the incidence and severity of substance use among youth, and improve parental competence.
Grantee: DRUG FREE AMERICA FOUNDATION, INC.	St. Petersburg, FL
Program: SAMHSA Conference Grants	SP014201
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $25,000
Project Period: 04/01/2007 - 03/30/2008
This conference will be held for college administrators and students. The conference will review currently existing "best-practice" prevention models for college administrator and student populations, blend the most effective practices into a new integrated perspective, and develop a "prototype" prevention paradigm and prevention policy that may be tailored by campus administrators to meet the unique needs of their campuses. The conference will take place 5/16/07-5/17/07 in Pinellas Park, FL.
Grantee: OPERATION PAR, INC.	Pinellas Park, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013502
Congressional District: FL-10
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: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANTI DRUG ALLIANCE	Tampa, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP011730
Congressional District: FL-11
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: METROPOLITAN CHARITIES, INC.	St. Petersburg, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013439
Congressional District: FL-11
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Minority Empowerment Through Risk-Reduction and Outreach (METRO) program, administered by Metropolitan Charities, Inc. (MCI) targets minority and minority reentry adults over the age of 18 in Pinellas County Florida. MCI main goal is to prevent the onset of substance abuse and reduce the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis through substance abuse, HIV and Hepatitis prevention services, outreach, prevention case management, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Substance Abuse Counseling.
Grantee: FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES	Tampa, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP010469
Congressional District: FL-11
FY 2007 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
Proyecto Prevencion, a partnership between the FL Institute for Comunity Studies (FICS), a CBO, and the Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation Department, fills a void in the Latino community of Town N Country, which is documented to have a high teen birth rate (62% of all births), new cases of HIV, problems with substance abuse and a 33% prevalence rate for youth fighting, attributed to family disintegration and gangs. This five year intervention includes a community approach in which the community will decide which science based prevention model to implement in the nine centers of the Hillsborough County Parks in the area. A matched case design will enable the evaluator to determine the effectiveness of this multi-pronged approach.
Grantee: SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION OF COLLIER CTY	Naples, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013650
Congressional District: FL-14
FY 2007 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 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: LEE COUNTY COALITION/DRUG FREE SW FL	Cape Coral, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012907
Congressional District: FL-14
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: CHARLOTTE ALLIANCE FOR A SAFE AND DFC	Port Charlotte, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013051
Congressional District: FL-16
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: MID-FLORIDA CTR/MH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SRVS	Avon Park, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013367
Congressional District: FL-16
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
The Mid-Florida Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Inc., a certified minority 501(c) 3 not for profit behavioral health organization seeks funding to establish a partnership with the local Departments of Health, and community-based and faith-based organizations to provide effective prevention programs in communities of color within DCF#14, Florida. The target area includes Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, an area of central Florida, halfway between Tampa and Orlando, containing a number of communities of color (African-American and Hispanic). Specific areas with prominent communities of color in these counties include: Polk -Cities of Lake land, Winter Haven, Auburndale and Bartow, and rural areas of Frostproof and Fort Meade Highlands -south-side Avon Park, Washington Heights in Sebring, Highway Park and Sambo's Migrant Camp in Lake Placid Hardee -Zolfo Springs and Wauchula. Within the target communities, culturally sensitive and competent substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis prevention programming is very limited or altogether non-existent. In most instances, prevention services are not accessible to communities of color. This is especially the case in overlooked and highly neglected rural and semi-rural areas of Florida, which is the definition of the proposed target communities. More specifically, the Mid-Florida Center will partner with the Department of Health's Regional Minority Office in Tampa, three local Health Departments in Polk, Highlands, and Hardee Counties, CUSH (Churches United to Stop the Spread of HIV), Refugee Church of Our Lord, Central Florida Health Care, local circuits of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Florida Department of Correction. This partnership will become the Steering Committee for proposed prevention programming and will direct the required activities to supplement the Area 5, 6 & 14 Community Partnership Plan (Needs Assessment Section).
Grantee: CITY OF HOMESTEAD	Homestead, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012317
Congressional District: FL-17
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: VILLAGE SOUTH, INC.	Miami, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP011288
Congressional District: FL-17
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: VILLAGE SOUTH, INC.	Miami, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 4 Services	SP010564
Congressional District: FL-17
FY 2007 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The Village South, Inc. in Miami, FL has received a 5 year grant to provide integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority and underserved populations. This program will expand and enhance prevention services to impact 7,000 vulnerable youth ages 10-13, of primarily Haitian and Caribbean descent.
Grantee: INFORMED FAMILIES/FLA FAM PARTNERSHIP	Miami, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012426
Congressional District: FL-18
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: MIAMI COALITION FOR SAFE DRUG-FREE CMTY	Miami, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012399
Congressional District: FL-18
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: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD	Miami, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013249
Congressional District: FL-18
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), a public, non-profit school district, in Miami, FL. has received a 5 year Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) grant to provide substance abuse prevention and HIV and Hepatitis prevention services to minority populations and minority reentry populations. Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) proposes the Promoting Our Students' Success through Informed Behavior, Learning and Self-Efficacy (POSSIBLE) Project. Project POSSIBLE will operate within a geographically underserved, urban area of Miami-Dade County. Within the Feeder Pattern, the race and ethnicity of students is as follows; 74% Black, 24% Hispanic, 1 % White, and 1 % Other. The zip code where the majority of Miami Central Senior High School students reside (33147) is ranked #1 in the county for juvenile offenses. According to the Miami-Dade County Health Department, Office of HIV/AIDS since 1980, Miami-Dade has reported 27,047 adult AIDS cases and since July 1997, 9,577 cumulative adult HIV cases have been reported (Miami- Dade County Health Department, Neighborhood Profiles, 2004). This zone represents 9% of the county's total population but over 20% of the reported AIDS cases and over 18% of the reported HIV cases. While the rate of ATOD incidents was about half the state rate, Miami Central's rate at 6.37 per 1,000 students was more than double the county's rate for all high schools (Florida DOE, 2005). The evaluation plan will provide both process and outcome measures, with both qualitative and quantitative data.
Grantee: AIDS HELP, INC.	Key West, FL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP010463
Congressional District: FL-18
FY 2007 Funding: $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The applicant, AIDS Help Inc. (AHI) the only full service community based AIDS service organization and sole recipient of Ryan White CARE Act funds serving the Florida Keys, partnered with Human Services Associates (HAS), a premiere substance abuse provider with experience implementing science based prevention programs, for the provision of effective, multi-level and integrated substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention services in three high risk minority communities in Monroe County, Florida. The population of Monroe County is diverse consisting of a rich multi-cultural mix of US and exotic Caribbean cultures of various ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic groups. Approximately 25% of the general population represents racial and ethnic minorities with the largest minority group comprising Hispanic/Latinos. These racial and ethnic minority populations are concentrated in specific communities that will be the sites of our proposed HIV and substance abuse preventive interventions in this project. The project will consist of three phases: community planning; integrated HIV and substance abuse prevention service delivery; on-going evaluation and sustainability planning. While this application proposes a suggested framework for integrated HIV and substance abuse prevention services, the final selection of program services will be achieved through formal and on-going community consensus-building and planning activities to ensure that priority HIV and substance abuse prevention needs are determined based on a thorough needs assessment and strategic plan.
Grantee: KING DAVID FOUNDATION, INC.	Aventura, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP013118
Congressional District: FL-20
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: BROWARD COUNTY BOARD/CNTY COMMISSIONERS	Ft Lauderdale, FL
Program: HIV/Strategic Prevention Framework	SP013378
Congressional District: FL-20
FY 2007 Funding: $254,320
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2010
Broward's Collaboration to Reduce Use of Substances, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis has carefully considered the cultural make-up of the community, identified a realistic project target population based on the funder's objectives, corroborated by community needs assessments and focus group results. Using countywide analyses and reports Broward CRUSHH is able to adequately assess the magnitude of substance use/abuse, HIV, and hepatitis in the catchment area. Extensive planning occurred, engaging stakeholders, policy makers, funders, consumers and included consultation with evaluators throughout the application development process. As a result, Broward CRUSHH has adopted a four-prong prevention approach, focusing on outreach, training and technical assistance, cultural diversity, and prevention. As the first step in the development of Broward's Strategic Community Framework, a workgroup of providers, stakeholders, and policy makers, advocates and funders will convene. The strategic planning framework (SPF) for implementing culturally appropriate services to the target population will be based on documented needs; evidence-based practice for minority and reentry populations; resources/strengths of the community; measurable objectives; baseline data, and; enhancing hepatitis screening and linkages to services that provide immunizations for hep A and/or B.
Grantee: UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP012315
Congressional District: FL-23
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.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Grantee: LAKEVIEW CENTER, INC.	Pensacola, FL
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI016451
Congressional District: FL-01
FY 2007 Funding: $399,622
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This project will provide outreach, assessment, case management, outpatient, residential, aftercare, vocational training and linkage to housing for homeless individuals.
Grantee: LAKEVIEW CENTER, INC.	Pensacola, FL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI015822
Congressional District: FL-01
FY 2007 Funding: $498,863
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Lakeview Center's Inc. (LCI) Drug and Alcohol Counseling Service, in collaboration with Community Information Network, a local minority community based organization, proposes to expand substance abuse outreach, assessment, treatment and aftercare and enhance pretreatment, all in conjunction with HIV/AIDS services. We will serve 8550 African Americans over a 5-year period from the three zip code areas in Escambia County Florida with the largest number of HIV cases. Our target population members include African Americans who fit into one or more of the following risk categories: Women, including women and their children; and/or Individuals who have been released from prisons and jails within the past 2 years.
Grantee: FLORIDA STATE EXEC OFFICE OF THE GOVERNR	Tallahassee, FL
Program: State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination	TI017378
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 08/01/2005 - 07/31/2008
The State of FloridaÂ’s Office of Drug Control, in close partnership with FloridaÂ’s Substance Abuse Program Office, the Florida Certification Board (FCB) and many statewide partners, seeks funding to build enhanced capacity in Florida to provide effective, accessible, and affordable substance abuse treatment for adolescents and their families. While effective and strong in many ways, the adolescent system can be improved. The expected outcomes of this initiative are: - An expanded and trained workforce with specialty knowledge in youth substance abuse and co-occurring disorders will be in place. - A more effective adolescent service system will result from the incremental shift away from less desirable and less effective services to more evidence-based treatment. - Expanded treatment capacity will be in place within existing resources resulting from the unprecedented levels of cross system coordination, and from new resources made available through Medicaid expansions. The state also expects to reduce its current adolescent treatment readmission rate by 20% or greater in Year 2, and 30% or greater in Year 3 through system improvements and efficiencies to be gained through our project. The ultimate result will be an approximate net gain of 1348 additional adolescents that will be served withinexisting resources. Achievement of the goals outlined above will have a profound affect on FloridaÂ’s adolescent treatment system.
Grantee: FLORIDA STATE EXEC OFFICE OF THE GOVERNR	Tallahassee, FL
Program: SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral & Treatment)	TI018306
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $2,800,000
Project Period: 09/15/2006 - 09/14/2011
This project proposes the use of SBIRT funds to implement an intervention program for older adults at risk for substance abuse, create new partnerships with primary care service providers, and address current systemic and policy practices that create barriers for older adults in need of substance abuse treatment. Florida ranks fourth in total population in the United States in addition to leading the nation in median age, with more than 3.5 million residents aged 60 and older. The rate of penetration for publicly-funded substance abuse services by older adults in this age group is less than 2% of all adults served each year. Minorities and underserved populations (e.g., Medicaid eligible individuals) represent a very small proportion of older adults served. The State of Florida Substance Abuse Program Office is committed to improving the identification of older adults with substance abuse problems through this project. To implement the services outlined above, Florida plans to use SBIRT funds to promote the following: 1) Florida will enhance and expand an innovative evidence-based pilot project (Brief Intervention and Treatment for the Elders-BRITE project) currently providing outreach services in four sub- state regions allowing Florida to add four additional sub-state regions as well as migrating the pilot projects into full implementation. 2) Florida will partner with primary care and emergency care physicians who come into regular contact with older adults at-risk or in need of substance abuse services. Older adults will be screened in "non-traditional" sites such as primary and emergency health care settings, public health clinics, and senior nutrition programs. 3) Florida will appoint a Systems and Policy Steering Committee that will work to identify systemic and policy impediments to treatment for older adults.
Grantee: FLORIDA STATE DEPT OF CHILDRN & FAMILIES	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention-State Implementation Coop. Agreements	TI017620
Congressional District: FL-02
FY 2007 Funding: $325,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Florida's Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse Program Office (SAPO), in collaboration with the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, four provider networks, and six provider agencies, has developed a proposal to help address the stateÂ’s challenges to the provision of outpatient treatment. A strong team with extensive management and quality improvement experience has been established to manage and support the success of the project and plans have also been established to ensure the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the process improvements implemented through the project. This group will work together to implement the NIATx process improvement model within the provider agencies and to track the impact of these improvements through monitoring specific state outcomes. This process would enhance provider abilities to continuously identify and reduce client barriers to accessing and remaining in treatment service as well as enhance state efforts to build an infrastructure that supports client access and evaluate/improve its services.
Grantee: GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.	Jacksonville, FL
Program: Family Drug Courts	TI017512
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2008
Gateway Community Services, Inc. will expand the existing Dependency Drug Court Program in Duval County by enhancing services to provide more treatment services and judicial monitoring to substance-abusing parents who have been charged with abuse and/or neglect of their minor children. This project will serve 65 individuals annually for three years, for a total of 195 overall.
Grantee: GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC	Jacksonville, FL
Program: Treatment for Homeless - Chronic	TI018264
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The Seeking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) for Chronically Homeless program plans to expand and strengthen treatment services for chronically homeless individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (CHCOD) in Jacksonville Duval County), Florida. Gateway Community Services is partnering with Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, and Clara White Mission to provide comprehensive, integrated services to CHCOD.
Grantee: GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.	Jacksonville, FL
Program: E-Therapy Category	TI019155
Congressional District: FL-03
FY 2007 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
Through Gateway Connect, Gateway Community Services plans to expand and enhance substance abuse treatment through the use of technology to reduce barriers of distance, disabilities, and social stigma and provide treatment opportunities to those needing treatment but who do not have access to, or are reluctant to access, substance abuse treatment services. The three major goals of the project are: 1) Improve access to substance abuse treatment services. 2) Increase the availability of substance abuse services to people seeking services. 3). Connect people seeking treatment with Peer Led Recovery Support Services in their own community. Gateway Connect plans to achieve these goals through E-therapy (secure chat rooms, encrypted emails, secure instant messaging, Webinars and informational websites), telephone therapy and integrated therapy using internet, the phone and face to face. During the first year of services, Gateway Connect plans to provide E-therapy to 130 persons (41 0 over 3 years). During the second and third year the project plans to expand its impact to the rest of Florida through NCI Systems, a collaborative of six (6) highly regarded and accredited Centers for Behavioral Health care that have been actively growing and improving communities for more than 30 years in Florida.
Grantee: FLORIDA CERTIFICATION BOARD	Tallahassee, FL
Program: Addiction Technology Transfer Center	TI013590
Congressional District: FL-04
FY 2007 Funding: $625,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
The Florida Certification Board (FCB) and its university partner, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, are seeking funding for the continuation of the Southern Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center that serves Florida, Alabama and Mississippi to further their work in advancing and implementing improved, state-of-the-art treatment and recovery practices. The primary purposes for the SCATTC are: to forge/maintain partnerships in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida; to enhance the knowledge and expertise of front-line addictions counselors and their supervisors in evidence-based, culturally-responsive treatment/recovery practices; to develop or revise treatment curricula, training materials and other products; to develop leadership competencies among practitioners; to be facilitators of change initiatives that support a recovery-oriented system of care; to use innovative technology transfer methods; to be an active participant in national ATTC Network activities; and, to contribute to a state-of-the-art national ATTC website. In particular, the SCATTC will focus significant effort toward meeting the needs of front-line addiction counselors and their supervisors, with some effort focused on developing competencies of recovery support specialists.
Grantee: CENTER FOR DRUG-FREE LIVING, INC.	Orlando, FL
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI017830
Congressional District: FL-08
FY 2007 Funding: $300,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
In an effort to address alcohol, drug use and the co-occuring treatment needs of adolescents and their families in the Central Florida - Brevard County Area, The Center For Drug - Free Living, Inc. proposes to increase access to outpatient treatment through the expansion and enhancement of an existing outpatient treatment program. Project 321 will offer services to adolescents and their families/primary caregivers using the family centered ACRA model. Project 321 will add capacity to serve one-hundred and twenty (120) adolescents per year, (three-hundred and sixty [360] over the life of the grant). The project will target adolescent males and females between the ages of 12 and 18 with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and those with SUD and co-occuring mental health disoders and their families. The initiative will target those who are at highest risk of substance abuse or dependence and who are experiencing problems associated with substance use including emotional, physical, legal, social familial or academic issues. The initiative will target adolescents and their families meeting the critieria for the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA). The Central Florida - Brevard County area, once a quite community known only for its attractions, beaches and tourists, has become one of the major hubs for illegal drug use and trafficking in the Nation. As a result, adolescent drug overdoses, juvenile crime, HIV/AIDS cases and drug related arrests are at alarmingly high rates. Because of the tremendous level of need and shortage of adolescent treatment programming, The Center For Drug - Free Living, Inc. is proposing Project 321 in order to expand and enhance services for adolescents with substance use disorders and their families.
Grantee: HOPE AND HELP CTR OF CENTRAL FLORIDA	Winter Park, FL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI018901
Congressional District: FL-08
FY 2007 Funding: $485,665
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
Hope and Help Center of Central Florida's application to SAMHSA for the Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services proposes to provide outreach and pre-treatment services in Sanford, Florida to men who inject drugs, as well as drug users (injecting and non-injecting) among the MSM population. These services will also be offered to men and women who have been released from prison and jails within the past 2 years. HIV rapid testing will also be provided in an aggressive, but culturally sensitive manner. Hope and Help Center is partnering with the Turning Point of Central Florida who will provide comprehensive outpatient treatment, and Seminole Community Mental Health Center who will provide intensive residential treatment, particularly for those residents who have co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. Participants will be referred to the substance abuse treatment programs, through the outreach, pre-treatment and care management services provided by Hope and Help Center. Finally, the Health Council of East Central Florida will provide critical Quality Management and Evaluation components for this program. There are 666 individuals living in Seminole County (as of December 31, 2005) who are HIV-positive and aware of their HIV zero-status. More than 75% of these individuals reside in the two Sanford zip codes (32771 and 32773), the main target locations. Within Seminole County, there are an estimated 222 additional individuals who are positive but are currently unaware of their HIV positive status. Black/African American and Hispanic residents of Sanford are at the highest risk of HIV infection.
Grantee: OPERATION PAR, INC.	Pinellas Park, FL
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI017761
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $300,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Operation PAR, Inc. will implement PAR Adolescent Recovery Intervention Services (PARIS), using Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA) and Assertive Continuing Care (ACC), evidence-based approaches designed specifically for youth with substance abuse and mental health problems and their families. Operation PAR will work collaboratively with the long established Citizens Alliance for Progress, housed in the Union Academy. The PARIS program will serve 144 youth during the three year funding period who are between the ages of 10-17 and their families in the Union Academy neighborhood of Tarpon Springs, Florida. PARIS will serve 32, 64, and 50 youth and families in years one, two, and three respectively. This neigborhood is predominantly African American but with an emergin Hispanic population. Many of the new Hispanic families have monolingual parents and grandparents, further exacerbating the ability to access quality substance abuse and mental health services. ARCA's individual and family services will be delivered at the Union Academy and ACC will be delivered in homes and at other consumer friendly environments encouraged in the manuals. The Pinellas County Juvenile Welfare Board, a government entity, describes the Union Academy Neighborhood as having multiple risk factors. Poverty, high crime rate, exposure to domestic violence, poor academic performance, and substance abuse are some of the issues that impact youth on a regular basis. Since the town has no substance abuse treatment programs except for a few private therapists that are not substance abuse oriented who only take insurance or full fees, the baseline for treatment services is zero availability. The PARIS project will bring much needed outpatient treatment and continuing care to youth and their families.
Grantee: WESTCARE FLORIDA	St. Petersburg, FL
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI016510
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This program will provide integrated health, substance abuse and mental health treatment to homeless adults with dual disorders
Grantee: OPERATION PAR, INC.	Pinellas Park, FL
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women	TI16878
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
The Family Achievement In Recovery (FAIR) at PAR Village project will provide state-of the - art gender-specific and culturally appropriate residential treatment services for 40 substance abusing pregnant, postpartum and parenting women and 20 children focused on achieving sustained recovery characterized by: abstinence from drugs of abuse; family stability; stable mental and physical health, positive child development and healthy behaviors. The project will emphasize enrolling women of color, women involved with the child welfare system and women with HIV. The goals of the FAIR project are to: a) increase the number of available treatment slots for women from 50 to 60; b) add 5 slots for children at the PAR Village Developmental Center; c) improve the rate of women's engagement in treatment from 26% to 40%; d) improve pregnancy outcomes by increasing the percentage of pregnant women who enroll in treatment during the first trimester from 20 to 40%; e) improve the capability of PAR Village staff to identify and implement evidence-based; and f) state-of-the-art clinical and service delivery approaches that are gender-specific and culturally appropriate for women and their minor children.
Grantee: WESTCARE FLORIDA	St. Petersburg, FL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI015778
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
The WestCare Florida Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services project is located in St. Petersburg and will provide services in Pinellas County, Florida. The target population is African American and Hispanic transgender individuals who abuse or are dependent on drugs and alcohol, with my risk factors of male to male sex and/or injecting drug use. The enhancement services of this project include targeted outreach, pretreatment and HIV prevention interventions and expansion services consist of additional slots for outpatient substance abuse treatment.
Grantee: OPERATION PAR, INC.	Pinellas Park, FL
Program: Young Offender Reentry Program (YORP) 2004	TI016928
Congressional District: FL-10
FY 2007 Funding: $450,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2009
The Bay Area Young Offender Reentry Program (YORP) will provide a comprehensive continuum of care focused on family reintegration and self-sufficiency for 390 sentenced substance abusing juveniles ages 14-18 reentering the community from a residential commitment program. This includes 60 in Year 1, 120 Year 2, 3 and 90 in Year 4. The program emphasizes an evidence-based substance abuse treatment model - MET/CBT 12 + FSN. The lead agency for the Bay Area YORP project is Operation PAR, Inc., the largest and most established substance abuse treatment agency in the Tampa Bay area. Operation PAR will work collaboratively with ACTS, Inc. and the Greater Tampa Metropolitan YWCA, Inc. to deliver the substance abuse treatment, case management and vocational readiness services provided to project participants. The extensive history between Operation PAR, ACTS and the local community stakeholders will assure that ancillary services for youth and their families are available via referral.
Grantee: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURT	Tampa, FL
Program: Family Drug Courts	TI017534
Congressional District: FL-11
FY 2007 Funding: $399,854
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
The Tampa Dependency Drug Court (DDC) Program is a collaboration effort between the judicial circuit court and a substance abuse treatment program, along with a university based research institute. The purpose of the Tampa DDC program is to 1) provide enhanced services to parents alleged to have neglected their children as a result of alcohol or other drug use, 2) ensure the safety and well being of children, and 3) family unification. The 13th Judicial Circuit Court began the first adult drug court in early 1992 with a current census of 300 participants.
Grantee: MENTAL HEALTH CARE, INC.	Tampa, FL
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI016630
Congressional District: FL-11
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010
Mental Health Care, Inc. will provide modified Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) to persons who are considered chronically homeless, (individuals who have been homeless for a year or more) with severe and persistent mental illness who may have a co-occurring disorder. The program will collaborate with existing community services coordinating primary care with Tampa Community Health Center and accessing low-income housing through Tampa Housing Authority.
Grantee: COASTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, INC.	Sarasota, FL
Program: Treatment for Homeless - Chronic	TI018019
Congressional District: FL-13
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The Charlotte County Home 2 Recovery project is a collaborative effort led by Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CBH) and the Charlotte County Homeless Coalition (CCHC) to implement a comprehensive and integrated system of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse recovery services that are tailored to the unique needs of the chronically homeless population in Charlotte County, Florida.. CBH will promote a comprehensive system of care for chronically homeless persons with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders through extensive collaboration with community partners.
Grantee: VILLAGE SOUTH, INC.	Miami, FL
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women	TI018371
Congressional District: FL-17
FY 2007 Funding: $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
The Village, a community based agency in Miami, Florida will expand its Families in Transition Program by making comprehensive, evidence based residential treatment services available for 60 pregnant and postpartum women and 120 of their infants and children impacted by the perinatal, environmental and physiological effects of maternal substance abuse. The primary goals are to reduce maternal substance abuse, increase the number of drug-free births, decrease the incidence of developmental and behavioral problems among the children, improve the physical and mental health of the women and children, improve family functioning, and decrease involvement in crime. The evidence-based program will provide cultural and gender sensitive services that are specific to the needs of pregnant and postpartum women, their children and families. The target population is African-American and Hispanic. In addition, the program will provide opportunities for spouses, significant others and extended family members to participate in the treatment process to increase family knowledge of addiction and family support. Expansion of the Families in Transition Program will result in (1) reduced substance abuse during the prenatal and postnatal periods, (2) decreased occurrence of drug-exposed births, (3) decreased incidence of developmental and behavioral problems among the children, (4) improved maternal, infant and child physical and mental health, (5) increased economic self-sufficiency among the women, (6) improved family functioning evidenced by enhanced family cohesion and decreased family conflict, and (7) decreased involvement in and exposure to crime. The enhancement to the Families in Transition Program will provide trauma-related services to the women through the Seeking Safety Program. Both process and outcome evaluations are integrated into the project utilizing the GPRA mandates and CSAT standard outcome requirements to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and efficiency.
Grantee: CAMILLUS HOUSE, INC.	Miami, FL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI015730
Congressional District: FL-17
FY 2007 Funding: $428,350
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Camillus House, Inc.will expand capacity of Camillus' substance abuse treatment program, increasing treatment capacity by 25% and increasing success rate to 65%. Over the five- year grant, 156 new clients would be admitted for treatment, and another 576 would receive enhanced services.
Grantee: BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER	Miami, FL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI018679
Congressional District: FL-17
FY 2007 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
Borinquen Health Care Center (BHCC), a community health center in Miami-Dade County, Florida, proposes to expand its capacity to provide outreach and pretreatment services to high- risk substance using Black (primarily Haitian) and Hispanic women (and their children) and men (including MSM and at risk non-injecting MSM). BHCC's culturally competent indigenous staff will provide outreach and pretreatment services using the NIDA model for community-based outreach and the CDC model for comprehensive risk and counseling services (CRCS). As part of its outreach services, BHCC will expand the use of its mobile van to provide services to the target populations. Outreach clients will be referred to a range of services available at BHCC, as well as to treatment at substance abuse partners in the local community. The goals and objectives of the project are to: 1) reduce behaviors that can put people at risk for HIV infection by providing culturally competent outreach and HIV education to an additional 7,500 high-risk substance users, and culturally-competent comprehensive risk counseling and services (CRCS) to an additional 1,050 high-risk substance users over the 5-year project period; 2) increase the number of high-risk people in Miami-Dade County who know their HIV status by providing rapid HIV tests to 7,500 additional high-risk individuals in target populations over the 5-year project period; 3) increase the number of people living with HIV in Miami-Dade County who receive HIV primary care and other supportive services by referring an additional 425 people living with HIV but not in care (or sporadically in care) to primary care, case management, and other support services over the 5-year project period; and 4) increase the number of high-risk substance users, including those who are HIVpositive, who receive substance abuse treatment services by referring an additional 250 treatment-ready individuals to substance abuse treatment over the 5-year project period.
Grantee: SAMUEL'S HOUSE, INC.	Key West, FL
Program: Recovery Support Services Involving Grassroots Organization Category	TI019296
Congressional District: FL-18
FY 2007 Funding: $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Women in Transition (WIT) Project is a collaborative effort between Samuel's House, a transitional housing program, and the Care Center for Mental Health, a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Program, to develop and implement a coordinated, continuum of care service delivery system for homeless women with substance use or Cc-occurring disorders. The primary goals of the WIT Project include: 1. Increase access and establish a "no wrong door" system of care for substance abusing female adults in Key West and the Lower Keys through the expansion of treatment capacity and provider collaboration in the establishment of a continuum of care for a substance abuse treatment delivery system for women. 2. Reduce or eliminate drug use among adult females residing in Key West or the Lower Keys who receive Treatment and/or Recovery Support Services through the WIT Project.
Grantee: BROWARD COUNTY BOARD/CNTY COMMISSIONERS	Ft Lauderdale, FL
Program: Treatment for Homeless - Homeless	TI018185
Congressional District: FL-20
FY 2007 Funding: $389,243
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2011
The Substance Abuse and Health Care Services Division of the Human Services Department of Broward County, Florida along with agency partners propose a project to adopt the exemplary practice of Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment for use with adults who are unsheltered homeless or are living in emergency shelter and experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.