Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
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GUAM
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Grantee: UNIVERSITY OF GUAM
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Mangilao, GU |
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Program: Campus Suicide |
SM058472 |
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Congressional District: GU-00 |
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FY 2008 Funding: $100,000
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Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2011 |
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The University of Guam's Isa Psychological Services Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will further develop and institutionalize a sustainable Campus Suicide Prevention Program addressing student suicide risk through training programs, linkages with community mental health care providers, educational seminars, linkages to local and national crisis hotlines, and informational materials for students and their families.
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Grantee: GUAM IDENTIFIES FAMILIES TERRIFIC STRGTH
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Hagatna, GU |
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Program: Statewide Family Networks |
SM057978 |
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Congressional District: GU-00 |
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FY 2008 Funding: $60,000
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Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010 |
Guam Identifies Families Terrific Strengths (G.I.F.T.S.), Inc., a parent organization formed through the efforts of I Famagu'on-ta (Our Children) Guam's System of Care with Guam's Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse, aims to provide suppport, advocacy, and training for children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) and their families. G.I.F.T.S. intends to utilize "Gifts to Guam" to build its capacity to more effectively and efficiently facilitate and provide family-driven community-based services.
The island-wide project will target 280 children/youth/young adults, up to age 26 if being serviced by an Individual Service plan, experiencing or at risk for SED and their families participating in Guam's child-serving agencies and I Famagu'on-ta- Guam's System of Care.
The "Gifts to Guam" project will foster collaboration with community partners to provide training and support to enable G.I.F.T.S. to assume a leadership role in providing effective community support services to families/children with SED. a train-the-trainer approach will ensure continued availability of certified individuals to provide services. Through a link to Guams's Get Care website, G.I.F.T.S. will make information regarding services and training readily available.
By training families to provide effective support services and expanding service sites, "Gifts to Guam" will increase the number of families receiving services by 40% to improve the mental health of SED children and maintain the child within the home/community setting.
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Grantee: GUAM DEPT OF MENTAL HLTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
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Tamuning, GU |
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Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants |
SM058077 |
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Congressional District: GU-00 |
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FY 2008 Funding: $71,000
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Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010 |
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DMHSA with the help of the FY 2008 DIG will establish a web-based system that allows a flow of data on consumers who are jointly receiving services from DMHSA and private providers. It will also expand the scope and include clients receiving services from private providers who received referrals from DMHSA. The FY 2008 DIG will support efforts to integrate planning councils into the data infrastructure system and automate the Client Evaluation of Care project. It is DMHSA intent to automate the process and allow the capture of consumer perception of care through the TIER system. Finally, DMHSA will continue Phase III of the 1st DIG cycle, in order to complete its objectives.
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Grantee: GUAM DEPT OF MENTAL HLTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
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Tamuning, GU |
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Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored |
SM058391 |
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Congressional District: GU-00 |
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FY 2008 Funding: $500,000
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Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2011 |
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Governor of Guam Felix P. Camacho approved Guam's Focus on Life State Plan for Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention and calls upon his PEACE Council and Guam's State Epidemiological Workgroup to work collaboratively with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to prevent further suicides. The Guam Police Department (GPD) reported unofficially that for the months of January 1, 2007 through November 30, 2007, twenty-nine (29) deaths by suicide and sixty-one (61) attempts were investigated. Guam endures a disturbingly high rate of suicide among its youth and adult population. Suicide was the fourth leading cause of all deaths on Guam during the period of 1998-2003 (BSP, 2006). This State Youth Suicide Prevention Grant will focus on individuals between the ages of 10- 24 years. All available resources will be leveraged to ensure the successful achievements of this proposal's stated goals and objectives, to include establishment of Guam's suicide surveillance and monitoring system. Studies on Guam's suicide problem are few and sporadic. The island's current system and capacity to uniformly collect, analyze and report data relative to intentional self-harm, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide will be strengthened at a state and community level. Available resources will be leveraged to ensure the successful achievements of this proposal's stated goals and objectives.
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Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
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Grantee: GUAM DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
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Tamuning, GU |
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Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants |
SP011183 |
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Congressional District: GU-00 |
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FY 2008 Funding: $996,000
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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.
Guam will utilize the grant to develop a substance abuse prevention network that links a state-level advisory committee with community-based prevention mentors. Science -based programs will be adapted and evaluated for local application following the Strategic Prevention Framework process, and will cover the entire Territory of Guam.
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