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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2009
Discretionary Funds in Detail

Table 1 - FY 2009 Discretionary Funding for states

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

IOWA

Grantee: IOWA FEDERATION/FAMILIES/CHILDREN'S MH Anamosa, IA
Program: Statewide Family Networks SM057916
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health's Statewide Family Network project targets families with children and adolescents who have serious emotional, behavioral, mental and social disorders. Uniquely, this project includes partnerships with the Uiverity of Iowa's Resouce Center for Family Centered Practice and the Disproportianate Minority Contact Resouce Center for youth leaderhip development programming and program evaluation services. Across the state of Iowa, this project assists families through one-to-one mentoring, information dissemination, individual assistance, and education family members and professionals who work with the families who have mental health issues. A user-friendly up-to-date website and a toll-free phone number is heavily advertised and marketed specifically for families.

The long-term goals of IFFCMH include: 1. families stay together, 2. families have social support and do not experience stigma; 3. children are successful in school, both academically and socially; 4. children are happy; and 5. children become successful adults.

In order to accomplish these individual family goals, IFFCMH works toward the following systemic goals: 1. families have access to a comprehensive, coordinated, individualized, strength-based system of care in which they are seen as partners in determining the nature and voume of care provided; and 2. communiites are supportive of families with children who have emotional/behavioral challenges.
  
Grantee: Iowa State Department of Human Services Des Moines, IA
Program: Disaster Relief SM000257
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $1,606,609
Project Period: 01/01/2009 - 09/30/2009
  
Grantee: IOWA STATE DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES Des Moines, IA
Program: Child Mental Health Initiative SM057031
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $2,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2012
The Northeast Iowa Child Mental Health Initiative (CMIII) will build upon existing resources to implement a system of care for children with serious emotional disturbance (SED). This community-based initiative will be developed in partnership with youth and families to target children at risk for out-of-home placement, hospitalization, involvement with multiple systems, and those transitioning into adulthood.

The 10 county northeast Iowa region was chosen as the site for the CMIII because of its unique characteristics and its potential to be a leader in the state for serving children with SED. The CMHI system of care will use a wraparound approach to support individualized, child- and family-centered services developed through collaborative partnerships between families and providers.
  
Grantee: IOWA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Des Moines, IA
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored SM057848
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 05/04/2007 - 05/03/2010
The Iowa Department of Public Health intends to target screening, assessment, and referral to early intervention and treatment services for youth suicide prevention within educational settings. Iowa will post a request for proposals to fund four secondary education settings to implement screening, assessment, and referral programs. The project includes both the development of a public awareness campaign to promote project participation and the collection and analysis of data to monitor the effectiveness of intervention and prevention services.
  
Grantee: IOWA STATE DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES Des Moines, IA
Program: State Data Infrastructure Grants SM058104
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
DHS proposes to further refine data collection and reporting. We plan to obtain client satisfaction information for the December 2007 report but the methodology needs refinement. We plan to request bids from software vendors to address the need for a more statistically sound system for data collection. These improvements will also enhance the transmission of information into our data warehouse and reporting within the URS tables. We also plan to train county staff around data integrity issues and basic computing. Our project will improve the overall quality of the data we are reporting.
  
Grantee: IOWA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Des Moines, IA
Program: LAUNCH - Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children's Health SM059336
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $850,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2014
Iowa's Project LAUNCH seeks to develop the necessary infrastructure and system integration to assure that Iowa children are thriving in safe, supportive environments and entering school ready to learn and able to succeed. Iowa's Project LAUNCH targets children ages 0-8 and their families in a seven-zip code area in inner city Des Moines (Polk County, Iowa) with a focus on low-income and minority populations who are traditionally underserved. Outreach, recruitment, and retention efforts will specifically target African American, Hispanic, Asian, Non/Limited English Speaking Immigrant/Refugee and low-income populations. Overall, project goals are to: 1.) Build state and local infrastructure to increase the capacity and integration of the children's mental health system into a comprehensive early childhood system of care; 2.) Deliver family-centered, fully integrated evidenced-based services for children living in a targeted community at-risk for poor social emotional outcomes; and 3.) Promote sustainability and statewide spread of best practices for system development.
  
Grantee: MERCY FOUNDATION OF DESMOINES IOWA Des Moines, IA
Program: 2009 CMHS EARMARKS SM059370
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $476,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2010
The Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium is conducting two Iowa pilot projects to help reduce barriers individuals with mental illness in rural communities face in accessing care. These projects aim to help alleviate access barriers by using telemedicine, in conjunction with existing mental health access support systems, to assist patients in receiving appropriate placement and treatment. This initiative will also allow for better utiliztion of hospital inpatient beds, improve the utilization and access to neuropsychologists and psychiatrists, and help reduce the overall cost of care.
  
Grantee: IOWA ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL HLTH RECOVERY Sioux City, IA
Program: Statewide Consumer Network SM059410
Congressional District: IA-05
FY 2009 Funding: $69,896
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2012
The Network Now project will enhance infrastructure development and capacity building for effective mental health services and systems transformation by expanding IAMHR's efforts to connect and empower consumers. Activities will include continuation and expansion of three current IAMHR initiatives and of recovery advocacy and systems transformation through five new initiatives. The initiatives include Social Inclusion, Co-Occurring Disorders Systems Change, and Peer Employment Development, Cultural Competency, Leadership Development, and Sustainability planning. Specific activities include training and technical assistance; gathering and publishing of recovery stories; development of a Speaker's Bureau; workshops to promote leadership; monthly newsletters; support for and promotion of consumer-run business models, recovery wellness centers, and respite centers; development of a warm line; and development of a cultural competency initiative for IAMHR. Key to these activities will be outreach through the Integrated Tele-networking Initiative and the IAMHR Recruitment Drive's face to face outreach through statewide regional and local invitational workshops. Through these outreach activities, Network Now will focus on expanding IAMHR membership, increasing connections between members and community partners, and increasing individual and collective empowerment of mental health consumers and allied partners.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Grantee: AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL Cedar Rapids, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014744
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
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: CLINTON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL Clinton, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP015543
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $124,998
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
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: DUBUQUE COUNTY SAFE YOUTH COALITION Epworth, IA
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015291
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) grants is a program to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. It was created to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, and State, local and tribal governments; to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination on the issue of alcohol use among youth; to serve as a catalyst for increased citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations of a community that first demonstrates a long-term commitment to reducing alcohol use among youth; and to disseminate to communities timely information regarding state-of-the-art practices initiatives that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth.
  
Grantee: DUBUQUE COUNTY SAFE YOUTH COALITION Epworth, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP015627
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $96,753
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: MID-EASTERN COUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE Iowa City, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012963
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 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: PATHWAYS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC Waterloo, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012992
Congressional District: IA-01
FY 2009 Funding: $76,837
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: ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL Cedar Rapids, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013850
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 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: HELPING SERVICES FOR NORTHEAST IOWA, INC Decorah, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012198
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 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: HELPING SERVICES FOR NORTHEAST IOWA, INC Decorah, IA
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015528
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
The purpose of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grant program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. The STOP Act grant program will encourage existing local community coalitions to develop, assess, and implement effective strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking. Strategoies may include: changing local attitudes and norms, and re-evaluating existing laws and policies.
(1) Grantee must participate in national evaluation activities of the STOP grant program.
(2) STOP Grantees must use the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a five step evidence based process for community planning and decision-making. The five step rocess includes: needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.
(3) STOP grantees must plan and implement a comprehensive approach inclusive of multiple strategies as emphasized in the 2007 Surgeon General's Call to Action to prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking located online at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underage drinking/calltoaction.pdf Emphasis should be given to environmental strategies that incorporate prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies. In addition, grantees must select strategies that lead to long term outcomes.
(4) STOP grantees must enhance, not supplant, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. For current Drug Free Community grantees, STOP ACT foods can not be used to supplant or replace activities that are presently being supported by Drug Free Comunity funds, and , separate DFC and STOP ACT accouting systems must be maintained for the purposes of reporting.
  
Grantee: VAN BUREN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Keosauqua, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012958
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 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: VAN BUREN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Keosauqua, IA
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015370
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
The purpose of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grant program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. The STOP Act grant program will encourage existing local community coalitions to develop, assess, and implement effective strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking. Strategoies may include: changing local attitudes and norms, and re-evaluating existing laws and policies.
(1) Grantee must participate in national evaluation activities of the STOP grant program.
(2) STOP Grantees must use the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a five step evidence based process for community planning and decision-making. The five step rocess includes: needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.
(3) STOP grantees must plan and implement a comprehensive approach inclusive of multiple strategies as emphasized in the 2007 Surgeon General's Call to Action to prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking located online at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underage drinking/calltoaction.pdf Emphasis should be given to environmental strategies that incorporate prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies. In addition, grantees must select strategies that lead to long term outcomes.
(4) STOP grantees must enhance, not supplant, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. For current Drug Free Community grantees, STOP ACT foods can not be used to supplant or replace activities that are presently being supported by Drug Free Comunity funds, and , separate DFC and STOP ACT accouting systems must be maintained for the purposes of reporting.
  
Grantee: HENRY CNTY AGRICULTURAL EXT DISTRICT Mt. Pleasant, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013164
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 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: COUNTY OF WASHINGTON Washington, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012224
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 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: GRADE A PLUS West Burlington, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012112
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 Funding: $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2011
The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions.
  
Grantee: YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES, INC. Ames, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014928
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
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: IOWA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Des Moines, IA
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants SP015608
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $2,135,724
Project Period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2013
The Iowa Prevention Collaborative will reduce binge drinking, underage drinking and related problems through a community-driven, data-supported, State-guided process. Eighteen communities with the highest indicators of need and the higest levels of coalition capacity and readiness will implement environmental strategies. Iowa intends to enhance its prevention system and expand its capability to conduct effective assessments. The State will implement and evaluate culturally competent environmental and individual programs.
  
Grantee: COUNTY OF POWESHIEK Grinnell, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013065
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 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: SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT UNIT/CTL IOWA Marshalltown, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013022
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 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: OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Ottumwa, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012209
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 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: KOSSUTH CONNECTIONS COALITION, LLC Algona, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP016257
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $72,107
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: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Ames, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP010818
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 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 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: COUNTY OF BOONE Boone, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP011259
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2014
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: CHARLES CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Charles City, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013091
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $74,849
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: GARNER-HAYFIELD CMTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Garner, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013540
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $55,000
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: LAKE MILLS COMMUNITY SCHOOL Lake Mills, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014657
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $98,648
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2013
The grantee will: (1) reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by addressing factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.
  
Grantee: CITY OF MASON CITY Mason City, IA
Program: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants SP015490
Congressional District: IA-04
FY 2009 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2008 - 09/29/2012
The purpose of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grant program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. The STOP Act grant program will encourage existing local community coalitions to develop, assess, and implement effective strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking. Strategoies may include: changing local attitudes and norms, and re-evaluating existing laws and policies.
(1) Grantee must participate in national evaluation activities of the STOP grant program.
(2) STOP Grantees must use the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a five step evidence based process for community planning and decision-making. The five step rocess includes: needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.
(3) STOP grantees must plan and implement a comprehensive approach inclusive of multiple strategies as emphasized in the 2007 Surgeon General's Call to Action to prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking located online at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underage drinking/calltoaction.pdf Emphasis should be given to environmental strategies that incorporate prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies. In addition, grantees must select strategies that lead to long term outcomes.
(4) STOP grantees must enhance, not supplant, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. For current Drug Free Community grantees, STOP ACT foods can not be used to supplant or replace activities that are presently being supported by Drug Free Comunity funds, and , separate DFC and STOP ACT accouting systems must be maintained for the purposes of reporting.
  
Grantee: CITY OF CARTER LAKE Carter Lake, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP012452
Congressional District: IA-05
FY 2009 Funding: $125,000
Project Period: 09/30/2005 - 09/29/2013
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: SIOUXLAND CARES ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE Sioux City, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP013013
Congressional District: IA-05
FY 2009 Funding: $75,000
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: POSITIVELY SPENCER YOUTH, INC. Spencer, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014458
Congressional District: IA-05
FY 2009 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 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: UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY, INC. Webster City, IA
Program: Drug Free Communities SP014497
Congressional District: IA-05
FY 2009 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 factors in the community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promote factors to minimize the risk of substance abuse; (2) establish and strengthen citizen participation and collaboration among communities, nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support community efforts to deliver effective substance use prevention strategies for youth; (3) use the Strategic Prevention Framework of evidence based prevention strategies to assess needs, build capacity, plan, implement and evaluate community prevention initiatives; and (4) assess and report on the effectiveness of community prevention initiatives to reduce age of onset of any drug use, frequency of use in the past 30 days, increased perception of risk or harm, and increased perception of disapproval of use by peers and adults.
  

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Grantee: SIXTH JUDICIAL DIST DEPT/CORRECT SRVCS Cedar Rapids, IA
Program: Adult Treatment Drug Courts TI021886
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 Funding: $180,000
Project Period: 09/30/2009 - 09/29/2012
The purpose of the project is to enhance the services provided by the Adult Drug Court to include employment programming to clients in the drug court. The program is designed to help individuals overcome barriers to employment and find competitive employment. The addition of support employment within the drug court program will enhance the opportunities for participants to ultimately successfully complete the drug court program.
  
Grantee: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, IA
Program: Addiction Technology Transfer Center TI013596
Congressional District: IA-02
FY 2009 Funding: $600,000
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2012
Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PATTC) will serve the States of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 2007 until 2012. PATTC's goals are to disseminate empirically supported best practices in substance abuse treatment. Activities will be principally targeted towards substance abuse professionals, health care professionals, professional/recovery coaches who are working in recovery high schools, and helping professionals in recovery oriented systems of care. PATTC will disseminate culturally sensitive curricula and services, with specific focus on Native American, Hispanic/Latino, African-American, and LGBT issues in substance abuse service delivery. PATTC also plans to develop learning communities for professionals who are: preparing for their licensure and certification; interested in learning motivational interviewing; wish to learn best practices in clinical supervision; interested in learning recovery oriented system of care; are interested in the implementation of NIATx principles of organizational change; focusing on problem gambling treatment; want to participate in the PATTC Annual Leadership Institute; and have interest in adopting best practices of Recovery High School/College who are underage drinkers and binge drinkers.
  
Grantee: IOWA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Des Moines, IA
Program: Access to Recovery TI019454
Congressional District: IA-03
FY 2009 Funding: $3,471,230
Project Period: 09/30/2007 - 09/29/2010
The Iowa ATR program will be a statewide initiative that will extend new treatment and recovery options to all of Iowa's 99 rural counties through a regionally coordinated and case management approach. The mission of Iowa's program is to ensure that persons seeking recovery have real and relevant choices for care through an expanded and enhanced system that includes traditional treatment, community-based support services, faith-based support and counseling, non-traditional treatment provided by Native American Tribal communities and bi-lingual services. Iowa has prioritized women and men that are parents, co-parents or have care giving responsibilities within their family or as adults living with children in the household. The program will prioritize rural Iowans and those cultural minorities that have traditionally been under-served or inadequately served through existing resources.
  

Last Update: 10/29/2009