SAMHSA Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Funds

SAMHSA State Grant Awards FY 2004
Discretionary Funds in Detail
ALABAMA

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

ALABAMA

Grantee: Alabama Consumer Empowerment & Support	Montgomery, AL
Program: CMHS Statewide Consumer Network Grants	SM56339
Congressional District: AL-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $64,980
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The consumer network of Alabama Consumer Empowerment and Supports, Inc. proposes to develop quality outcome based training program for the consumers of Alabama. In an effort to strengthen consumer organizational relationships, the agency will promote consumer skill development with emphasis on advocacy and leadership. Alabama consumers continue to express desire to have an organized presence in Alabama. The applicant organization plans to develop and implement training programs that will address needs of rural and urban communities. Trainings will be based on best practice approaches to educating consumers on the history of disability, health insurance, medicine, transportation, housing and employment; administrative issues such as team building, the structure of mental health services in Alabama, strategic planning; and consumer specific issues of consumer rights, family movement and effective communication. Graduate of the training program will perform lead roles on community projects to develop a consumer council. Each community leader will complete an evaluation to assess program development and barriers encountered during the process. An Advisory Committee consisting of consumers and professionals will be established to evaluate the program every six months.

Grantee: Alabama Family Ties, Inc	Montgomery, AL
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56436
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The purpose of the Statewide Family networks program is to enhance Alabama's capacity and infrastructure while focusing on parent empowerment, education and parent/family member involvement in the development of Alabama's children's mental health services. This project will place great emphasis on educating and fostering leadership among family members through the development of a parent resource manual and through the development of a pilot parent council.

Grantee: Health Services Center, Inc.	Hobson City, AL
Program: AIDS TCE-Service Capacity Bldg in Minority Communities	SM53829
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
The AIDS Services Center (ACS) is a stand-alone HIV/AIDS primary care clinic providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to a 14 county rural area of northeast Alabama. ASC currently provides case management and counseling and intends to use this initiative to increase mental health services to include onsite psychiatric evaluation and psychopharmacologic treatment of clients. The AIDS Services Center was founded as a community-based organization in 1987 and opened a volunteer medical clinic in 1990.

Grantee: Alabama Dept. of Mental Health	Montgomery, AL
Program: Emergency Response	SM55190
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $97,840
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2005
The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation proposes to develop a coordinated emergency response capacity to mental health and substance abuse needs in the aftermath of large-scale emergencies (both natural and human-caused). Funding under this grant will allow divisions of mental health services and substance abuse services to work jointly in convening a representative advisory council to develop an All-Hazards Plan. Further, the advisory will provide guidance in the development of coordinated response protocols specifically tailored to specialized needs associated with a wide range of potential hazards. Specific activities include building upon "lessons learned" from Oklahoma City and the City of New York in an effort to develop, implement, and monitor sustainable incident command and response systems.

Grantee: Alabama Dept. of Mental Health	Montgomery, AL
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56628
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $142,200
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This project will continue the State's effort to build infrastructure to collect data and report the remaining Mental Health Block Grant Uniform Reporting System Developmental Measures. Grant efforts will focus on (1) local provider training to improve data quality, (2) implementation of web-based technology using DS2K + data standards to collect, report, and improve accessibility of data, and (3) strengthening internal and external database linkages. Project outcomes will include consistent data definitions, timely capture of data, improved measure of service outcomes and client change, improved data quality, and enhanced ability to analyze and report on developmental measures such as school attendance, school performance, and involvement with the criminal justice system. The project outcomes will be evaluated based on the ability to produce the data required for URS and other desired reporting. The project will also be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce data that is useful to and is used by system stakeholders.

Grantee: Alabama Dept. of Mental Health	Montgomery, AL
Program: Jail Diversion	SM54671
Congressional District: AL-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $300,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation proposes to develop a Jail Diversion Program through the integration of a Program for Assertive Treatment team in Birmingham, Alabama. The goal of the jail diversion project is to develop a collaborative, community-based system of care that is outreach based. This program will address the needs of individuals with mental illness by creating a multi-disciplinary mental health staff organized as an accountable, mobile mental health agency that functions interchangeably to provide the treatment, rehabilitation, and support services that persons with severe mental illness need to live successfully in the community.

Grantee: National Children's Advocacy Ctr, Inc	Huntsville, AL
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children	SM54259
Congressional District: AL-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $588,307
Project Period: 09/01/2002 - 08/31/2005
The National Children's Advocacy Center proposes to operate the Treatment/Services Development Center for Child Maltreatment as part of the National Child Trauma Stress Initiative. The T/S Development Center will be the centralized resource for knowledge, research, training and consultation for professionals who work with abused and neglected children. The Child Maltreatment T/S Development Center will collect information on existing and promising approaches to treatment and services for victims of child maltreatment and their families or caregivers. This will be accomplished through surveys of NCTSI Network members, through a Think Tank to be held in March 2002, and through annual Promising Approaches Forums. This process will also be used to identify needs or "gaps" in services and to find solutions to these needs.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

ALABAMA

Grantee: Save the Youth	Bessemer, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12444
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 09/30/2005
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: Mental Health Assoc in Morgan County	Decatur, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11969
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,949
Project Period: 10/01/2000 - 09/30/2005
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: Dothan Houston Cnty S A Partnership Inc	Dothan, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11970
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $65,380
Project Period: 10/01/2000 - 09/30/2004
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 Dekalb Cnty	Fort Payne, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12157
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $75,000
Project Period: 10/01/2001 - 09/30/2005
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: Marshall County Court Referral Svcs, Inc	Guntersville, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12320
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,294
Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 09/30/2005
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: Hoover City Schools	Hoover, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12222
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 10/01/2002 - 09/30/2005
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: Council on Substance Abuse - NCADD	Montgomery, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12179
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,949
Project Period: 10/01/2001 - 09/30/2005
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: Pass: Peers are Staying Straight, Inc	Prattville, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12286
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 09/30/2005
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: Family Connection	Saginaw, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11963
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $48,343
Project Period: 10/01/2000 - 09/30/2005
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: Selma Housing Authority	Selma, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12188
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $72,897
Project Period: 10/01/2001 - 09/30/2005
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: Wiregrass Mental Health Board Inc	Dothan, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11367
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
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: Office of the Governor	Montgomery, AL
Program: State Incentive Cooperative Agreements	SP09963
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $3,000,000
Project Period: 04/30/2003 - 04/29/2006
The Alabama State Incentive Project (ASIP) will coordinate SIG resources with Federal and State resources to target communities, children, families, schools and workplaces to improve statewide prevention efforts. The increased collaboration will help bring the State closer to its goals of delivering state-of-the-art prevention services. Alabama's Governor, its SIG Advisory Council, and the Governor's staff will initiate a process to implement strategies to effectively coordinate, leverage, and/or redirect substance abuse prevention resources to promote comprehensive, community-based programs that reduce substance abuse.

Grantee: Health Services Center, Inc	Hobson City, AL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 3 Services	SP10181
Congressional District: AL-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The AIDS Services Center, Inc. (ASC) seeks to jointly expand the existing SAP pro and the HIVP, education, and outreach program by increasing the target population's knowledge of substance abuse issues, HIV, and other STDs. In addition, this proposal provides at-risk individuals assistance in accessing substance abuse treatment, HIV medical and supportive care, and referral for STD testing. This initiative, called K.Y.S. (or, Know Your Status), will specifically target African-American women and their children residing in public housing facilities in the l4-county area of Anniston the northeast Alabama, collectively Public Health Areas V and VI.

Grantee: Partnership for a Drug Free Community	Huntsville, AL
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11237
Congressional District: AL-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
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: Aletheia House	Birmingham, AL
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP10502
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
Aletheia House, a community-based nonprofit organization, will plan integrated HIV and substance abuse prevention services for African-American men, ages 20 to 34, who are returning to Jefferson County, Alabama, from prison. One in fifteen of Alabama's African-American men in the age group is incarcerated. In Alabama, African-American men have the highest rate of HIV infection with a rate (68.7 per 100,000) which is six times higher than the infection rate of white men (11.1 per 100,000). Men returning from prison are at a very high risk for HIV infection and/or substance abuse, especially since a majority of Alabama's inmates are substance abusers. The project will use an advisory committee that will include African-American ex-offenders to develop services that are effective and culturally relevant to the target population. Planning activities will include focus groups, interviews with experts, assessment surveys, literature reviews, interviews with offenders inside and outside prison, and visits to successful prevention programs in similar communities. The final stage of the planning process will be the development of a strategic implementation plan that will be submitted to CSAP and other funding sources.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

ALABAMA

Grantee: Lighthouse Counseling Center,Inc	Montgomery, AL
Program: Pregnant/Post-Partum Women	TI16048
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $404,052
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
The Kaleidoscope Program will offer a residential therapeutic community that will provide a comprehensive residential alcohol and drug treatment program within the context of a community of supportive services for women who are pregnant and/or postpartum.

Grantee: Lighthouse Counseling Center,Inc	Montgomery, AL
Program: Homeless Addictions Treatment	TI16647
Congressional District: AL-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $399,392
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
This project will provide a comprehensive and integrated treatment approach for substance abuse, mental illness and co-occurring disorders to homeless adults.

Grantee: AIDS Services Center	Hobson City, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI13188
Congressional District: AL-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $406,152
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To expand the substance abuse treatment program by increasing the number of completed substance abuse assessments on all clients.

Grantee: University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14436
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $494,056
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand existing outreach, service engagement, and treatment readiness services. The program will use outreach to target women from the African-American and Latino populations.

Grantee: Aletheia House	Birmingham, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15881
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Aletheia House, a community based nonprofit organization, will provide integrated substance abuse treatment and HIV services to 625 African-American men returning to Jefferson County, Alabama, from prison. The project will establish the Men of Honor Center, where exprisoners and their families will receive substance abuse counseling, employment services, case management and HIV/AIDS services in a supportive, caring environment.

Grantee: University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, AL
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14513
Congressional District: AL-07
FY 2004 Funding: : $269,416
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To expand and enhance the capacity to provide psychiatric and substance abuse assessment and treatment. The program will provide psychiatric treatment, motivational enhancement and relapse prevention, intensive outpatient substance use treatment, and residential substance use treatment to men who have sex with men from African-American backgrounds.

Grantee: University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa, AL
Program: Strengthening Communities - Youth	TI13340
Congressional District: AL-12
FY 2004 Funding: : $749,716
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To create a substance abuse treatment coalition, opening substance abuse treatment centers in inner-city neighborhoods, and working with residents to develop a supportive community for youth, aged10-20, in need of treatment services.