SAMHSA Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Funds

SAMHSA State Grant Awards FY 2004
Discretionary Funds in Detail
CONNECTICUT

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Connecticut State Dept Children/Families	Hartford, CT
Program: Children's Services	SM54502
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $2,500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2008
The State of CT, in collaboration with the Bridgeport public schools, parents and community service providers, is using this cooperative agreement to create a school-based system of care, known as the "Partnership for Kids Project (PARK)" for children with SED and their families. Building upon an existing statewide reform and the local system of care that exists in Bridgeport, the PARK Project will expand the role of the public schools in advancing a community based treatment model that is comprehensive, child centered, family driven and culturally competent. The Project will add specialized care coordinators to the existing Student Assistance Teams in a group of 5 "cluster schools" to allow for individualized treatment planning for children and youth with complex behavioral health needs that integrates services provided in sschool with services offered in the community. In addition, this project will provide technical assistance and support to school personnel in identifying and addressing the needs of SED children, working cooperatively with parents and other caregivers and creating a school milieu that is resonsive to the needs of chidren with behavioral challenges. By fostering a stronger connection between community service providers and school staff, children and families should have the benefit of a comprehensive service delivery system that capitalizes on the strengths of all partners involved in the project. Once the process and parameters around the project have been designed and tested, additional sets of cluster schools will be added as funding permits. Also, following future needs assessment, funds will be used to fill existing service gaps, most notably those that involve non-traditional services such as therapeutic respite and wrap-around services. The project will develop a local Federation of Families chapter in Bridgeport and assist existing parent organizations to become better informed and trained as advocates for children with SED.

Grantee: Conn Dept of Mental Health/Addiction Svc	Hartford, CT
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56644
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $92,849
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: Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, Inc.	New Haven, CT
Program: Youth Violence Prevention	SM55284
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2005
Inner city schools often lack the available resources to approach violence prevention from a multi-level perspective, (i.e., community, neighborhood, school, family and individual child). The Clifford Beers Clinic proposes to develop and implement a School and Community Violence Prevention Project (SCVP) for high-risk youth. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the Strong School and Farnam Neighborhood House. Our SCVP Project integrates all five levels of intervention utilizing strong evaluative tools as well as an active collaborative among lead agencies, families and youth in the neighborhood to determine the level of system interventions needed. The proposed project incorporates three best practice programs: the Olweus Bullying Project, Strengthening Multi Ethnic Families and Communities Model, and Life Skills Training. All three programs are flexible and culturally sensitive, and, by maintaining a consistent focus on evaluation and the socio-cultural manifestations of such interventions, grantee is able to be flexible in providing interventions that will be sensitive to the meaning of bullying and zero-tolerance with that individual community. The framework for this program was guided by: 1) a review of the literature on resilience and risk factors; and 2) experience over the past 10 years in developing community-based prevention programs. Multiple Anti-Bullying Programs are being offered throughout the state; most are specifically targeting negative behaviors of the child and offering them alternative forms of interaction. Grantee's SCVP Project moves beyond the scope of specific behavioral intervention and broadens our interventions to empirically studying the particular school and community environments for the level of bullying and aggressive behaviors perpetrated.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Youth Violence Prevention	SM55331
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $150,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2005
The overall purpose of the Connecticut Violence Prevention Initiative is to expand the capacity of the Connecticut Coalition for the Advancement of Prevention to develop and implement gender-specific and culturally appropriate evidence-based violence prevention interventions for court-involved and at-risk girls, ages 14-17. This initiative will also determine the effectiveness of the selected evidence-based violence prevention intervention in enhancing protective factors and reducing risk factors for sexual abuse, relationship and other domestic violence, substance abuse, delinquent behaviors and other behavioral health issues affecting court-involved and at-risk girls. Additionally, we propose to document the implementation, design, and content so that the violence prevention intervention can be replicated in other urban, rural and suburban communities in Connecticut and/or nationally. The goals of Connecticut Violence Prevention Initiative are consistent with the recommendations made by Connecticut's Mental Health Policy Council (MHPC), and Alcohol and Drug Policy Council (ADPC), and supportive data from various statewide needs assessments.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Jail Diversion	SM55049
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $300,000
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2006
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), in collaboration with the Judicial Branch-Court Support Services Division (CSSD) and the Geographic Area Courts in the Cities of New Britain and Bristol, will implement the New Britain/Bristol Women's Treatment and Support Diversion Program, to divert women with mental illness from the criminal justice system to gender-specific and culturally appropriate case management, trauma treatment, and integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment services, and strengthen linkages for women involved in the criminal justice system. Nationally, women comprise a growing proportion of the criminal justice population. Within this population, women with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders are over-represented. Through this state agency and local community partners collaborative, the target population will be successfully reintegrated within their communities. The program will also have a lasting effect on the integration of services by facilitating the identification of an appropriate service strategy that can be replicated throughout the state and/or nationally. This effort is well-positioned, as the state is restructuring its behavioral health system towards a comprehensive, integrated, recovery-oriented, and culturally competent system of care. DMHAS has made significant progress in developing a system of coordinated services delivered through regional networks of care, including administering Jail Diversion Programs in all 20 lower geographic area courts across the State. The evolution of Connecticut's behavioral health system has been based on the development of innovative evidence-based, culturally appropriate, trauma-informed, and gender sensitive approaches in response to the changing treatment landscape.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Emergency Response	SM55241
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,999
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2005
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the University of Connecticut Health Center and Yale University, proposes to enhance the State's behavioral health crisis response plan by creating a sustainable infrastructure that enables State, regional, and local communities to be more fully ready to respond effectively to threats or occurrences of disaster. The primary goal of the Connecticut Behavioral Health Crisis Response is to enhance the State's ability to respond to the emotional aftermath of a major disaster. Funding would be utilized to enhance the current plan for response to major disasters or critical incidents. These include: (a) ongoing enhancements and maintenance of the existing behavioral health crisis response network, including development of protocols for preparedness, crisis mobilization, crisis communication and integration with incident command systems, and recovery services and organizing professionals for the specific purpose of disaster response/preparedness; (b) developing linkages with local, regional, and state emergency responders to establish a plan and procedures for community preparedness and disaster response; and (c) providing ongoing behavioral health consultation and technical assistance to local, regional, and State responders to further develop skills for emergency preparedness, stress management, and trauma recovery.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Jail Diversion	SM54722
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $300,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in collaboration with the Judicial Branch-Court Support Services Division and the Community Court Session in Hartford will implement a model jail diversion program, the Women's Treatment and Support Diversion (WTSD) program, to engage women into treatment and facilitate their recovery through gender-specific and culturally appropriate outreach, case management and trauma treatment services. This project, building upon an existing system of coordinated services delivered through regional networks of care, includes administering jail diversion programs in all 20 lower geographic area courts across the state. The program will focus on women with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Grantee: Families United for Children's	Niantic, CT
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56372
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Families United for Children's Mental Health is a Connecticut support and advocacy group, run by and for families of children and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental health needs. We propose to greatly expand our statewide network by developing new partnerships, building a strong and sustainable infrastructure, enhancing business and leadership skills, strengthening community level family groups, and developing a youth leadership program.

Grantee: Community Health Center, Inc	Meriden, CT
Program: AIDS TCE-Service Capacity Bldg in Minority Communities	SM54096
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
The Community Health Center will provide integrated mental health, primary care and support services. The project offers non-traditional services by providing clinical and psychiatric treatment to clients in their home, hospital, or other agreed upon community location. The target population is primarily Spanish speaking, representing several different Latin American countries and the increasing, African American population. Clinical services include psychotherapy, psychiatric evaluation and treatment, medication consultation, and management and collaboration among the client's providers. Case management services include linkage and referral, transportation, translation, home visits, and life skills instruction.

Grantee: Hispanos Unidos, Inc	New Haven, CT
Program: AIDS TCE-Service Capacity Bldg in Minority Communities	SM54098
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
Nuevos Horizontes, a culturally relevant mental health program targeting Hispanics living with HIV / AIDS in New Haven, Connecticut, provides services under four basic components: 1) individual, group, couple and family therapy, 2) support groups, 3) psychiatric treatment, and 4) alternative therapies. The goal of the program is to fill the existing gap of mental health care for Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS. The objectives of Nuevos Horizontes include: 1) to assist Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS to identify life stressors related to their HIV status, 2) to support the target population in coping with life stressors and anxiety symptoms, and 3) to enhance the quality of life by participation in a holistic mental health program.

Grantee: Yale University School of Medicine	New Haven, CT
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children	SM54318
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $600,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2005
The Childhood Violent Trauma Center (CVTC) at Yale University and the University of Connecticut has focused its effo rts on the collaborative provision of protocolized secondary prevention models. The foundation of these models is the close collaboration between law enforcement and child mental health professionals to intervene with children and families exposed to potentially traumatic events (PTE). The CVTC, with the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV) at Yale, has set a standard for partnerships with law enforcement and other first responders in developing crisis response and follow-up interventions for children and families who have been exposed to violence. Children exposed to violence in their communities, are rarely identified as "at-risk". This is especially true for children living in distressed communities where violence is a common life experience. However law enforcement and other first responders when informed about child development and traumatic responses with access to mental health professionals are well positioned to identify "at risk" children and link them to appropriate intervention services. We propose to focus on two interventions. The first is the Domestic Violence Home Visit Intervention (DVHVI), which pairs police officers and Outreach advocates in the provision of follow up protocolized interventions for families in the aftermath of domestic violence. The DVHVI is in operation and we plan to perform a matched control comparison study of the Intervention's effectiveness. The second is the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI), which provides a three to four session, protocolized intervention for children and families to prevent the negative sequelae of violence exposure. In the next year, we intend to pilot the CFTSI and evaluate the approach in an open clinical trial.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Subst Abuse Action Cncl of Ctrl Conn,Inc	Bristol, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12412
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $84,589
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: Town of Clinton	Clinton, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12130
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $68,961
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: Erase, Inc	East Hartford, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12244
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: Town of Glastonbury	Glastonbury, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12190
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: Hawkwing	Glastonbury, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12299
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: Ledge Light Health District	Groton, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12152
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,824
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: Yth & Famly Svcs of Haddam Killingworth	Higganum, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12295
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: Human Resources Agncy of New Britain Inc	New Britain, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12298
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $81,701
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: City of New Haven	New Haven, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12294
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: Conn Children & Families Center Inc	New Haven, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12303
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $75,000
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: Human Services Council	Norwalk, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12143
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: Town of Old Saybrook	Old Saybrook, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12073
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,983
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: Southfield Village Resident Council, Inc	Stamford, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12411
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: Meriden & Wallingford Subst Abuse Cncl	Wallingford, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12059
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $62,375
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: Capital Area Substance Abuse Council	Bloomfield, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11299
Congressional District: CT-01
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: Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Preg Prog	Bridgeport, CT
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 3 Services	SP10252
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $348,679
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The Faith-Based Linkage Project (FBLP), under the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program (GBAPP), is expanding and enhancing comprehensive substance abuse and HIV prevention services to 1,500 minority youth ages 9-22 over a three-year period through a collaborative effort with the faith-based community in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The focus of FBLP is to support effective, integrated substance abuse and HIV prevention services for at-risk youth in participating African-American and Hispanic churches in Bridgeport.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants	SP11198
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $2,350,965
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants (SPF SIG)--Connecticut The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants are used to advance community-based programs for substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. The SPF SIG implements a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build on assets, and prevent problem behaviors. The five steps are: (1) conduct needs assessments; (2) build state and local capacity; (3) develop a comprehensive strategic plan; (4) implement evidence-based prevention policies, programs and practices; and (5) monitor and evaluate program effectiveness, sustaining what has worked well. These grants will allow the programs to provide leadership, technical support and monitoring to ensure that participating communities are successful. The success of the grants will be measured by specific measurable outcomes, among them: abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse, reduction in substance abuse-related crime, attainment of employment or enrollment in school, increased stability in family and living conditions, increased access to services, and increased social connectedness. In Connecticut, the Strategic Prevention Framework Initiative will develop a comprehensive prevention strategy for delivering and implementing effective substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion services that will serve as a blueprint for state and community partners.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: State Incentive Cooperative Agreements	SP10359
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $750,000
Project Period: 09/15/2003 - 09/14/2006
Through an enhanced collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, Connecticut will focus on three goals: 1) address gaps in substance abuse prevention and early intervention services to meet the needs of young adults, ages 18-25, in college campus settings; 2) support and promote culturally responsive, age-appropriate, and evidence-based prevention and early intervention approaches for young adults, ages 18-25; and 3) further develop CT's substance abuse prevention data infrastructure and capacity to collect and analyze outcome data and report on key performance measures.

Grantee: Business Industry Fndn of Middlesex Cnty	Middletown, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities Mentoring	SP11755
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $49,437
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
The grantee s to support and encourage the development of new or expansion of existing community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse in the new or expanded coalition's community.

Grantee: Business Industry Fndn of Middlesex Cnty	Middletown, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11448
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $97,455
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: Town of Stonington	Pawcatuck, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11434
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,989
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: Birmingham Group Health Services	Ansonia, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11239
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $96,089
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: Regional Youth Adult Subst Abuse Project	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11517
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $75,000
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: Connecticut Dept of Mtl Hlth/Add Svc	Hartford, CT
Program: Cooperative Agreement for Ecstasy & Other Club Drugs Prevention Services	SP11167
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $292,356
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services proposed to develop, implement and evaluate the Skills Mastery and Resistance Training (SMART) Moves evidence-based prevention intervention model with enhanced ecstasy and other club drugs called SMART Moves Plus for youth aged12-15 in two sites within the Greater Bridgeport area. The State will also conduct some infrastructure development activities prior to piloting the SMART Moves Plus curriculum and providing training and technical assistance fir intervention site staff. Additional infrastructure activities will be implemented in years 03-05 to expand use the SMART Moves Plus curriculum to other Boys and Girls Clubs in the area.

Grantee: Newtown Youth Services Inc.	Newtown, CT
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11344
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,037
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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

CONNECTICUT

Grantee: Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Preg Prog	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14545
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $470,773
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
The Services to Outreach, Link, and Engage (SOLE) project will be expanding and enhancing comprehensive HIV outreach services to 2,450 minority (55% African American, 45% Latino) girls and boys ages 12-17. They will be providing intensive outpatient using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change.

Grantee: Connecticut Dept of MH & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: TCE Innovative Treatment	TI16321
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
The grant funds Connecticut Screening and Brief Intervention Initiative. Program is geared toward early identification of and brief interventions for nondependent adult populations as well as referral for individuals with substance abuse disorders.

Grantee: Connecticut State Dept Children/Families	Hartford, CT
Program: Strengthening Communities - Youth	TI13308
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $750,000
Project Period: 03/31/2002 - 03/30/2007
The Department of Children and Families (DCF), in collaboration with community-based organizations, and the Hartford Community Substance Abuse Providers, have created a network of over 60 organizations, working to enhance the alcohol and drug abuse treatment delivery system for youth in Hartford, Connecticut. The Hartford Youth Project (HYP) facilitates early identification, assessment, referral, and treatment of individuals between the ages of 14 to 21 impacted by substance abuse. This program is a strong component of KidCare throughout Hartford, consequently, most of HYP's outreach services are to schools, shelters, detentions centers, child protective services, youth on probation, and children inflicted with mental health problems.

Grantee: State of Connecticut	Hartford, CT
Program: Access to Recovery	TI16831
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $7,591,723
Project Period: 08/03/2004 - 08/02/2007
This program will target at-risk, nondependent adult populations ages 18 and older, who are at increased risk of continued substance use or abuse, as well as adults with substance use disorders. The program will emphasize populations documented to have significant barriers to access to care, service use and successful treatment outcomes, such as criminal justice, adults involved in the child welfare system and racially or culturally diverse populations. Connecticut will offer a choice through a provider network that includes a variety of traditional and non-traditional providers, including those who are faith and peer-based.

Grantee: Connecticut Comm. for Addiction Recovery	Wethersfield, CT
Program: Recovery Community Support - Recovery	TI16155
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $350,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008
The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) will provide a variety of peer-to-peer recovery support services that address the needs of the recovery community consisting of persons in short-term, mid-term, and long-term recovery, as well as their family members, friends and allies. The main components of the program are to: (1) increase capacity by delivering an array of peer-to-peer recovery support services; (2) open eight recovery centers in key locations in the state over the next four years modeled after the highly effective Windham Recovery Community Center model; and (3) honor local recovery cultures and characteristics while developing specific action plans unique to each new Center.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI13168
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $500,000
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006
To expand the program for Latinos with substance use disorders in Bridgeport.

Grantee: Dept of Mental Health & Addiction Svcs	Hartford, CT
Program: State Data Infrastructure	TI14602
Congressional District: CT-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services' (DMHAS) Data Infrastructure Program seeks to enhance current interagency efforts to monitor and analyze trends and risk factors associated with alcohol and drug use, abuse and addiction, and the effectiveness of services based on outcome measures. DMHAS intends to build upon its current substance abuse treatment information infrastructure through its Web-supported data collection system. Performance measures for the planned CSAT Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Performance Partnership Grants (PPGs) will be fully incorporated into the department's substance abuse treatment information system providing for a fully integrated and seamless substance abuse data collection system.

Grantee: AIDS Interfaith Network, Inc.	New Haven, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14492
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $382,821
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
To enhance and expand the current WISHES program by adding intensive outreach and outpatient services. Over the course of the grant the program will provide outreach to 3,750 women and it will serve 325 women in the intensive outpatient program. The program will use Targeted Capacity Expansion TCE/HIV to target women and women with children from the African-American population.

Grantee: Hill Health Corporation	New Haven, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15902
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
Hill Health Center will enhance and expand HIV substance abuse services for African-American women. The Center will provide comprehensive, holistic and culturally competent outreach, pretreatment, and referral services utilizing a model of motivational enhancement. During the 5- year grant period, the Village of POWER will expand outreach services to 2,000 women; 1,250 will receive enhanced services and 750 will receive intensive case management.

Grantee: Morris Foundation, Inc	Waterbury, CT
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI15421
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $182,090
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This program is designed for youth age 12- 21 who meet medical criteria for substance abuse or dependence. The program will adopt or expand use of a treatment protocol that combines two types of therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a five-session protocol, was previously proved to be effective with substance abusing youth.

Grantee: Chemical Abuse Services Agency, Inc	Bridgeport, CT
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI15767
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $499,993
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
We propose 60 new treatment slots (point- in-time) that will provide Buprenorphine (BUP) maintenance and detoxification treatment integrated with on-site mental health, substance abuse, HIV specialty and primary health care services to 220 persons per year who are dually or triply dually diagnosed with substance abuse, mental illness and HIV/AIDS. Buprenorphine, coformulated with the opiate antagonist naloxone, limits the potential for abuse and, unlike methadone can be prescribed by trained physicians and administered on alternate days. This is an especially appealing approach to care because abstinence from illicit drug use has been associated with improvement in psychiatric functioning, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (and thus delays the development of drug resistance) and with reduction in HIV risk behaviors.

Grantee: Connecticut Renaissance Inc	Norwalk, CT
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI15678
Congressional District: CT-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $247,911
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Connecticut Renaissance, Inc., will provide effective substance abuse treatment for adolescent cannabis users, aged 12 -16, in Lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. Project TEMPO is to empower adolescent clients to successfully abstain from using cannabis and other substances by engaging them in case-managed, short-term outpatient substance abuse treatment using the MET/CBT 5 Model. Project clients will be residents of Bridgeport, Norwalk or Stamford.

Grantee: Connecticut Junior Republic, Inc	Litchfield, CT
Program: Effective Adolescent Treatment	TI15475
Congressional District: CT-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006
Connecticut Junior Republic (CJR) will target youth, ages 12-16, who are juvenile justice-involved or under school disciplinary action. 300 youth will be served over the 3 yr grant period. Evaluation will be conducted by a minority organization, a lead investigator from Yale Child Study Center, and a Boston-based substance abuse treatment research firm. Of the approximately 2,725 youth adjudicated annually by the juvenile court branch serving the 8-community Waterbury (CT) geographic area, approximately 50% are Hispanic Latino, and 25% each are African American and Caucasian, respectively. This project will deliver culturally appropriate case management and ancillary services as a complement to the MET/CBT 5 component.

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CONNECTICUT

Grantee: University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT
Program: SAMHSA Dissertation Grants-2004	OA00079
Congressional District: CT-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $28,169
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
Judges, child protection workers, and mental health professionals with authority to commit people to involuntary inpatient hospitalization often refer people with mental health or addictive disorders to treatment or other services. Regardless of actual intent to impose sanctions for failure to comply with referral, the consumer may interpret the referral as coercive. Literature on the effects of coercion on treatment participation and outcomes is mixed and little outcome research on perceived coercion exists. This study aims to determine the effects of perceived coercion on treatment attendance, substance use, mental health, quality of life, and criminal justice outcomes among a national sample of participants diverted from jail and into treatment. Data were collected via a 9 site SAMHSA KDA grant (N=982). Items aimed at measuring a sense of coercion in three domains were asked at baseline: loss of parental rights, psychiatric hospitalization, and incarceration. Two groups will be created for each domain and analyzed across three time points: baseline, 3 months, and 12 months. Baseline differences between the groups for each domain will be statistically controlled using propensity scoring. Hierarchical Linear Modelling will be used to model group by time effects.

Grantee: Yale University	New Haven, CT
Program: SAMHSA Dissertation Grants-2004	OA00077
Congressional District: CT-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $30,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
Capitalizing on newly linked data between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and the Connecticut Department of Labor (DOL), this study will use employment outcomes to evaluate the State of Connecticut's substance abuse treatment programs. Results of this study will provide the evidence and inputs necessary to perform informed cost benefit analyses of Connecticut's substance abuse treatment system. Four primary research questions will be answered: (1) What is the pattern of employment and earnings among treatment seekers before and after treatment? (2) What is the effect of substance abuse treatment on treatment seekers' employment outcomes, when controlling for additional variables? (3) Does the amount of time a client spends in treatment affect the client's employment outcomes? (4) If substance abuse treatment increases productivity and improved wages, what are the monetary benefits to the state from substance abuse treatment in the form of increased income taxes collected? How do these benefits compare to the costs of treatment?