SAMHSA Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Funds

SAMHSA State Grant Awards FY 2004
Discretionary Funds in Detail
MISSISSIPPI

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

MISSISSIPPI

Grantee: Mississippi Families as Allies, Inc	Jackson, MS
Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants	SM56462
Congressional District: MS-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
Mississippi Families as Allies for Children's Mental Health, Inc. ( MS FAA) will build on its twelve year record of partnering with agency administrators, service providers, policy makers families and legislators to continue reform of the Mississippi System of Care for children and youth with serious mental health needs. Increasing our training and technical assistance capacity for families, for the youth themselves and for our professional colleagues will be a major focus of grant activities.

Grantee: Mississippi Department of Mental Health	Jackson, MS
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56647
Congressional District: MS-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: Mississippi Department of Mental Health	Jackson, MS
Program: Children's Services	SM52919
Congressional District: MS-03
FY 2004 Funding: : $1,039,274
Project Period: 09/30/1999 - 08/31/2005
A comprehensive system of care for Hinds County - a diverse and impoverished community - will be implemented by the State in collaboration with Mississippi Families as Allies and the WRAP Project - a Community Action Project that has developed consensus around wraparound services as an exemplary practice. The State hopes that this project will serve as a demonstration for Statewide children's mental health reform efforts.

Grantee: Catholic Charities, Inc.	Jackson, MS
Program: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children	SM56091
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2007
The Mississippi Child Trauma Therapeutic Services Collaborative is a strengths and resilience-based partnership that includes State mental health, State disaster management, a major faith-based provider, a prominent family organization, and a network of accessible, community- based services. Catholic Charities of Hope Haven Crisis Services will lead a four-year project to develop the multi-agency, child-/family-centered Child Trauma Therapeutic Services Center, based in Jackson, and serving a three-county area. This project will serve a wide-range of primarily rural and geographically isolated child trauma survivors, including those who have experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse, rape, neglect, refugee trauma, community violence, domestic violence, violent crime, disaster, and the traumatic loss of loved ones.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

MISSISSIPPI

Grantee: North Delta Planning & Development, Inc	Batesville, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12436
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: Partnership for a Healthy Scott County	Forest, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12061
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: Jackson Cnty Children's Svcs Coalition	Gautier, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12072
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $72,215
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: West Jackson Community Development Corp	Jackson, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12090
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: Warren Yazoo Mental Health Service , Inc	Yazoo City, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12092
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,845
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: Developing Resources for Edu/America Inc	Jackson, MS
Program: SE Ctr for Appl. of Prev Technologies	SP09001
Congressional District: MS-01
FY 2004 Funding: : $481,920
Project Period: 09/30/2000 - 04/30/2004
The Southeast Region Center for the Advancement of Prevention Technology (CAPT) assists States and Communities in applying the latest available prevention research findings. The Southeast Region CAPT includes Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, and Virginia. The program will prioritize regional problems related to alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; develop a regional prevention needs and resources profile; assist the State Incentive Program grantee and other clients to conduct local needs, opportunities, and readiness analyses; develop criteria to be used to guide selection of prevention technologies; develop and implement a process for packaging prevention technologies; develop and implement an easily accessible electronic communications network; establish a telecommunications support center; provide on-site technical assistance and specialized training; and design and implement an evaluation plan.

Grantee: Our House, Inc	Greenville, MS
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 3 Services	SP10244
Congressional District: MS-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $329,254
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
Our House, Inc. will be concentrating on a small area within the Mississippi Delta Empowerment Zone. Our target sites or this project will be Sunflower, Bolivar, and Washington Counties. Target Population: African American youth between the ages of 8-17. Our House, Inc. addresses Africa American Youth/Teens -Denial of susceptibility to infection; inadequate prevention materials (both on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS); denial of susceptibility to repeat infection; lack of trained peer educators; perceived invincibility to infection; parental and school censorship of prevention messages; and lack of ways to handle peer pressures.

Grantee: Southwest MS Rural Health Coalition	Tylertown, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11834
Congressional District: MS-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 10/01/2004 - 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: New Life Ministry, Inc.	Jackson, MS
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 2 Youth Services Cooperative Agreements	SP09808
Congressional District: MS-02
FY 2004 Funding: : $63,636
Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 03/31/2005
Project Eliminating Risks (Project E.R.), will target African American youth ages 12-18, who reside in the urban core of Jackson, Mississippi. It is an expansion of New Life Ministry's NOT HERE program and will adapt the American Red Cross's African American HIV Peer to Peer Educators Program and the National Institute for Drug Abuse's AIDS High Risk Adolescent Prevention Manual to address the unmet needs of this target population as demonstrated by the HIP Coalition of Jackson, Mississippi. The goal of Project E.R. is to establish five NOT HERE Clubs throughout the community for on-going education, prevention information, and supportive activities for program participants, ages 12-18. Facilitated by African American peer educators, ages 16-18, under the supervision of an adult, a cross-site evaluation will be conducted to seek effectiveness of the intervention to prevent HIV/AIDS risk-related behavior and substance abuse among 70% of participants one-year following completion of the program.

Grantee: MS Department of Mental Health	Jackson, MS
Program: Cooperative Agreement for Ecstasy & Other Club Drugs Prevention Services	SP11169
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $292,356
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has contracted with the Mississippi Southern Coalition to implement two-evidence based prevention interventions to prevent, reduce, and/or delay use of ecstasy and other club drugs. The target population includes youth and adults between age 12 and 24 attending alternative schools, the community college and state university in the rural southern part of the State. The evidence-based programs are Project Success and Communities Mobilizing for Change. The plan is also to further develop the prevention infrastructure in the rural southern part of the state.

Grantee: Jackson State University	Jackson, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11729
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $99,892
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: Long Beach School District	Long Beach, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11383
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $95,880
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: Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA	Ocean Springs, MS
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11418
Congressional District: MS-04
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: The Nominal Group, Inc	Jackson, MS
Program: HIV/AIDS Cohort 5 Services	SP10791
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $250,000
Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008
This proposal, from The Nominal Group, Inc., requests $349,482.00 to sustain an effective substance abuse prevention (SAP) and HIV prevention (HIVP) program for African-American at risk youth in West Jackson (Hinds County) Mississippi. The proposed program, "Reducing the Risk to West Jackson Youth" (hereafter, Reducing the Risk) will target 80 African-American youth, males and females, ages 10-19, in West Jackson, Mississippi, who are binge drinking, or using alcohol or drugs and engaging in unprotected sex, having sex without a condom, or other unsafe sexual practice that may lead to contracting HIV and a sexually transmitted disease. Today, alcohol and other drug use and crime among African-American youth in West Jackson continues to be one of the most serious public health problems facing the city. The earlier a youth begins to drink alcohol and to use other drugs, the greater the likelihood of later alcohol and other drug problems, and the participation in risky behaviors that will place them at risk for contracting an STD or HIV. The proposed program, Reducing the Risk, will target 80 African-American males and females, ages 10-19, in West Jackson, Mississippi, who are binge drinking, or using alcohol or drugs and engaging in unprotected sex, having sex without a condom, or other unsafe sexual practice that may lead to contracting, HIV and, a sexually transmitted disease because of social, economic, and environmental (neighborhood characteristics), factors, and who exhibit behaviors that place them at high risk. The educational intervention sessions, of the program, will be implemented at the Hosanna Missionary Baptist Church 3475 Jayne Ave., Jackson; and " meetings with the parents and/or legal guardians will be held at the nearby Jayne Community Center. The Nominal Group believes that the proposed program can elicit changes in behavior.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

MISSISSIPPI

Grantee: Mississippi State Dept of Mental Health	Jackson, MS
Program: State Data Infrastructure	TI14610
Congressional District: MS-04
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
Mississippi proposes to utilize revenue derived from the State Infrastructure Grant to obtain consulting service, conduct various forms of technical assistance, training modules, and ameliorate management skills. Implementation of these particular strategies will help support, strategically advance and leverage upon the success previously achieved from DASIS related activities within the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

Grantee: Coastal Family Health Center, Inc.	Biloxi, MS
Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS	TI14611
Congressional District: MS-05
FY 2004 Funding: : $221,556
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007
Coastal Family Health Center, Biloxi, MS -- $252,969 -- to expand and enhance services that will provide day and evening individuals and group counseling for substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS prevention. The center goal is to provide substance abuse treatment for 150 patients and their families, providing early intervention and prevention services to 2,000 adolescents and 20 former prison inmates living in the Mississippi area. The program will use Targeted Capacity Expansion TCE/HIV to target adolescents and criminal justice individuals from the Latino population.