SAMHSA Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Funds

SAMHSA State Grant Awards FY 2004
Discretionary Funds in Detail
SOUTH DAKOTA

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Grantee: Restoring the Balance Project	Eagle Butte, SD
Program: CMHS 2004 EARMARKS	SM56681
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $223,672
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2005
The Restoring the Balance Project is designed to effect immediate improvements to the current system of children's mental health care services on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and will promote a reservation wide participatory model to address Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) among reservation youth, particularly suicidal and depressive behaviors. Utilizing a combination of prevention strategies and educational interventions, this project will improve access to mental health services and promote community ownership of the all too prevalent problem of suicide among American Indian Youth and Young Adults. Under the direction of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Counseling Services Program, this project will promote effective inter-agency collaborations, improvements to the patient referral process, and infrastructure upgrades to improve overall patient care.

Grantee: SD Department of Human Services	Pierre, SD
Program: Emergency Response	SM55180
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $89,899
Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2005
The South Dakota Department of Human Services in collaboration with other State, regional and local agencies will strengthen South Dakota's disaster response readiness through training and coordination of mental health and substance abuse professionals. This project will involve public awareness of the benefits and accessibility of these services, conduct statewide planning to develop a network of professionals, train mental health providers, substance abuse counselors, and first responder peers so that survivors of disasters and those who provide emergency response services have adequate counseling and support services across South Dakota. This training will strengthen crisis counseling to individual and families and Critical Incident Stress Management service to first responders throughout the State.

Grantee: State of South Dakota	Pierre , SD
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56627
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $141,087
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: Wankanyeja Pawicayapi, Inc.	Porcupine, SD
Program: Children's Services	SM52235
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $1,297,508
Project Period: 12/01/2000 - 08/31/2005
The Oglalla Sioux Tribe of South Dakota administers the Nagi Kicopi, (Calling the Spirit Back) project, for children with serious emotional disturbances. The Tiwahe (family) Advocacy Group establishes a circle of care consisting of parents/families, youth, service providers, schools, courts, law enforcement and community members. The project uses a Lakota culture based model of care which is strength based, individualized for the family culture, and builds on natural support systems. It is essencial for conventional western clinical practices to be adaptable to and inclusive of, Lakota cultural and ceremonial practices, based on family choice. The project follows upon a Circles of Care planning grant initiated by the Oglalla Sioux Tribe.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Grantee: Rural America Initiatives	Rapid City, SD
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11974
Congressional District:
FY 2004 Funding: : $74,968
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: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe	Fort Thompson, SD
Program: Emergency Response	SP00011
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 01/29/2005

Grantee: Dakota Drug and Alcohol Prevention	Sioux Falls, SD
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP11495
Congressional District: SD-00
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 Source: A Boys and Girls Club	Sisseton, SD
Program: Drug Free Communities	SP12115
Congressional District: SD-00
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: University of South Dakota	Vermillion, SD
Program: CSAP 2004 EARMARKS	SP10834
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $472,198
Project Period: 09/28/2004 - 09/27/2005
The purpose of the Consortium on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is to build capacity through an established consortium to reduce the risk factors that result in children born affected by a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Objective one for this project is to validate the Prenatal Questionnaire (PNQ) and to train selected prenatal clinics in the Consortium states on the use of the instrument. Objective two is to disseminate the findings from this study, both nationally and internationally. The target population for the validation of the Prenatal Questionnaire is pregnant women seeking prenatal care that are considered at-risk for alcohol use. Earlier data collected from the Prenatal Questionnaire across the states in this Consortium indicated specific key questions that could be used in prenatal clinics to quickly assess risk factors in women presenting at prenatal visits. Analysis of the data collected also indicated a higher level of integrity on the Prenatal Questionnaire than currently exists with many of the instruments now being used. Consequently over the next two years, the Consortium on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS Consortium) will work to validate the Prenatal Questionnaire (PNQ) by revising it to a brief instrument that could be completed in a five minute time frame; piloting the revised instrument; validating the revised instrument by utilizing a 'gold' standard measure; developing clinic procedures for using the revised instrument; training clinics on using the instrument and making appropriate referrals to community resources based on the results. Fidelity of this model is monitored by completing the Grant Monitoring Checklist, examining records and recording minutes from Consortium Advisory Council and Consortium Steering Committee meetings. Site visits to clinics participating in the validation study will take place when deemed necessary. Dissemination efforts will include sharing the findings from this important study nationally and internationally.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Grantee: Yankton Sioux Tribe	Marty, SD
Program: CSAT 2004 EARMARKS	TI16099
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $198,820
Project Period: 07/15/2004 - 07/14/2005
The Yankton Sioux Tribe will provide comprehensive treatment services, including establishing a halfway house and associated treatment programs for tribal members throughout the Northern Great Plains. It is anticipated that the halfway house program will provide services to 50 persons.

Grantee: South Dakota Dept of Human Services	Pierre, SD
Program: State Data Infrastructure	TI14644
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000
Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005
The current South Dakota Alcohol and Drug data collection system, developed in 1983, is antiquated and will not accommodate the new HIPAA regulations. Funds from the State Data Infrastructure Program (SDI) will help support the transition to a web-based system that meets the required HIPAA and other regulatory requirements. The new data collection system will gather data needed to track client encounters with treatment services from the initial interview through follow-up, post discharge. A series of web-based applications will manage the flow of data and automate the management of substance abuse treatment services. The web-based architecture will be designed with the flexibility to expand the system as additional needs and funds arise.

Grantee: Behavior Management Systems	Rapid City, SD
Program: CSAT 2004 EARMARKS	TI16101
Congressional District: SD-00
FY 2004 Funding: : $248,525
Project Period: 07/15/2004 - 07/14/2005
Impacting of western South Dakota, this grant will provide educational materials to healthcare providers and women of childbearing age to prevent prenatal consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs, including evaluation of children for FASD and advocacy for needed services.