Description

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Community Programs for Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults[1] at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis[2] Grant Program (Short Title: CHR-P).  The purpose of this program is to identify youth and young adults, not more than 25 years old, at clinical high risk for psychosis and provide evidence-based interventions to prevent the onset of psychosis or lessen the severity of psychotic disorder. 

• It is expected that this program will:
• improve symptomatic and behavioral functioning;
• enable youth and young adults to resume age-appropriate social, academic, and/or vocational activities;
• delay or prevent the onset of psychosis; and
• minimize the duration of untreated psychosis for those who develop psychotic symptoms.

SAMHSA and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) encourage partnerships between service grant applicants and mental health researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of stepped-care[3] intervention strategies for youth and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis. Research studies conducted within the context of the CHR-P program should be proposed through separate NIH research project grant applications. NIMH plans to issue a Notice directing research grant applicants to appropriate funding mechanisms.

Eligibility

Eligibility is statutorily limited to the following public entities:

• State governments and territories (the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands).
• Governmental units within political subdivisions of a state (e.g., county, city, town).
• Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations (as defined in Section 5304(b) and Section 5304(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act).

Award Information

Funding Mechanism: Grant

Anticipated Total Available Funding: $11,200,000

Anticipated Number of Awards: Up to 28

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $400,000 per year

Length of Project: Up to 4 years

Cost Sharing/Match Required?: Yes

Proposed budgets cannot exceed $400,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project.  Funding estimates for this announcement are based on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.  Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, recipient progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.