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American Indian and Alaska Native Behavioral Health Center of Excellence - The overall purpose of the University of Arizona's American Indian Research Center for Health (AIRCH) and Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) co-led, American Indian and Native Alaska Center of Excellence (AIAN COE) is to create a center to develop and strengthen behavioral health agencies to better serve and advocate for AIAN populations in order to improve health outcomes and reduce behavioral health disparities.

The goals of the project are to, 1) build relationships with SAMHSA stakeholders, other related SAMHSA TTA providers, Tribal Epidemiology Centers and other key stakeholders to collaboratively support SAMHSA's goal of addressing AIAN specific behavioral health disparities for AIAN populations and to avoid duplicative TTA services, 2) establish a national AIAN COE Steering Committee that includes AIAN behavioral health experts, behavioral health providers, other providers, and people with lived experience to identify issues and guide the COE, 3) provide culturally-responsive training and technical assistance to improve processes and practices in the delivery of behavioral health treatment and recovery services to reduce disparities for AIAN community members, 4) develop and deliver in-person, virtual and on-demand trainings, disseminate public facing tools, organize resources and increase reach of messaging related to behavioral health disparities to increase the quality of service delivery for AIAN communities, 5) convene an annual Leadership Academy focused on increasing knowledge, skills, and professional development opportunities for AIAN behavioral health leaders, and both virtual and in-person Policy Academies to do in-depth on crafting policies and strategies within regions to address behavioral health disparities, and 6) provide an evaluation of the project activities and longitudinal improvements for AIAN clients in both policy and practice.

We will also develop an electronic resource library to be housed on the AIAN COE website that contains a vast array of resources for providers, includes current data trends and houses the on-demand training series.

University Of Arizona

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Tucson, Arizona 857194843 United States

Single Zip Code

American Indian and Alaska Native Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (FG-23-001)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 648% from $500,000 to $3,740,159.