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Nevada 988 State and Territory Improvement - The Nevada 988 Lifeline aims to prevent deaths by suicide and to reduce harm from intentional, self-directed injuries for all persons experiencing behavioral health crises. As an integral part of the state's evolving Crisis Response System (CRS), the Nevada 988 Lifeline provides individuals in crisis with access to support services from trained professionals and paraprofessionals who can be reached by telephone, text, and chat.

A critical gap in the state's current crisis response system involves the in-state answer rates for calls, texts, and chats that are received by the Nevada 988 Lifeline. Nevada's average answer rate for in-state calls is 73%. The state will use funding from the 'FY 2023 Cooperative Agreements to Improve Local 988 Capacity' to achieve a lower staff to supervisor ratio by increasing competitive pay rates and to provide corresponding training and support so that staff will be able to meet the standards established for call center personnel.

In the absence of this support, the state anticipates that the crisis call center will not be able to increase the capacity needed to maintain or increase call answer rates and decrease wait times. By expanding workforce capacity for call center answering and case management, the Nevada 988 Lifeline would be expected to respond with answer rates for calls/texts/chats that exceed 90%.

Nevada Department Of Health And Human Services

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]

Reno, Nevada 895078016 United States

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Cooperative Agreements for States and Territories to Improve Local 988 Capacity (FG-23-006)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 196% from $2,178,040 to $6,439,516.