H79SM085317

New Mexico Project Aware - The NM Public Education Department is ideally positioned to partner with the NM Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to implement Project Aware's broad-scale mental health services and training in three local education agencies (LEAs): Socorro Consolidated Schools in Socorro County, Farmington Municipal Schools in San Juan County, and Santa Fe Public Schools in Santa Fe County.

All three LEAs have high rates of families speaking languages other than English in the home: Socorro 39%, San Juan 30% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019), and Santa Fe 36% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019A), and high rates of children living in poverty (26.3% in San Juan, 35.5% in Socorro, and 19% in Santa Fe; NMDOH, 2020).

The purpose of Project Aware is to expand the capacity of the SEA (NM Public Education Department; PED) in partnership with the Children's SMHA (NM Children, Youth and Families Department; CYFD), and three LEAs located in Socorro, Farmington, and Santa Fe to promote the healthy development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence.

The goals are to:
(1) Increase awareness of MH issues among school-aged youth;
(2) Provide training for school personnel and other adults who interact with school-aged youth to detect and respond to MH issues;
(3) Connect school-aged youth who may have MH issues (including serious emotional disturbance [SED] or serious mental illness [SMI]), and their families, to needed services;
(4) Develop the infrastructure to sustain MH services & supports for school-aged youth after funding ends; and
(5) Utilize program evaluation to ensure continuous quality improvement.

One hundred youth will be served annually, with 500 youth served over the life of the grant.

New Mexico Department Of Public Education

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]

Santa Fe, New Mexico 875012744 United States

Single Zip Code

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Education Agency Grants (SM-21-006)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 34% from $5,335,636 to $7,135,637.