H79SM085790
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Lakewood COVID Response Project - Lakewood COVID Response Project will provide adults with serious mental illness, and co-occurring disorders, as well as youth with serious emotional disorders with a community-based, comprehensive behavioral health service array to address the negative effects of the pandemic.
People of Orthodox Jewish/Hasidic faith constitute about 74% of the geographic area's (Lakewood Township) population. Families are large and economically disadvantaged with 24.2% living below the poverty line and 53% below 200% of poverty. 83% of Lakewood Township is white; 13% are Latino; 3% are African American; 1% are Asian; 48% of the population are under the age of 18.
Clinical characteristics include a significant increase in anxiety and depression since COVID-19, external stress caused by COVID-related job loss, isolation, homelessness, and family strain, and anti-Semitic incidents (up 18% since COVID).
Project strategies and interventions include hiring clinical staff including psychiatric, provision of evidence-based practices in schools and community, marketing, outreach, and cross-system partnership development, provision of staff supports to address compassion fatigue, and enhancements to Lakewood's crisis response system.
Goal 1: Restore the delivery of clinical services impacted by the pandemic.
OBJ.1.A.: Multipronged marketing and outreach campaign to 16,000 households.
OBJ.1B: Enhance referral networks generating at least 100 referrals.
OBJ.1C: Conduct virtual treatment to 300 individuals.
OBJ.1D: Hire psychiatric staff to treat 100 individuals.
OBJ.1E.: Reduce service waitlist by at least 50%.
OBJ.1.F.: Overcome transportation barrier by providing 800 taxi rides.
Goal 2: Provide behavioral health services to students.
OBJ.2A: Provide 4 trainings to 100 school staff on early signs of mental illness, SUD, and wellness.
OBJ.2B.: Train 10 clinicians to deliver school-based early intervention and clinical treatment in at least 10 schools with a total enrollment of 8,982.
Goal 3: Provide evidence-based treatments and supports to address pandemic effects.
OBJ3A: Train 60 people in the mental health and related workforce in EBPs: Motivational Interviewing (MI), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
OBJ3B: Provide care management to support 75 families experiencing COVID-19 related job loss, homelessness, death, prolonged illness, and/or marital or family strain.
OBJ3C: Hire 5 part-time providers of psych rehab and peer supports to support recovery for 50 individuals.
Goal 4: To provide resources and supports to address COVID-related compassion fatigue and burnout.
OBJ4A: 40 clinicians attend behavioral health conference.
OBJ4B: Implement activities to promote self-care for mental health staff.
Goal 5: To promote alternatives to hospitalization for individuals in crisis.
OBJ5A: Provide training to 120 first responders on how to access local mental health and substance use providers.
OBJ5B: Offer crisis diversion services.
A total of 800 individuals will be served by the grant (400 in year 1 and 400 in year 2).
People of Orthodox Jewish/Hasidic faith constitute about 74% of the geographic area's (Lakewood Township) population. Families are large and economically disadvantaged with 24.2% living below the poverty line and 53% below 200% of poverty. 83% of Lakewood Township is white; 13% are Latino; 3% are African American; 1% are Asian; 48% of the population are under the age of 18.
Clinical characteristics include a significant increase in anxiety and depression since COVID-19, external stress caused by COVID-related job loss, isolation, homelessness, and family strain, and anti-Semitic incidents (up 18% since COVID).
Project strategies and interventions include hiring clinical staff including psychiatric, provision of evidence-based practices in schools and community, marketing, outreach, and cross-system partnership development, provision of staff supports to address compassion fatigue, and enhancements to Lakewood's crisis response system.
Goal 1: Restore the delivery of clinical services impacted by the pandemic.
OBJ.1.A.: Multipronged marketing and outreach campaign to 16,000 households.
OBJ.1B: Enhance referral networks generating at least 100 referrals.
OBJ.1C: Conduct virtual treatment to 300 individuals.
OBJ.1D: Hire psychiatric staff to treat 100 individuals.
OBJ.1E.: Reduce service waitlist by at least 50%.
OBJ.1.F.: Overcome transportation barrier by providing 800 taxi rides.
Goal 2: Provide behavioral health services to students.
OBJ.2A: Provide 4 trainings to 100 school staff on early signs of mental illness, SUD, and wellness.
OBJ.2B.: Train 10 clinicians to deliver school-based early intervention and clinical treatment in at least 10 schools with a total enrollment of 8,982.
Goal 3: Provide evidence-based treatments and supports to address pandemic effects.
OBJ3A: Train 60 people in the mental health and related workforce in EBPs: Motivational Interviewing (MI), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
OBJ3B: Provide care management to support 75 families experiencing COVID-19 related job loss, homelessness, death, prolonged illness, and/or marital or family strain.
OBJ3C: Hire 5 part-time providers of psych rehab and peer supports to support recovery for 50 individuals.
Goal 4: To provide resources and supports to address COVID-related compassion fatigue and burnout.
OBJ4A: 40 clinicians attend behavioral health conference.
OBJ4B: Implement activities to promote self-care for mental health staff.
Goal 5: To promote alternatives to hospitalization for individuals in crisis.
OBJ5A: Provide training to 120 first responders on how to access local mental health and substance use providers.
OBJ5B: Offer crisis diversion services.
A total of 800 individuals will be served by the grant (400 in year 1 and 400 in year 2).
Funding Goals
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND TERRITORIES TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THE STATE'S PLAN FOR PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND TO CHILDREN WITH A SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, MONITOR THE PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL THAT WILL ASSIST THE STATES IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
New Jersey
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/29/23 to 09/29/24.
Lakewood Community Service Corporation was awarded
Lakewood COVID Response: Behavioral Health for Mental Illness & Youth
Project Grant H79SM085790
worth $4,000,000
from the Division of Grants Management in September 2021 with work to be completed primarily in New Jersey United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.958 Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Community Mental Health Centers Grant Program.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 3/20/25
Period of Performance
9/30/21
Start Date
9/29/24
End Date
Funding Split
$4.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to H79SM085790
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
H79SM085790
SAI Number
H79SM085790-3798833175
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
75SAMH SAMHSA Division of Grants Management
Funding Office
75MS00 SAMHSA CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Awardee UEI
YPELTV2FFC87
Awardee CAGE
5E4B6
Performance District
NJ-90
Senators
Robert Menendez
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Modified: 3/20/25