H79SM086278

HI-AWARE2 - Abstract:

Project Title: HI-AWARE2

HI-AWARE2 will support the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) as a SEA and as an LEA with seven districts (DI) statewide using the Hawaii Multi-Tiered System of Support (HMTSS) to implement mental health-related awareness, prevention, intervention, and resilience activities. The goal is to ensure that students have access to and are connected to appropriate and effective behavioral health supports through Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Trauma-Informed Care, and School-Based Behavioral Health (SBBH).

Populations Served:

The complex areas (CAS) served will be Castle Kahuku Complex and Nanakuli Waianae Complex (Oahu) and Kau-Keaau-Pahoa Complex (Hawaii Island), with expansion to four other districts (Central, Honolulu, Maui, Kauai) to serve 20,400 annually in years 1 and 2, and 174,700 students statewide annually in years 3-5. Hawaii is considered high need, with approximately 1 in every 2 students eligible for free or reduced lunch, 195 Title I schools, and 75,666 students residing in homes classified as low socio-economic status.

Strategies/Interventions:

The project will continue to implement and enhance the HMTSS framework, which provides universal, targeted, and intensive supports to school-aged youth who need them. It will also assess and enhance the HMTSS system for cultural competence, trauma-informed care, being developmentally appropriate, evidence-based, and evidence-informed. Additionally, the project will address the effects of COVID-19 and its impact on schools and school-aged youth through a revised statewide HMTSS guide. In partnership with HIDOE, CAMHDA, Hale Kipa, and targeted CAS, HMTSS referral pathways between tiers will be enhanced to ensure students receive the level of support necessary. HI-AWARE2 will create a crisis prevention plan for CAS, establish an advisory board to support improvement, and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention policy, including a plan for evidence-based training for students in 6-12th grade in coordination with school-based mental health resources.

Project Goals and Objectives:

Goal 1: Increase awareness/knowledge of staff and school-aged youth to understand and detect signs/symptoms of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.
- Objective 1: Establish a capacity-building plan to increase mental health awareness for staff/students in the three complex areas.
- Objective 2: Establish a threat assessment and violence prevention plan.
- Objective 3: All complex areas/schools statewide identify point of contact and methods of collaboration.

Goal 2: Increase/improve access to school and community-based trauma-informed and developmentally relevant SEL based on Na Hopena A'o (HA).
- Objective 1: Embed HA framework into SEL curricula through a trauma-informed lens.
- Objective 2: 80% or more schools include adult SEL component.
- Objective 3: 80% or more schools in 3 CAS integrate SEL within HMTSS and establish an integrated SEB PBIS framework.

Goal 3: Improve/expand three-tiered public health model.
- Objective 1: Establish a collaborative partnership to assess and address the needs and service gaps.
- Objective 2: Develop a referral pathway system within HMTSS connecting youth and families to services.
- Objective 3: Establish an advisory board and develop a sustainability plan.

Goal 4: Establish school-based, culturally relevant, and evidence-based suicide awareness and prevention training policy in secondary schools.
- Objective 1: Establish a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy in alignment with the National Health Standards.
- Objective 2: Assure staff are trained in suicide prevention as dictated by 302A-856 Hawaii Revised Statutes, and a plan is in place for school-age youth suicide awareness prevention training to increase from baseline to 80%.
- Objective 3: A coordinated suicide prevention training program is in place, available to secondary students and schools, including the new 988 suicide hotline number and the Crisis Textline 741741, to increase from baseline to 80%.

Hawaii Department Of 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]

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States

Single Zip Code

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) (SM-22-001)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 300% from $1,800,000 to $7,200,000.