H79SM087201

Advancing Trauma Support in Schools: Embedding Trauma Services and Support within the Multi-Tiered System of Support Model - This project, entitled Advancing Trauma Support in Schools: Embedding Trauma Services and Support within the Multi-Tiered System of Support Model, will be the first to implement a continuity of services framework within the well-known, data-driven framework used to give targeted support to struggling students.

Although the MTSS model is used primarily for academic interventions, the application of the model to trauma has been strongly advocated but has not been empirically analyzed. Our central premise is that creating comprehensive programs, pathways, and practices at Tier I (prevention), Tier II (school-based individual/small-group intervention for mild-to-moderate severe traumatic stress), Tier III (school-based individual interventions for severe traumatic stress), and Tier IV levels (community-based intervention for very severe traumatic stress) will not only improve access to evidence-based and culturally relevant trauma supports but will result in faster and sustained outcomes among traumatized youth.

Our rationale, supported by our own pilot data, is that expanding the MTSS model to include key trauma-focused features can reduce PTSD and trauma-related issues faster, more economically, and with greater sustainability than the current standard of care in schools.

This proposal will use a large school district in Kentucky; a high needs district that enrolls students living in economically impoverished rural, suburban, and urban communities and is a primary catchment of low-income families migrating from the Appalachian region of the state. As such, the rates of exposure to different forms of trauma (e.g., domestic violence, physical abuse) and relevant outcomes (substance abuse, depression) are higher in the community and among district students than comparable areas of the state.

Given the breadth of the MTSS framework and our efforts on sustainability after the funding is completed, over 5,500 students, families, and community members would be served annually during the funding and over 10,000 would be served in the five years post-funding.

Campbell County Board 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]

Alexandria, Kentucky 410011223 United States

Single Zip Code

Cooperative Agreements for School-Based Trauma-Informed Support Services and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth (SM-22-017)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 293% from $965,626 to $3,799,582.