H79SM087249

CPS Multi-Tiered System of Trauma-Informed Supports to Students and Their Families and Professional Development of Staff and Educators

The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, District 299, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) proposes to expand its current trauma-informed mental health services to include those which focus on substance use prevention and intervention. The population of focus is the district's school communities, including students and their families and caregivers, staff, and educators.

The year one geographic catchment areas are high school networks 14 and 16. However, youth and their families regardless of enrollment in CPS or residence in these networks or of high school age will have access to developmentally and culturally appropriate trauma-informed mental health services for substance use. We plan to expand the project to networks 15 and 17 by the project's end in 2026. These networks encompass communities of color, of which most are historically disinvested.

Research shows that over 80% of high school youth in Chicago have been exposed to violence in their lifetime and that this violence is concentrated in communities with high rates of disinvestment (Gorman-Smith et al., 2014). Data from Chicago's 2019 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) demonstrates students experience high rates of emotional distress (35%) and suicide attempts (10%). The YRBS data also reflects an increase in the number of high school students who report feeling sad and hopeless (28% in 2005, 38% in 2019).

Student substance use is rising in tandem with the rise in students feeling sad and hopeless. Instances of substance use infractions increased by 59% in SY19. According to the YRBS, 26% of surveyed students report currently drinking alcohol, and 23% of students report currently using marijuana. Possessing or using substances in school is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct (SCC 4-14), and 2,011 infractions were recorded across the district in SY20.

The project is organized across five activity areas to provide effective prevention education and responsive screening and interventions to impact youth substance use behaviors in Chicago Public Schools across a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS).

1. Prevention/Education (Tier 1)
2. Responding to Substance Use Behaviors: Engaging Students & Families (Tiers 2-3)
3. Responding to Substance Use Behaviors: Substance Use Resources & Interventions (Tiers 2-3)
4. School-Based Substance Use Intervention Supports (Tiers 2-3)
5. Community-Based Substance Use Intervention Supports (Tiers 2-3)

Proposed number of individuals served:
Students:
Year 1: 150
Year 2: 500
Year 3: 7,400
Year 4: 10,500

Educators/Staff/Administrators:
Year 1: 350
Year 2: 400
Year 3: 450
Year 4: 500

Parents/Caregivers:
Year 1: 100
Year 2: 200
Year 3: 300
Year 4: 400

Board Of Education City Of Chicago

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]

Chicago, Illinois 606024309 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 End Date has been shortened from 12/30/26 to 09/29/26 and the total obligations have increased 100% from $1,940,000 to $3,880,000.