H79SM087494

The project aware submitted by the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County will expand behavioral health services in Union County for youth and families.

Union County Project Aware project abstract

This application, Union County Project Aware, is submitted by the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County (MHRBUC), the behavioral health planning and funding authority (political subdivision) for Union County, Ohio. Union County Project Aware will provide the needed enhanced infrastructure and integration of community and school-based behavioral health services by strengthening the multi-tiered system of support and student assistance program structures and processes. It will also embed school navigators, family peer support specialists, shared data, and increased access to services and effective training and support for youth services in Union County.

This project includes a partnership between the MHRBUC, three LEAs: Marysville Exempted Village School District (MEVSD), North Union Local Schools (NULS), and Fairbanks Local Schools (FBLS), the State Education Association Ohio Department of Education (ODE), the State Mental Health Agency Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OHIOMHAS), and four local behavioral health providers: Maryhaven, Prevention Awareness Support Services (PASS), Wings Support and Recovery (WINGS), and Council for Union County Families (CUCF).

This funding will allow Union County to develop the infrastructure and processes needed to infuse the state-level recommendations to increase sustainability of the best practices for student behavioral health. Union County Project Aware will serve approximately 7,600 students in three Union County school districts and will encompass behavioral health services across the Institute of Medicine's continuum of care from prevention to treatment and recovery supports (IOM, 2009).

In 2019, MHRBUC began a significant plan to link child serving systems, behavioral health providers, and public/private payers to support expanded mental health services to all Union County youth across the full Institute of Medicine's continuum of care (IOM, 2009). This innovative and collaborative program took several years to stand up to begin serving families. One of the primary tenets of this model is to ensure that all youth and families had access to this service no matter their location or payer source. Union County Project Aware will expand Mosaic and further provide the most cost-effective and responsive approach of embedding behavioral health services at the school building level.

This project will address data-driven areas of need including enhanced collaboration and partnership, mental health literacy, continuum of care access, multi-tiered system of support, and expanded services and support. The goals of the project include:

Goal 1: Enhance collaboration and partnership between student, family, school, and community behavioral health service providers to increase awareness of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring issues among school-aged youth.

Goal 2: Identify and create opportunities to support school staff and community members' mental health literacy and skill acquisition to support student and school staff wellness.

Goal 3: Identify and remove barriers to access, engagement, and service delivery for services across the IOM continuum of care to promote and foster resilience building and mental health well-being.

Goal 4: Establish and expand student assistance program with evidence-based and trauma-informed prevention and behavioral health interventions as a part of the school districts' multi-tiered system of support framework.

Goal 5: Sustain and expand critical system of care supports and services across the Institute of Medicine's continuum to connect school-aged youth with behavioral health issues, including SED or SMI, to the right service at the right time.

County Of Union

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]

Marysville, Ohio 43040 United States

Single Zip Code

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) (SM-22-018)

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 $3,561,864 to $7,123,728.