H79SM087527

Gang Alternative, Inc.'s Project CAATS (Collective Action for Addressing Trauma and Stress) - Gang Alternative, Inc., a community-based organization serving South Florida for over 17 years, is proposing Project CAATS (Collective Action for Addressing Trauma and Stress). CAATS is designed to effectively address community violence and collective trauma, using a comprehensive, integrated, and multi-sectoral approach to substance use prevention, violence prevention, and trauma-focused community engagement.

CAATS is a community and data-driven initiative and will be guided by a diverse community coalition, including social service providers and individuals with lived experiences. The project will target several high crime, high violence, and high poverty communities predominantly populated by black immigrants in the tri-county area: Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Unfortunately, residents in these communities wake up to trauma every day, including trauma from financial instability, poor quality of healthcare, criminal and violence victimization, and systemic prejudice and racism.

Furthermore, research has found a strong link between exposure to traumatic events and substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health (MH). It can be extrapolated that these communities also have undocumented cases of SUD and undiagnosed MH. With this in mind, CAATS will be guided by the strategic prevention framework and will implement community violence interventions and trauma-focused approaches to provide services and programming that promote resilience and advance equity in high-risk communities that have experienced exponential trauma from community violence over the past 2 years.

CAATS aims to provide direct services to 1,425 individuals annually, with an estimated 9,500 indirect beneficiaries per year. The projected total for the lifespan of the project is 5,700 unduplicated individuals served directly and 38,000 receiving indirect services through environmental strategies.

Gang Alternative

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]

Miami, Florida 331812725 United States

Single Zip Code

Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (SM-22-019)

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 $2,000,000 to $4,000,000.