Project AWARE - States

 
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    CFDA#

    93.243     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

    Summary

    The purpose of Project AWARE is to develop a sustainable infrastructure for school-based mental health programs and services. It is expected that the recipient will build a collaborative partnership that includes the State Education Agency (SEA), the Local Education Agency (LEA), the State Mental Health Agency (SMHA), community-based providers of behavioral health care services, school personnel, community organizations, families, and school-aged youth. Based on a public health model, this partnership will implement mental health related promotion, awareness, prevention, and intervention activities to ensure that students have access and are connected to appropriate and effective behavioral health services. SAMHSA expects that this program will promote the healthy social and emotional development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence in school settings.


    The goals of AWARE are:

    • Increase awareness of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring issues among school-aged youth.
    • Increase the mental health literacy of individuals who interact with school-aged youth to understand and detect the signs and symptoms of mental illness, substance use/misuse, and co-occurring disorders.
    • Promote and foster resilience building and mental health well-being for all school aged youth.
    • Provide positive behavioral health supports; targeted services to those who need more support; and intensive services to those who need them.
    • Connect school-aged youth who may have behavioral health issues, including serious emotional disturbance (SED) or serious mental illness (SMI), and their families to needed services.
    • Increase and improve access to culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate, and trauma-informed school and community-based AWARE grant activities and services.
     

    History of Funding

    Up to $43,000,000 was available in total funding for up to 23 awards in FY22.

    Up to $9,943,394 was available in total funding for up to 5 awards in FY21.

    Up to $31,492,000 was available in total funding for up to 8 awards in FY20.

    Additional Information

    Allowable activities can be supported with funds but are not required. Allowable activities may include:

    • Providing supports to assist teachers and school personnel to develop skills that promote staff wellness, mental well-being, and resilience to better support and refer school-aged youth with behavioral health issues to needed services.
    • Providing trauma-informed evidence-based counseling and support services for LGBTQI+ children, adolescents, and their families/caregivers, including those who have survived sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts (SOGI Change Efforts) also known as so-called conversion therapy” or so-called reparative therapy”. 
    • For SEAs, LEAs, TEAs, States, tribes only: establishing and implementing a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy which addresses the following:
      • Be evidence-based;
      • Be culturally and linguistically appropriate;
      • Provide evidence-based training to students in grades 6 through 12, in coordination with school-based mental health resources, regarding:
        • i. Suicide prevention education and awareness, including associated risk factors;
        • ii. Methods that students can use to seek help; and
        • iii. Student resources for suicide awareness and prevention.
    • Provide for periodic re-training of students.

    The funding restrictions for this project are as follows:

    • No more than 15 percent of the annual grant award may be used for data collection, performance measurement, and performance assessment, including incentives for participating in the required data collection follow-up. This amount must include evaluation costs for all activities at both the state and community levels.

    Contacts

    Corey Sullivan

    Corey Sullivan
    Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
    5600 Fishers Lane
    Rockville, MD 20857
    (240) 276-1213
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible entities are States; political subdivisions of States (e.g., county, LEA); Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in section 5304 of title 25), health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or grant with the Indian Health Service, or other domestic public or private nonprofit entities).

    Deadline Details

    Applications are to be submitted by April 28, 2023. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.

    Award Details

    Approximately $38,129,774 will be available in funding for FY2023. Up to twenty-one awards will be granted. Awards are up to $1,800,000 per year. project period is up to 5 years. Cost sharing/matching is not required.

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