Marsha Baker, LCSW-C Public Health Advisor Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration September 23,

Marsha Baker, LCSW-CPublic Health AdvisorCenter for Substance Abuse TreatmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationSeptember 23, 2008

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OverviewOverview

1. Introduction to SAMHSA

2. FY 2008 Funding Opportunities

3. Application Process

4. The service mission of the Recovery

Community

5. Recovery Support Service Agencies and

Future Directions

Introduction to SAMHSAIntroduction to SAMHSA

• SAMHSA is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services

• SAMHSA has 3 Centers:

o Center for Mental Health Serviceso Center for Substance Abuse Treatmento Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

SAMHSA’s Strategic PlanSAMHSA’s Strategic Plan

VISIONVISIONA Life in the Community for Everyone

Measure and reportprogram performance

Increase serviceavailability

Improve serviceImprove servicequalityquality

AACCOUNTABILITYCCOUNTABILITY CCAPACITYAPACITY EEFFECTIVENESSFFECTIVENESS

MISSIONMISSIONBuilding Resilience and Facilitating Recovery

•Track national trends•Establish measurements and reporting systems•Develop and promote standards to monitor service systems•Achieve excellence in management practices

•Assess resources and needs•Support service expansion•Improve services organization and financing•Recruit, educate, and retain workforce•Create interlocking systems of care•Promote appropriate assessment and referral

• Assess service delivery practices• Identify and promote evidence-based approaches • Implement and evaluate innovative services• Provide workforce training and education

The U.S. Department of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health and Human Services

(HHS)(HHS)

• The largest grant-making agency in the Federal government.

• 60,000 grants per year.

SAMHSA IS…SAMHSA IS…

• One of the eleven grant making agencies of HHS.

• FY 2008 SAMHSA Budget $3.2 billion.

• Other HHS agencies include CDC, FDA, ACF, and HRSA.

2008 FY Funding Opportunities2008 FY Funding Opportunities

Center for Mental Health Services

1. Statewide Family Networks

2. Statewide Consumer Networks

3. Consumer/Consumer Supporter TA Centers

4. Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery

5. Older Adults Targeted Capacity Expansion

6. Child Mental Health Initiative

Center for Mental Health Services (cont’d)

7. Campus Suicide Prevention

8. Minority Fellowship

9. Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines

10. National Child Traumatic Stress Network

11. Conference Grants

12. Mental Health Data Infrastructure

13. Circles of Care

FY 2008 Funding OpportunitiesFY 2008 Funding Opportunities

FY 2008 Funding OpportunitiesFY 2008 Funding Opportunities

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

1. Conferences

2. Drug-Free Communities - Coalitions

3. Drug-Free Communities –Mentors

4. Minority SA/HIV Prevention Initiative

FY 2008 Funding OpportunitiesFY 2008 Funding Opportunities

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

1. Targeted Capacity Expansion – HIV/AIDS

2. Targeted Capacity Expansion (General)

3. Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs)

4. Treatment Drug Courts

5. Pregnant and Postpartum Women

FY 2008 Funding OpportunitiesFY 2008 Funding Opportunities

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

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6. Recovery Community Services Program

7. Access to Recovery

8. Treatment for Homeless Individuals

9. Physician Clinical Support System

10. Conferences

11. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Treatment (SBIRT).

• Access SAMHSA http://www.samhsa.gov

• Access Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov

• No longer publish announcements in Federal Register

Accessing Funding OpportunitiesAccessing Funding Opportunities

Must Haves

Your organization must be eligible

Different categories of eligibility, for example:

• Domestic, public and private non-profit organizations

• State government

• Community-based organizations

• Office of the Governor

Competitive ApplicationsCompetitive Applications

More Must Haves:

Must have appropriate licensures or experience as stated in the announcement

Must have appropriate Government forms• PHS 4161-1 (Application Form) • SF 424 (Face Page) • SF424A (Budget Form)

Must use required format

Competitive ApplicationsCompetitive Applications

Evaluation CriteriaEvaluation Criteria

Reviewers assess the application against the evaluation criteria in the announcement

Reviewing our missions…Reviewing our missions…

• Corporation for National and Community Service: to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.

• SAMHSA: a life in the community for everyone. To realize this vision, the Agency has sharply focused its mission on building resilience and facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders.

Related language…Related language…

• Service learning principles• Build stronger, sustainable community networks• Help rural and economically distressed

communities gain access to private and public resources

• Put the needs of local communities first• Support diverse organizations• Build collaborations• Making a Difference

Recovery Community and the Recovery Community and the Recovery MovementRecovery Movement

The “recovery community” is a voluntary association of those impacted by AOD problems who come together for mutual support and joint action on AOD-related issues.

A “recovery community” exists only to the extent that multiple and diverse recovery communities reach beyond their own geographical and cultural boundaries to embrace a single identity.

The recovery movement is an organized effort to: 1) remove barriers to recovery for those still suffering from

AOD problems, and2) to improve the quality of life of those recovering from

AOD problems.

Recovery Community and the Recovery Community and the Recovery MovementRecovery Movement

• Paradigm shift from traditional treatment models• Gives the message that recovery is possible• Builds on individual and community strengths• Provides support to those in recovery through

shared experience• Remove barriers to recovery for those suffering

from addiction • Assists the individual in recovery to re-engage—

based on resilience, health, and hope—with one’s family, friends, and community.

Recovery Community and the Recovery Community and the Recovery MovementRecovery Movement

• Persons in recovery and their family members are explicitly recognized as pivotal members of the workforce, as they have critical roles in caring for themselves and each other, whether informally through self-help and family care-giving or more formally through organized peer- and family-support services.

• These individuals are the unsung heroes and heroines of the workforce and provide a unique perspective that enhances the overall relevance and value of the care provided.

Recovery Support ServicesRecovery Support Services• Recovery support services are services aimed at

removing barriers and opening natural pathways to addiction recovery.

• Services may include:Transitional housingTransportation supportAlcohol and drug free socializationRecovery CoachingEmployment/Career Training Support GroupsHealth and Wellness ClassesParenting SupportLife skills

The recovery community is one in which service is highly valued—one in which the stability of one’s own sobriety is measured not by what one possesses but by what one gives away.

William L. White, 2000

• You give back, you don’t give up.’ You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you.” Betty Ford

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