Sunday, April 28, 2024
4/28/2024
The Aggie Disaster Response Mental Health Recovery Network will provide crisis counseling, mental health, vocational, and educational services for up to 250 adults who reside in North Carolina counties impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael. Specifically, this program will implement trauma-focused evidence-based practices to help these individuals gain a more substantial quality of life following disaster. The Department of Counseling at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a historically black college/university, is requesting funding pursuant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – Disaster Response Grant Program. The proposed project directly responds to the funding opportunity FG-20-004 to provide mental and substance use disorder treatment, crisis counseling, other related supports to adults impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael. The proposed project will screen and assess clients for the presence of mental and substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders. The information will then be used to link clients to partnering organizations that provide licensed counselors who will use the information obtained from the screening and assessment to develop appropriate treatment approaches. These approaches will be trauma informed and evidenced-based. Such approaches include: Mental Health First Aid, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and biofeedback techniques. Clients who are unemployed or underemployed will receive vocational evaluations to assist in determining viable occupational choices. Additionally, a Disaster Response educational course will be developed to provide individuals with a better understanding of how to approach mental health in the wake of disasters. This project will seek to serve 250 individuals. The goal is to recruit 250 clients in the first few months of the grant to start the process of providing the necessary services, although recruitment and treatment will be ongoing for the entire 18-month period. Each participant will be followed up every six months and at discharge for monitoring and research purposes. In sum, this project consists of the following components: (a) develop and implement a comprehensive plan of evidenced-based services; (b) screen and assess clients to better develop appropriate treatment approaches; (c) provide evidenced-based treatment services; (d) provide additional recovery support services such as vocational and educational components; (e) develop and implement a workforce development training plan; and (f) to establish relationships with local businesses, families, and community groups. In order to achieve this, measurable objectives have been set and an ongoing evaluation plan is in place to help ensure success.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
