Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
SMA Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (SMA) proposes to provide a variety of Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) opportunities to four distinct populations in a three county region. The population of focus for MHAT will be adults with severe mental illness. Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) -Public Safety will be presented to 911 dispatchers, law enforcement officers, paramedics, firefighters, and correctional officers. Working in collaboration with the Veteran’s Administration and local Veteran organizations, SMA will present MHFA for Military Members, Veterans, and their Families to active duty military, veterans, families, caregivers, and service responders in contact with armed services personnel, veterans, and their families who may be experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other mental disorders. SMA will also present MHFA to nursing assistant, nursing and medical students. Finally, SMA will offer MHFA to the general community. Each year SMA will present 14 Crisis Intervention Training events to as many as 350 Flagler, Putnam and Volusia County first responders. In year one, SMA will present 27 Mental Health First Aid training events in Flagler-Putnam-Volusia region and in years two and three 36 Mental Health First Aid training events. In year one, SMA will provide all forms of Mental Health First Aid Training to 486 participants; in year two 648 participants; and in year three 648 participants. SMA will provide written and electronic materials for the individuals being trained and maintain and update interactive web based materials for both trainees and the general community. SMA will establish referral mechanisms that increase the ability of the individuals trained to refer and link the population of focus to mental health resources and services. SMA will emphasize referral processes in all training by conducting pre and post-tests of referral knowledge and by regularly contacting trainees to obtain data regarding the number of referrals to mental health services they have made subsequent to their training. SMA will utilize its Crisis Response Interagency Workgroup to develop additional collaborative partnerships with relevant community agencies and programs to assist with responding to individuals experiencing mental health crises and improve coordination of services to persons with SMI. SMA will report quarterly using SPARS the number of law enforcement officers and other first responders trained in CIT as well as the number of corrections officers, correctional and law enforcement support staff, veteran service providers and families, medical and nursing students, and the general community SMA will also collect and data on the number of individuals that each trainee has referred to mental health or related services during the previous quarter. The Crisis Response Interagency Workgroup will assess project progress and address identified barriers.
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).
