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Mental Health Awareness Traning for first responders, their families/caregivers, and mental health providers

Award Number: H79SM084369
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/31/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Mental Health Awareness Traning for first responders, their families/caregivers, and mental health providers - The 2nd Alarm Project is a successful, multi-faceted, evidence-based outreach and intervention approach to addressing the behavioral health and substance use needs of first responders in the Florida Panhandle. By leveraging our existing infrastructure, resources, and partnerships, we will deliver evidence-based and culturally competent mental health awareness training to three primary populations: 1) first responders, 2) adult family members of first responders, and 3) mental health providers working with first responders. The project goals are to: A) Train emergency first responders and their families and caregivers to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbances (SED); B) Build capacity for evidence-based first responder peer support teams and develop local linkages with community-based mental health agencies to refer first responders and family members with the signs or symptoms of mental illness to appropriate services; and C) Develop and deliver evidence-based cultural competency trainings to mental health providers who work with the first responder population. Providing our first responders evidence-based mental health training also has the added benefit of better preparing them to identify persons with mental disorders encountered while working and employ crisis de-escalation techniques with the public. In addition, by building on the 2nd Alarm Project’s current successful mass-reach health communications campaign, we will develop and implement evidence-based social marketing and awareness campaigns. The campaigns are intended to reduce stigma about mental illness among first responders, raise awareness of the need for culturally competent professional mental health providers, and recruit new first responder organizations into our service delivery model. The catchment area includes the 20 FL panhandle counties currently included in the 2nd Alarm Project. The catchment area demonstrates widespread geographic rurality, where mental health issues are exacerbated by lack of economic, social, and health care resources. First responders in our catchment area experience higher rates of behavioral health and substance use disorders than previously believed and exhibit lower rates of help seeking behaviors. Reported barriers to care include many issues that can be addressed through more broad-based mental health awareness training and linkages to proficient providers. Furthermore, the mental health of first responders in these areas has been disproportionately impacted due to frontline work on the COVID-19 pandemic and issues of recent civil unrest within our communities. While misunderstandings, mistrust, stigma, and criticism have created a boundary between first responders and mental health services, this grant will amplify and expand the successes the 2nd Alarm Project has achieved with our population.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2025	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1700 LEE HALL DR #201	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	1/15/2026	OTHER REVISION	$0
2026	2025	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1700 LEE HALL DR #201	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	1/13/2026	TERMINATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $125,000 )
2025	2025	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1700 LEE HALL DR #201	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	9/15/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$125,000
														Subtotal = $125,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $125,000 )
2024	2024	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1700 LEE HALL DR #201	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	7/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$125,000
2024	2023	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1500 WAHNISH WAY	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	10/13/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1700 LEE HALL DR #201	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	5/1/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $125,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2023	2023	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1500 WAHNISH WAY	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	7/7/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2023	FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY	1500 WAHNISH WAY	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32307	LEON	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	12/15/2022	NEW	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Grand Total All Awards = $500,000

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Mental Health Awareness Traning for first responders, their families/caregivers, and mental health providers

Award Number: H79SM084369

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/31/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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