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Project Support: Mental Health Awareness Training for First Responders

Award Number: H79SM084476
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Project Support: Mental Health Awareness Training for First Responders - Project Abstract Summary: Project Support: Mental Health Awareness Training for First Responders is training for first responders - public safety, fire, and EMS personnel - across Alabama to respond to adults with serious mental illness. The project strives to train first responders in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI), and to provide those experiencing mental health illnesses with appropriate resources. Goal 1: Train first responders who interact with adults to recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness, with the following two objectives: (a) Increase the number of MHFA trainers by four in Year 1 and by two each subsequent year, and (b) Train 2,240 unduplicated first responders in MHFA across the five years. Goal 2: Increase the knowledge of first responders, who interact with adults with signs and symptoms of mental illness, on the available behavioral health resources, with the following two objectives: (a) 90% of first responders surveyed will report an increase in mental health literacy, from pretest to posttest; and (b) Develop and promote a web-based information hub on available behavioral health resources in Year 1. Goal 3: Strengthen referral system to community mental health services to refer adults with signs or symptoms of mental illness, with the following two objectives: (a) By February 1, 2022, project partners will have established pathways for first responders who are trained in MHFA to refer adults with signs and symptoms of mental illness with whom they interact to community mental health services; and (b) By the end of the project, 50% of first responders trained in MHFA will report making a referral to a community mental health service. The unduplicated number of individuals who will be served annually is 320 during Year 1 and 480 each subsequent year for a total of 2,240 first responders over the five year project period.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $124,962 )
2025	2025	AL DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & RET	100 N UNION ST	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	5	9/16/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,962
														Subtotal = $124,962

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $124,962 )
2024	2024	AL DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & RET	100 N UNION ST	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	4	5/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,962
														Subtotal = $124,962

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $124,962 )
2023	2023	AL DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & RET	100 N UNION ST	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	6/8/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,962
														Subtotal = $124,962

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $124,962 )
2022	2022	ALABAMA DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH	100 N UNION ST STE 520	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	6/6/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,962
2022	2021	ALABAMA DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH	100 N UNION ST STE 520	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	12/3/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $124,962

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $124,962 )
2021	2021	ALABAMA DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH	100 N UNION ST STE 520	MONTGOMERY	AL	36104	MONTGOMERY	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/7/2021	NEW	$124,962
														Subtotal = $124,962

Grand Total All Awards = $624,810

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Project Support: Mental Health Awareness Training for First Responders

Award Number: H79SM084476

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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