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Wendt Resilient Scholars Project: Community-Based, Family-Focused Therapy for Low-Income, Minority Children and Adolescents in Washington DC

Award Number: H79SM084799
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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Wendt Resilient Scholars Project: Community-Based, Family-Focused Therapy for Low-Income, Minority Children and Adolescents in Washington DC - The Wendt Resilient Scholars community-based, family-focused project (RSP) addresses barriers to mental health care faced by at-risk children and adolescents in Washington, DC, by increasing access to evidence-based treatment services. RSP serves children, adolescents, and families from DC's lowest-income Wards. The project implements three evidence-based practices to address untreated trauma, increase protective factors within families, and improve child/adolescent emotional wellbeing and health. The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing is the leading provider of trauma-informed mental health care in the Washington, DC, region, sharply focused on improving access to treatment for under-resourced communities. The children, adolescents, and families served through RSP reside in DC's most impoverished neighborhoods with the highest rates of health disparities and exposure to chronic stressors. Participants will be low-income, minority families who have experienced trauma and/or traumatic loss (community violence, poverty, discrimination, incarceration loss, etc.). The project incorporates a dual individual and systems-level approach, allowing more children/adolescents to directly access treatment while equipping the systems in which they spend their time (their families, schools, communities) to provide supportive environments that promote emotional wellbeing and health. In addition to direct treatment services, RSP provides training on trauma-informed practices to school staff and community members who serve and interact with trauma-impacted young people. RSP will serve 50 new families annually for the first three years of the grant and 45 families annually for the final two years, reaching approximately 720 individuals. RSP will train 70-75 school personnel and 45-50 community members annually. Collectively, 1,320 individuals will be served over the life of the grant. The project goal is to increase the impact and reach of mental health services for low-income, minority DC children/adolescents and their families who are suffering the adverse consequences of exposure to trauma and/or traumatic loss through a holistic, community-based program of evidence-based interventions. Objectives include: 1) Strengthen RSP infrastructure to provide accessible and effective services through the project's community-based, family-focused interventions; 2) Provide 50 news families (Years 1-3; 45 new families for Y4-5) impacted by trauma with access to evidence-based mental health services per year, with 70% of family members demonstrating decreased mental health symptoms, 65% increasing coping skills and functioning, and 65% improving family communication upon treatment completion; 3) Expand the ability of schools and community members to meet the needs of trauma-impacted children/adolescents through the provision of training to 75 school personnel (68 for Y4-5) and 50 community members (45 for Y4-5) per project year' 4) Effect systemic change to improve community understanding of, and response to, children/adolescents impacted by trauma through participation in 2-4 DC City Council hearings and 20-25 additional relevant forums on a yearly basis; and 5) Review and evaluate effectiveness of program and services in close collaboration with NCTSN.


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	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	1/15/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2026	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	1/14/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	9/26/2025	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2025	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	12/17/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	6/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,200,000 )
2023	2023	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	5/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,200,000
2023	2022	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	2/1/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2022	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	4/4/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $1,200,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $400,000 )
2022	2022	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	2	8/22/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$400,000
2022	2021	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	6/24/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	11/4/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2021	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	1	8/18/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $400,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $400,000 )
2021	2021	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	9/14/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2021	WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS & HEALING	4201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300	WASHINGTON	DC	20008	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	7/1/2021	NEW	$400,000
														Subtotal = $400,000

Grand Total All Awards = $2,000,000

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Wendt Resilient Scholars Project: Community-Based, Family-Focused Therapy for Low-Income, Minority Children and Adolescents in Washington DC

Award Number: H79SM084799

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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