Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
The Village South LIFE Youth And Family TREE - The Village South (TVS) is requesting $2,723,821 over 5 years to support TVS’s Youth and Family TREE project (LIFE – Living Involves Family Empowerment) that will provide early intervention, recovery support services and comprehensive SUD/COD outpatient treatment to primarily Latino and other minority youth (12-25 years), and their families/primary caregivers in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida. Adolescents and transitional-age youth will have substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (COD). TVS will offer these programs in coordination with local school districts and other community-based, youth-serving organizations. The project will provide comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services to 450 unique individuals over the 5-year project period, including 50 individuals in year 1 and 100 individuals in years 2 through 5. LIFE will implement evidence-based programs to support individuals and their families or caregivers in attaining sobriety and maintaining recovery. Project goals and objectives include: Goal 1: Increase access to care by providing culturally competent and youth-centered evidenced-based SUD/COD treatment to primarily minority youth (ages 12-25) and their families to decrease substance misuse and mental health symptoms and reduce health disparities. 1.1: Provide A-CRA/ACC to 450 unduplicated youth across the 5-year funding period. 1.2: Provide Seeking Safety to 80% of the youth having trauma-related symptoms. 1.3: Refer 85% of youth and their family members for additional services as needed. 1.4: 75% of the youth will complete A-CRA/ACC. 1.5: 80% of youth completing treatment will be alcohol and drug free during the 30 days prior to discharge, and 70% of those will be alcohol and drug free at 3/6-months post admission. 1.6: 80% of youth completing treatment will exhibit decreased depression and anxiety symptoms at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain improvements/show additional decreases at 3/6-months post admission. 1.7: 70% of youth completing Seeking Safety will report reduced trauma symptoms at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain the improvements/show additional decreases at 3/6-months post admission. Goal 2: Enhance the social and behavioral health functioning of primarily minority youth (12-25) and their families. 2.1: 80% of youth successfully completing treatment who did not have stable living arrangement at admission will have stable living arrangements at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain their living arrangements at 3/6-months post admission. 2.2: 80% of youth completing treatment will be in an educational/vocational program, be seeking employment actively, or be employed at discharge, and 70% will continue to remain enrolled, complete their education/training, or remain employed at 3/6-months post admission. 2.3: 80% of youth completing treatment will not engage in new criminal activity at discharge, and 70% will not recidivate at 3/6-months post admission. 2.4: 80% of youth completing treatment will have improved social connectedness at discharge, and 70% will maintain these improvements at 3/6-months post admission. 2.5: 80% of youth will utilize ER services less and have fewer hospitalizations for SUD and Mental Health at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain/increase this reduction at 3/6-months post admission.
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).