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Project AWARE

Award Number: SM062871
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/01/2017

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Project AWARE - Switchboard of Miami, proposes to implement Project on the MDC Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami (33132) through Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. Given that MDC transition-aged students are predominantly female (58%), Hispanic (64%), and low income (64%), they are especially at risk for mental health issues and/or substance use disorders. A 2013 NIDA report noted a disturbing trend in injection drug use among a new, young adult cohort of prescription opioid injectors, heroin initiates, and methamphetamine users in Miami-Dade County. Though the need is great, MDC has no student counseling centers or formal process to connect students in distress to the behavioral health services they require. There is no record of any MHFA Instructors or First Aiders within the 33132 zip code and only 6 Instructors and 441 First Aiders "located in and around Miami." The newly trained First Aiders will saturate the MDC Wolfson campus and Downtown Miami (33132) with an estimated ratio of 1 First Aider to every 15 transition-aged youth on campus. Project AWARE goals are to: increase the mental health literacy of adults who interact with the transition-aged youth who attend MDC's Wolfson campus; increase the capacity of adults within our geographic catchment area to respond to the behavioral health issues of transition-aged youth; conduct outreach and engagement strategies with transition-aged youth and their families to increase awareness of and promote positive behavioral health; link transition-aged youth with behavioral health issues to mental, emotional, and behavioral health assistance and services; increase collaborative partnerships with youth-serving agencies and programs.


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: 2017 ( Subtotal = -$125,000 )
2017	2016	SWITCHBOARD OF MIAMI, INC.	190 NE 3RD ST	MIAMI	FL	33132	MIAMI-DADE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	1	02	11/11/2016	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2017	2016	SWITCHBOARD OF MIAMI, INC.	190 NE 3RD ST	MIAMI	FL	33132	MIAMI-DADE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	2	02	1/20/2017	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$125,000
														Subtotal = -$125,000

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $125,000 )
2016	2016	SWITCHBOARD OF MIAMI, INC	701 SW 27TH AVE, STE 1000	MIAMI	FL	33135	MIAMI-DADE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	0	02	7/29/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$125,000
2016	2015	SWITCHBOARD OF MIAMI, INC	190 NE 3rd Street	MIAMI	FL	331322205	MIAMI-DADE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	1	01	7/25/2016	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $125,000

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $125,000 )
2015	2015	SWITCHBOARD OF MIAMI, INC	701 SW 27TH AVE, STE 1000	MIAMI	FL	33135	MIAMI-DADE	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	0	01	9/2/2015	NEW	$125,000
														Subtotal = $125,000

Grand Total All Awards = $125,000

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Project AWARE

Award Number: SM062871

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/01/2017

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