Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
The Sober Women & Healthy Families (SWHF) Residential Program is a community and family-centered approach to recovery for pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) in Santa Barbara County who suffer from alcohol and other substance abuse (SA) problems. With leadership from the Department of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services, SWHF is seeking $500,000 in SAMHSA funding to coordinate a continuum of services for early intervention and integrated treatment of SA and mental health problems. SWHF services will include transitional residential services and supportive housing for PPW and their minor children; reunification of non-custodial children with their families; identification, implementation and evaluation of empirically-based drug and alcohol treatment methodologies in a real-world context with emphasis on trauma-informed treatment; an evaluation involving consumers and providing real-time feedback for program improvement. These activities rely upon collaboration of agencies engaging in creative systems change and delivering coordinated state of the art, culturally-competent services, such as in-depth assessment, service delivery, and evaluation-- all of which account for participant's culture, ethnicity, religion, race, gender, socioeconomic status, language, sexual orientation, geographical origin, neighborhood location and immigration status. Moreover, the system will actively involve participants and their families in developing individually tailored recovery plans and connect them to tightly-linked supportive services. SWHF will serve 50 PPW and their minor children annually for three years.
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).
