$800,000 Funding Available for Statewide Peer Network Development Program

by VARALAKSHMI PULUGURTHA Targeted News Service

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has announced that it expects to award a maximum of eight discretionary grants to create statewide networks that represent mental health and addictions recovery communities for improving access to and the quality of behavioral health systems, services, treatment and recovery supports statewide.

The estimated total program funding available was cited as $800,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award under this program.

This funding opportunity is open to SAMHSA Network grantees in the nine states [Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin] where there is a RCSP-SN [Recovery Community Services Program-Statewide Networks] award and either one or both a Statewide Consumer Network and Statewide Family Network.

A funding opportunity notice from the SAMHSA states: "The goals of this program are to (1) initiate and expand collaboratives with statewide impact and represent the voices of mental health consumers, family members, youth and people in recovery from substance use disorders; (2) engage in strategic planning and needs assessment to identify system strengths and gaps for promoting peer and family voice, recovery and resiliency; (3) enhance state and service system capacity to be oriented to the needs of mental health consumers, the addiction recovery community and children and youth with serious mental health conditions and their families; and (4) effectively participate in state and local behavioral health services (including mental health, substance abuse/addictions and allied services) planning and health care reform activities related to improving community-based services and supports for people in recovery from substance use disorders, children and youth with serious mental health conditions and their families and young adult/adult mental health consumers."

The funding opportunity number is SM-14-023 (CFDA 93.243). The application closing date is Aug. 7.

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