Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

The summary for the Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 290hh, Public Health Service Act, Section 581, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces the availability of funds to expand and enhance grant activities funded under the Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention grant announcement.The purpose of the supplemental funding is to expand the provision of technical assistance services to approximately twenty new Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grantees that were not accounted for in the original budget. The original budget was based on the Presidents budget which assumed that new SS/HS grantees would not be funded. The supplemental funding is also needed to develop additional resources for grantee utilization in implementing their grant initiative.At a minimum the supplemental funds awarded will be used to conduct the following activities: * Expand consultation and site specific technical assistance services to newly awarded SS/HS grantees. * Expand cross site technical assistance services to newly awarded SS/HS grantees. * Develop a toolkit that will guide SS/HS grantees in developing, implementing, and monitoring the evaluation of their grant initiative. * Develop an implementation guide addressing the provision of mental health prevention and intervention services within a school based setting * Develop a "how-to" guide addressing how SS/HS grantees can link their grant initiative and local mental health authority with their State mental health authority.This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 18 (Mental Health).