Newswise — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today 15 grant awards for $7 million over the next year to improve services available to children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events. Two types of grant awards are being made.
The Treatment and Service Adoption Center grants are working to develop and test the best methods for preventing, screening for and treating behavioral health problems that can arise because of natural disaster, abuse, neglect or other traumatic events. Additionally, these Centers provide training on implementing proven approaches in community and child-serving service system settings throughout the country.
The Community Treatment and Services Center grants support the delivery of trauma-informed practices and interventions to children and adolescents in community-based settings. The service delivery approach is developed in collaboration with the Treatment and Service Adoption Centers and share with other local organizations to promote trauma-informed services.
“Children are resilient. With love and support they can learn and grow from challenges and opportunities. At the same time, traumatic experiences in childhood are clearly linked with behavioral health problems later in life,” said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. “By developing the best approaches for reducing the impact of trauma and applying that knowledge in communities across the country, we can help children heal from and develop coping skills to manage adverse events in life.”
This grant program is part of SAMHSA’s Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative. Grant awards are subject to both availability of funds and progress achieved by the awardees. See www.samhsa.gov for a list of the grant awardees and their grant amounts:
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