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 SAMHSA is accepting applications for the Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities (Prevention Navigator). The purpose of this program is to provide services to those at highest risk for HIV and substance use disorders (SUDs). SAMHSA plans to issue 82 grants of up to $200,000 per year for up to 5 years. Application Due Date: Friday, December 27, 2019
 Training and events are available for practitioners through many of SAMHSA’s Training and Technical Assistance Centers. Some of these are highlighted below. Note that some of them require advance registration. Visit SAMHSA’s Practitioner Training webpage for a more complete listing.
 SAMHSA announced the launch of FindTreatment.gov, a new and improved website for helping to connect Americans throughout the United States who are looking for substance abuse treatment. Visitors can access information treatment providers’ locations, treatment options, payment and insurance information, and on more than 13,000 state-licensed facilities, based on data compiled by SAMHSA.
SAMHSA is accepting applications for National Consumer and Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers (Consumer and Consumer Supporter TA Centers) grants. The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance to promote evidence-based care for adults with serious mental illnesses. The entities responsible for providing technical assistance for this program may be either consumer or consumer supporter organizations.
SAMHSA plans to issue 5 grants of up to $361,200 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) grants. The purpose of this program is to promote full integration and collaboration in clinical practice between primary and behavioral health care.
SAMHSA plans to issue 4 grants of up to $2,000,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for the Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program (Native Connections). The purpose of this program is to prevent suicide and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through the age of 24 years.
SAMHSA plans to issue 39 grants of up to $250,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) - Category II, Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers grants. The purpose of the
TSA Centers is to provide national expertise for specific types of traumatic events, population groups, and service systems, and support the specialized adaptation of effective evidence-based treatment and service approaches for communities across the nation.
SAMHSA plans to issue 7 grants of up to $600,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Monday, December 23, 2019
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for the NCTSI - Category III, Community Treatment and Service (CTS) Centers grants. The purpose of this program is to provide and increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and document services systems in communities for children and adolescents, and their families who experience traumatic events throughout the nation.
SAMHSA plans to issue 10 grants of up to $400,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Monday, December 23, 2019
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for the Recovery Community Services Program. The purpose of this program is to provide peer recovery support services via recovery community organizations to individuals with SUDs or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders or those in recovery from these disorders. The program’s foundation is the value of lived experience of peers to assist others in achieving and maintaining recovery. These services, in conjunction with clinical treatment services, are an integral component of the recovery process.
SAMHSA plans to issue 6 grants of up to $300,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Monday, December 23, 2019
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Thursday, November 7, 2019 1:00 p.m. EST
The Peer Support Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (PS ECHO) is an online community for Peer Recovery Specialist and Mental Health Peers to: share community and statewide resources; learn new skills and tools for doing peer work; and meet and connect with other peers. For more information contact lucia.diaz-french@waysiderc.org.
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Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:00 p.m. to 3:00: p.m. EST – Part I and
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST – Part II
Part I of the series will provide an overview of recruitment and retention. This includes a discussion of core concepts, findings from national surveys, and information on the causes of vacancies and turnover. Examples of innovative approaches to addressing recruitment and retention will be provided.
Part II of the series will provide a review of the key strategies from improving recruitment and retention in mental health organizations. Additional examples of innovation will be presented. Specific strategies for increasing the diversity of an organization’s workforce also will be discussed.
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Thursday, November 7, 2019, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST
This webinar describes research that analyzes passive speech collected daily through smartphones in individuals with bipolar disorder for up to one year. Patterns of mood, emotions, and acoustics are associated with outcomes and course of illness.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. EST
The STEPS Coalition in Southington, CT has just completed 10 years of funding through the Federal Drug Free Communities Support Program, and the community has successfully sustained two full-time staff positions for the coalition. Kelly Leppard, the STEPS Prevention Coordinator, will share her community’s successes over the past 10 years, to provide helpful tips regarding sustainability.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:00 p.m. EST
If it can’t be measured, is it real? Utilizing the Hocoka Wakan, the Sacred Circle, to sustain balance as Indigenous Peoples belonging to a greater Oyate (Whole). Providing meaningful psychological and health care services when world views (paradigms) “clash”.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
This is the first webinar in a series, Creating Trauma-Responsive Schools, which runs from November 13, 2019 to May 13, 2020. This first webinar is designed to enhance educators’ knowledge about trauma and its impact on students, as well as enhance educators’ ability to engage with youth who’ve been exposed to trauma. Experts will provide information about the definition of trauma, the neurological impact of trauma on students, the signs and symptoms of trauma, and an explanation of how trauma can manifest in the classroom.
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST
This is the first of a 4-part series on the principles and practices of recovery-oriented care. Later webinars in the series focus on Peer Support as a Recovery-Oriented Practice; Can Clinical Care be Recovery-Oriented?; and The Importance of Community Inclusion.
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:00 p.m. EST; and repeated on
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:00 p.m. EST
To help states, districts, and schools across the United States understand the core components of comprehensive school mental health, as well as engage in a planning process, the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network Coordinating Office and National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) developed a national school mental health curricula, including a train-the-trainer for school district leadership.
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Friday, November 15, 2019 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. EST
This webinar discusses the physical health monitoring of people with serious mental illness (SMI). It will review not only diabetes and other metabolic screening, but also breast/cervical cancer screening, HIV testing, and Hepatitis C testing. Given the gaps in care for all people with SMI, especially particular subpopulations with SMI, the presentation will review strategies that individual psychiatrists or clinic/system leaders might consider to improve care.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2019 2:00 p.m. EST
Hispanic and Latinos are expected to reach one quarter of the U.S population by the year 2050, and are at a disproportionate risk for negative behavioral health outcomes such as substance use and alcoholism (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007), sexually transmitted illnesses such as HIV (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007), and mental health concerns (Prado et al., 2006). With this knowledge, researchers have developed Evidence Based Practices that focuses on culturally based risk factors within the Latino community.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST
The overarching goal of this series is to provide monthly community learning forums that address topics relevant to working with young adults of transition age. These forums will provide opportunities for peer-learning to build knowledge and skills for TAY-serving providers, advocates, champions, and allies. Learning communities will meet for monthly 60-minute calls on the third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. EST.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1:30 p.m. EST
Patients with SMI experience inequities in cancer care that contribute to increased cancer mortality. Proactive psychiatry consultation and person-centered, team-based care are promising approaches that may increase access to cancer care. Discussion includes adaptation of the collaborative care model to address the needs of patients with SMI and cancer and sharing best practices and case examples.
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Thursday, November 20, 2019, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST
This webinar will investigate the connection between psychological trauma and SUDs, the neurobiological adaptations that arise in response to trauma, the ways these same adaptations make one vulnerable to developing a SUD, the relevance and importance of pharmacotherapies for treatment, and how to apply trauma-informed practices to common clinical scenarios.
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST
This webinar helps practitioners and others understand what happens when an individual with SMI is arrested. The presentation will walk through the arrest and also focus on the mental health care that might or might not be readily available, or pathways in the forensic system that these individuals might take. Additionally, it will focus on the importance of continuity of care and the challenges that this can present at various times. The presentation will also review how families can assist their loved ones who might be arrested and can also help practitioners understand what questions to ask when their patients return to the community.
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SAMHSA has established scientific and technical guidelines for the inclusion of oral fluid specimens in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, which will allow federal executive branch agencies to collect and test an oral fluid specimen as part of their drug testing programs. These Guidelines may also be used by some agencies, such as the Department of Transportation and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as part of their regulated drug testing programs.
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Rural communities face unique challenges in disasters. This issue of the Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) Bulletin provides resources for guidance on rural emergency planning and preparedness, highlights strengths and challenges rural areas, and relates stories from the field.
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This special double issue of The Dialogue from the SAMHSA DTAC highlights the process of assisting disaster survivors with SMI and/or SUDs after a disaster. Authors share their knowledge on how these individuals may need additional support to aid their recovery after a disaster and how to provide better assistance.
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