SAMHSA Headlines: April 28, 2022
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The Department of Health and Human Services, through SAMHSA, is awarding nearly $105 million in grant funding, provided by the American Rescue Plan, to 54 states and territories in advance of the transition of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from the current 10-digit number to the 988 three-digit dialing code in July. Strengthening the crisis care infrastructure is a core priority of President Biden’s Mental Health Strategy, which he announced at the State of the Union as part of his national Unity Agenda. Improving 988 readiness and responsiveness is a critical step to realizing this objective.
States and territories are expected to use the funds to improve response rates, increase capacity to meet future demand, and ensure calls initiated in their states or territories are first routed to local, regional, or state crisis call centers.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 2:00 PM ET
The SAMHSA Office of Financial Resources will be conducting a webinar on how to develop a competitive grant application.
The webinar will address:
- The three registration processes that need to be completed;
- Preparing to apply for a grant;
- Key components of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO);
- Responding effectively to the evaluation criteria; and
- Resources and technical assistance that are available.
Information on how to access the webinar can be found on the Training Events webpage. There is no need to pre-register. If you would like to receive the slides prior to the webinar, send an email to: GPOtraining@samhsa.hhs.gov
Thursday, May 5, 2022 1:00 PM ET
This event commemorates child and youth mental health and honors youth and family peer support. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., will be a featured speaker at this webinar
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Application Due Date: Monday, May 9, 2022
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts. The program recognizes the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs.
SAMHSA plans to issue up to 15 awards of up to $400,000 per year for up to 5 years.
NOFO Pre-Application Webinar for TI-22-010
Pre-Application Webinar Presentation (PDF | 307 KB)
Application Due Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for children from birth up to 12 years of age by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services.
SAMHSA plans to issue 4 awards of up to $500,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Friday, May 27, 2022
The purpose of the program is to provide resources to graduate-level students in medical (MD/DO), physician assistant (PA), nurse practitioner (NP) and other eligible nursing programs to receive the theoretical knowledge and practical training required for them to treat opioid use disorders (OUD) and prescribe medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in office-based settings upon graduation and receipt of licensure.
SAMHSA plans to issue up to 6 awards of up to $245,000 per year for up to 3 years.
Application Due Date: Friday, June 3, 2022
The purpose of this program is to mobilize and connect a broad base of community-based resources to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery support for persons with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD).
SAMHSA plans to issue up to 13 awards of up to $300,000 per year for up to 3 years.
Application Due Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
The purpose of this program is to identify local physicians and other practitioners, other clinicians, peers, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with expertise in prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for opioid use disorders and stimulant use disorders to provide the technical assistance and training necessary to ensure the provision of evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support programs/services across the SOR/TOR programs.
SAMHSA plans to issue 1 award of $16,600,000 per year for up to 2 years.
Application Due Date: Monday, June 13, 2022
The purpose of this grant program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of state and community substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services.
SAMHSA plans to issue 5 state awards of up to $1,250,000 per year and 7 community, tribal, or territory awards of up to $375,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Application Due Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
The purpose of this program is to implement regional centers of excellence to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance addressing opioid and stimulant misuse affecting rural communities.
SAMHSA plans to issue up to 10 awards of up to $650,000 for 2 years.
Application Due Date: Monday, June 20, 2022
The purpose of this program is to establish a national center of excellence (COE) for building capacity in nursing facilities to care for residents with behavioral health conditions.
SAMHSA plans to issue 1 award of $4,962,223 per year for up to 3 years.
Application Due Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12‒20 in communities throughout the United States. In addition, applicants will build on strategic plans that were developed under a Drug Free Communities grant.
SAMHSA plans to issue 40 awards of $50,000 per year for 4 years.
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Training and events are available for practitioners through SAMHSA's Training and Technical Assistance Centers. Some of these are highlighted below. Visit SAMHSA’s Practitioner Training webpage for a more complete listing.
SAMHSA Headlines offers you a biweekly update of selected upcoming trainings and webinars. However, for a broader range of activities, visit this website, as well as the training sections of individual technical assistance center websites.
Selected events are highlighted below. Note that some of them require advance registration.
Note: If you are unable to access an event or webinar or have questions, please contact the source given at the individual event URL.
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National Prevention Week (NPW), May 8–14, is a national public education platform bringing together communities and organizations to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health. SAMHSA's Prevention Day will take place on Monday, May 9, and it will be delivered virtually through an interactive online conference platform. For more information about NPW 2022, including resources to help you raise awareness and plan activities in your community, visit the SAMHSA website or send questions or requests to SAMHSA's NPW Coordinator David Wilson at david.wilson@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 1:00 PM ET
Peer specialists are not clinicians, yet work as members of clinical teams. What are the role responsibilities that colleagues can expect peer specialists to fulfill? What are signs of drift from the role of peer specialist and what does assimilation into clinical look like? The webinar will be relevant to not just peer specialists, but to all members of the clinical team.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 12:00 PM ET
Disparities in prevention, treatment, and recovery from substance use disorders are evident among special populations. This webinar seeks to examine the stigma, setbacks, and successes that members of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community encounter in their individual experiences with substance use disorders. It will also review how providers and others in the substance use field can support their own patients and clients with these identities in accessing equitable care.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 1:00 PM ET
This discussion is designed to promote interactivity through an informal "round table" conversation. Attendees will be given the opportunity to speak directly with the presenter to ask questions and discuss issues.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:00 PM ET
Cannabis policy has undergone rapid change in New England over the past decade. All New England states have some form of medical cannabis policy, while now four of the six states have legalized cannabis for adult use. This presentation will take a deeper look at what is happening with cannabis policy in New England, examine the potential implications for risk factors associated with cannabis use disorder, and what the emerging science is telling us in terms of how to reduce harm for those who may be using cannabis.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 5:00 PM ET
The Fourth Wave: Addressing the Intertwined Fentanyl and Stimulant Overdose Crisis is part of a webinar series from the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine. This series reviews how stigma affects practice, policies that destigmatize the treatment of substance use disorders and harm reduction; explains urine toxicity results in people using fentanyl; identifies the risks of precipitated withdrawal if someone has been using fentanyl; and covers buprenorphine induction.
Thursday, May 5, 2022 12:00 PM ET
This session will provide helpful tips on working with families and other caregivers of LGBTQ+ youth. During this session, attendees will hear about the importance of family support, strategies for helping families process their feelings, and promising programs that are making strides towards creating evidence-based programs for families of LGBTQ+ youth.
Thursday, May 5, 2022 2:00 PM ET
Coordinated specialty care for early psychosis is an evidence-based treatment model aimed at fostering resilience and recovery for individuals who have experienced a first episode of psychosis or are at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. Each webinar will be co-presented by a professional with expertise in that component of care, as well as an individual with lived experience who can speak to how this aspect of care was meaningful in their journey towards recovery.
Friday, May 6, 2022 11:00 AM ET
In Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities, participants will learn about the gaps in services for tribal communities across settings. We will look at college mental health needs on tribal campuses, provide information on the prevention, intervention, and postvention after a suicide on the reservation, examine our own limitations with the training we received when it comes to providing culturally focused and competent care, and discuss community inclusion while implementing evidence-based practices.
May 6, 2022 12:00 PM ET
This webinar is part of the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development's national webinar series Bridging HIV, HCV, and SUD: Innovations in the Field. The presenter will discuss evidence-based treatments and clinical pearls to help patients struggling with methamphetamine use.
Friday, May 6, 2022 12:30 PM ET
This webinar will introduce clinicians to the Core Assessment Battery (CAB), and WebCAB, a new online data collection tool, and discuss how even a subset of these measures can help enhance clinical interactions with clients and foster shared decision-making.
Monday, May 9, 2022 6:00 PM ET
This 4-part series focuses on how might we—as the mental health and school mental health workforce—evolve our practices and policies to meet the needs of the people and systems we support, serve, and staff? Each session will offer a speaker or multiple speakers and will be followed by optional discussion sessions moderated by staff. The dates and topics of each session are as follows:
- Session 1 | May 9 – Launching 988: What Do We Need to Know and How Might It Go?
- Session 2 | June 13 – Mitigating Distress & Maximizing Supports for Refugees from War
- Session 3 | July 11 – Working With Youth and Families Experiencing Homelessness and Home Insecurity
- Session 4 | August 8 – Mental Health & Student Mental Health Workforce: The Woes and Wonders of Recruitment and Retention
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:00 PM ET
This discussion is designed to promote interactivity through an informal "round table" conversation. Attendees will be given the opportunity to speak directly with the presenter to ask questions and discuss issues.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 1:00 PM ET
For National Prevention Week, join us for a panel discussion on suicide prevention throughout the lifespan. In this discussion, panelists will share research on interventions and emerging trends in suicide prevention from adolescence through older adulthood. Discussion will also address trends across racial and ethnic groups, considerations for working with LGBTQ+ populations, and the role of peer support in suicide.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 5:00 PM ET
This series reviews how stigma affects practice, policies that destigmatize the treatment of substance use disorders and harm reduction; explains urine toxicity results in people using fentanyl; identifies the risks of precipitated withdrawal if someone has been using fentanyl; and covers buprenorphine induction. The lecture series is designed to change competence, performance, and patient outcomes.
Thursday, May 12, 2022 10:00 AM ET
In this 90-minute virtual training, participants will learn skills to present data in a manner that best resonates with their audience. After this session participants will be able to:
- Choose the most effective chart for their data
- Use color for emphasis and action
- Use data in context for maximum (and realistic) impact
- Reduce clutter so data insights can be easily understood
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Over the past 20 years, prevention efforts have made steady progress in reducing alcohol misuse among youth and young adults due to comprehensive evidence-based approaches by communities, states, and federal partners. Going forward, we must keep this positive momentum and continue to maximize the keys to that success.
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There are protections in federal law, collectively known as “parity,” which are designed to ensure that certain types of health plans cover mental and substance use disorders no less generously than they cover other health issues. This resource can guide you to helpful materials and places.
This document provides an overview of essential information necessary for understanding mental health and substance use disorder parity and how to implement and comply with federal parity laws. This guide applies to parity laws in employer-sponsored health plans and group and individual insurance.
This brochure gives an overview of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. It lists some of the common limits placed on mental health and substance use disorder benefits and services.
If you manage the health and well-being of 9- to 18-year-olds, Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide is for you. The Guide, which was designed to help health care professionals quickly identify youth at risk for alcohol-related problems, is now available in Spanish (PDF).
The Department of Justice published guidance in April on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are in treatment or recovery, including those who take medication to treat their OUD. The publication, “The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Opioid Crisis: Combating Discrimination Against People in Treatment or Recovery (PDF),” is intended to help people with OUD who are in treatment or recovery understand their rights under federal law and to provide guidance to entities covered by the ADA about how to comply with the law.
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