Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
AGENCY:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice of intent to award supplemental funding.
SUMMARY:
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting an administrative supplement of up to $900,000 for one grant recipient funded in FY 2019 under the National Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SM-19-010, with a project end date of April 29, 2024. The supplemental funding is to support Project LAUNCH and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health grant recipients by: provide training and technical assistance via individual/grantee-level technical assistance, ECHO style learning communities, peer-to-peer learning, expert presentations, and development of resources on advancing best practices; assist grant recipients in working with state-level systems and leaders to integrate innovations into ongoing initiatives, policies, and sustainable funding streams: assist grant recipients with the development of new early childhood efforts ( e.g., statewide mental health consultation systems, infant mental health associations, offices of early childhood mental health); support grant recipients with sharing best practices and advances in infant and early childhood mental health with the early childhood field through webinars, presentations at conferences, and/or development of materials about specific grant programs that can be shared with local, tribal, and state stakeholders; and, conduct a virtual grantee meeting or policy academy to engage all grant recipients in peer learning and technical assistance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brooke Sims, Government Project Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, telephone 240-276-1861; brooke.sims@samhsa.hhs.gov.