This week organizations can find funding to train individuals such as school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement, veterans, armed services members and their families to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED). This grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will fund other activities so click on the see details link to review all funded activities under this program. Monies to provide veterans better access to state occupational licenses is being provided by the Employment and Training Administration. Grant funds are being awarded to localities for developing and implementing strategies to ensure that youth involved with the juvenile justice system have fair and equal access to quality legal representation.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant Title: Mental Health Awareness Training Grants
Grant Info:https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=298774
Details: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Mental Health Awareness Training grants (Short Title: MHAT). The purpose of this program is to: (1) train individuals (e.g., school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement, veterans, armed services members and their families) to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED); (2) establish linkages with school- and/or community-based mental health agencies to refer individuals with the signs or symptoms of mental illness to appropriate services; (3) train emergency services personnel, veterans, law enforcement, fire department personnel, and others to identify persons with a mental disorder and employ crisis de-escalation techniques; and (4) educate individuals about resources that are available in the community for individuals with a mental disorder. It is expected that this program will prepare and train others on how to appropriately and safely respond to individuals with mental disorders, particularly individuals with SMI and/or SED.
Employment and Training Administration
Grant Title: Veterans Accelerated Learning for Licensed Occupations Project
Grant Info:https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=303154
Details: The project aims to accomplish increasing and expediting attainment of state occupational licenses by veterans and transitioning servicemembers (TSMs) by identifying gaps between military education and training in specific military occupations as compared to the education required for related licensed civilian occupations. For example, credit recommendations sometimes identify military education as equivalent to 1 or 2 credits of a 3-credit course—leaving gaps that are portions of courses. Where these identified gaps represent portions of multiple required courses the project will develop a bridge curriculum, as open educational resources, to address those gaps such that veterans can enter and complete a program of study required to obtain a state license needed to achieve their career objectives. Furthermore, the project seeks to identify instances in which civilian education programs can waive required courses by awarding credit for military training or giving veterans and TSMs advanced standing within an existing training program.
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Grant Title: OJJDP FY 18 State System Enhancements for Youth Offenders
Grant Info:https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=303161
Details: This program will support states and localities in developing and implementing strategies to ensure that youth involved with the juvenile justice system have fair and equal access to quality legal representation; ensure that offenders involved with the juvenile justice system have resources that address the collateral consequences of justice system involvement; and/or provide training for the juvenile indigent defense bar, including public defenders and court-appointed counsel working on behalf of juvenile indigent defendants.