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SAMHSA Peer Run Organization Webinar Features NYAPRS’ Edye Schwartz

by Chris Liu-Beers

NYAPRS Note: Register today for the April 3 BRSS TACS First Fridays with NYAPRS’ own Edye Schwartz, where she will be describing concrete ways to build effective and sustainable peer run organizations. This webinar will be relevant for national groups looking to build peer service options, and for New York agencies exploring partnership with or expansion to peer run organizations. See more information and the registration link below!

 

 

 

Welcome to the March 2015 BRSS TACS monthly update from SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS). This month’s update includes: April’s First Fridays with BRSS TACS event, registration information for the next BRSS TACS webinar, new SAMHSA grant opportunities, a virtual learning community on adolescent substance use prevention and treatment, resources about African-American Behavioral Health, and information about how to request technical assistance from BRSS TACS. 

 

 

 

SAMHSA Grant Opportunities Announced

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for State Adolescent and Transitional Aged Youth Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination Planning [State Youth Treatment – Planning (SYT-P)]. The purpose of SYT-P is to support states, territories, and tribes to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to improve treatment for adolescents (ages 12-18) and/or transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The plan will help strengthen the existing infrastructure system to assure that youth have access to evidence-based assessments and treatment models and recovery services.  

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $250,000

 

Application Due date: Monday, April 6, 2015

 

Click here for more information.

 

Additionally, CSAT and SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) are accepting applications for the Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals for States (CABHI-States). The purpose of this program is to enhance or develop the infrastructure of states and their treatment service systems. The program hopes to increase capacity and provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based treatment services; permanent supportive housing; peer supports; and other recovery support services to:

  • Individuals who experience chronic homelessness and have substance use disorders, serious mental illnesses (SMI), or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; and/or 
  • Veterans who experience homelessness/chronic homelessness and have substance use disorders, SMI, or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.

 

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $250,000

 

Application Due date: Monday, April 6, 2015

 

Click here for more information.

 

 

First Fridays with BRSS TACS

 

Friday, April 3, 2015

 

Building Effective and Sustainable Peer Run Organizations

 

Register here 

 

with

Edye Schwartz, D.S.W., L.C.S.W.R., 

 

Director of Systems Transformation Initiatives, New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

 

Click here to learn more about Dr. Schwartz.

 

Did you miss March’s First Fridays event, “Shared Decision Making: Empowered; Informed; Engaged” with Laurie Curtis?

 

Click here to review the slides.

 

Save the Date

 

The next BRSS TACS webinar, “Motivational Interviewing for Peer Support Workers” is scheduled for Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 2:00-3:30pm ET. 

 

Click here to register.

 

Click here to learn about the presenters.

 

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Youth Learning Community Webinar

 

The American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations recommend SBIRT as part of routine care to prevent or reduce adolescent substance use. This learning community, sponsored by the Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions, will focus on implementing SBIRT for youth. It is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from 1:00-2:30pm ET.

 

Click here for more information.

 

Click here to register.

 

 

Recovery Resource Library Update

 

This month highlights resources about African American Behavioral Health that have been added to SAMHSA’s Recovery Resources Library. Featured links are listed below:

Click here to find more resources on this topic.

BRSS TACS is dedicated to promoting wide-scale adoption of recovery-oriented supports, services, and systems for people in recovery from substance use and/or mental health conditions. The BRSS TACS team can assist you in your work to promote recovery through free training opportunities, telephone consultations, email resources, peer learning, webcasts, and distance learning. If you are interested in receiving technical assistance please fill out a TA request form and submit it to brsstacs@center4si.com.

 

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