Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
August 5, 2005, Vol. 05-108

Anchorage Area Organizations Receive Almost $6 Million in Grants From SAMHSA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles Curie presented symbolic "big checks" representing grants for nearly $6 million today to seven Alaskan organizations based in the Anchorage area to expand substance abuse treatment and mental health services in a town hall meeting in Anchorage.

"Homelessness, suicide, mental illness and substance abuse continue to be major problems here in Alaska," said Charles Curie, SAMHSA Administrator. "These grant awards build on President Bush's compassionate agenda by bringing help and hope to some of Alaska's most vulnerable citizens."

The check presentation follows the grant announcements in Fairbanks, yesterday, by Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary, Alex M. Azar.

The grantees receiving checks in Anchorage are:

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. - ,050,000 over three years for the development of the mental health systems for children and their families.

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. - ,000,000 over four years to improve the lives of homeless individuals and families affected by alcohol and drug abuse by ensuring access to treatment.

Rural Alaska Community Action - ,998,150 over four years to provide transitional housing, case management and life skills training to homeless individuals.

United Way of Anchorage - $198,400 to being a statewide health and human services information and referral service using the telephone number 2-1-1.

Salvation Army Clitheroe Center - $198,400 to provide detoxification units and residential substance abuse treatment for individuals in psychiatric distress and to individuals withdrawing from Cocaine, methamphetamines, opiates in addition to alcohol.

Akeela, Inc. - $198,400 to improve retention in substance abuse treatment services and enhance transition of individuals into the community.

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. Kenai - $198,400 to provide outpatient substance abuse treatment services for women and children.

In addition to the grants in Anchorage, grants were also awarded to organizations in Fairbanks and the state of Alaska. The grantees are:

Fairbanks Native Association - $744,000 - for the Alaska Behavioral project to provide comprehensive community-based services to children with serious mental health problems.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital - $496,000 - for the Golden Heart Project to improve prevention, intervention and treatment services for substance abuse and mental health problems.

Fairbanks Native Association/Ralph Purdue Center - $496,000 to expand residential treatment program for people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.

State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Juneau - $248,000 to provide training on suicide prevention and promote a statewide public education campaign about suicide, the signs of suicide and resources available to prevent suicide.
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