[YSPNetwork] SAMHSA announces new state GLSMA grants for youth suicide prevention

[Donna NOONAN]

YSPNetworkers, FYI: 
 

Date: 10/6/2008 
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130SAMHSA Awards Almost $27 Million to States for
Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Programs
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
today announced the award of 18 grants totaling almost $27 million over
three years to support state suicide prevention efforts.  The Garrett
Lee Smith Memorial Act provides authorization and funding for grants
combating youth suicide.
Over the past few months, SAMHSA has announced awards for 30 programs,
12 of which fund suicide prevention efforts from tribes/tribal
organizations.  These tribes/tribal organizations will receive over $16
million in grants over the next three years. 
*Each year, more children and young adults die from suicide than from
cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, and chronic lung
diseases combined,* said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick,
D.D.S., M.P.H.  *These new grants will help states build on and
strengthen established youth suicide prevention and early intervention
strategies.*
The 18 awards to states are funded up to $500,000 per year in total
costs.  Continuation awards are subject to the availability of funds and
progress achieved by awardees.The grants announced today will be
administered by SAMHSA*s Center for Mental Health Services and will be
awarded to the following organizations:  OrganizationFirst Year
AwardMissouri State Department of Mental HealthJefferson City
$500,000Oklahoma Department of  Mental Health/Substance Abuse Oklahoma
City $500,000Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute Nashville
$500,000Virginia State Department of Health    Richmond $500,000Maine
State Department of Health/Human Services Augusta $499,999       
Massachusetts State Department of Public Health Boston $498,230Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Catonsville $500,000State of
Alaska Juneau   $500,000Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Tamuning, Guam $500,000Georgia Division of Public Health Atlanta
$500,000Hawaii State Department of Health Honolulu $500,000Center for
Health and Learning Brattleboro , Vt. $499,953Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Harrisburg $500,000North Carolina Department of Health and
Human Services Raleigh $317,117Purdue University West Lafayette , Ind.
$499,999Rhode Island Department of Health Providence $499,683University
of South Florida Tampa $499,800Delaware Department of Services for
Children, Youth and Families Wilmington $494,153    For additional
information about this grant and other SAMHSA programs, please visit
http://www.samhsa.gov/.   _______________________________________   
Donna G. Noonan, MPH, CHES
Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Injury Prevention & Epidemiology Program
Oregon Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon, Ste 772
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-673-1023 
Fax 971-673-0990
donna.noonan at state.or.us
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