The 2015-2016 AUCCCD Public Directors' Survey reported that among college students who seek counseling, anxiety was the most predominant and increasing concern (50.6%); followed by depression (41.2%); relationship concerns (34.4%); suicidal ideation (20.5%); self-injury (24.2%); and alcohol abuse (9.5%). Wu and colleagues in 2007 showed that 1 in 5 college students met past year criteria for an alcohol use disorder, but only 3.9% of these students received services of any kind. The 2016 Healthy Minds Study (HMS) indicated that 36% of college students report having at least one mental health diagnosis. Data from the National Collegiate Health Assessment (NCHA) 2016 Executive Summary demonstrated that 10.4% of students seriously considered suicide any time within the last twelve months and 1.9% attempted suicide within the same time period. This grant was developed with these concerning statistics in mind. [All references for these facts are cited  HERE

Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) Conference. Due Feb. 5, 2018

July 27-29, 2018, University of Hawaii - West Oahu

Proposals due by February 5, 2018 by 11:59 PM

 

Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) has announced its 2018 conference call for proposals. The conference will be held in Hawaii at the University of Hawaii - West Oahu. The 2018 theme highlights indigenous knowledge, decolonization, and socioecological resilience as the framework for examining food systems education through presentations, workshops, field trips, and hands-on activities. The conference invites participants from across the food system, including academic scholars, students, farmers, cooks, community organizers, land/resource managers and other professionals.

Call for proposals: SAEA invites submissions for presentations, panel discussions and workshops in the three focal areas.

1. Indigenous knowledge, power, and pedagogy
2. Decolonizing the food system: feeding ourselves and others through higher education
3. Living traditions, living economics: toward self-determination, resilience and equity in the food system

Anyone is welcome to submit a proposal. You are welcome to submit proposals for more than one sessions, however, each proposal must be submitted separately. Submit proposals HERE

To view the proposal template, click HERE

To view the conference website, click HERE

Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Lifelines and Disaster Distress Helpline. Due Feb. 5, 2018

Due Monday, February 5, 2018

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines and the Disaster Distress Helpline. The purpose is to: (1) manage, enhance, and strengthen the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) that routes individuals in the United States to a network of certified crisis centers that links to local emergency, mental health, and social services resources; and (2) support the National Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) to assist residents in the United States and its territories who are experiencing emotional distress resulting from disasters and traumatic events.  It is expected that this program will increase service capacity and improve behavioral health outcomes by preventing death or injury as a result of suicide and suicide attempts and assisting individuals and communities recover from disasters and traumatic events by providing community-based behavioral health outreach, referral to and engagement with treatment as necessary, and psycho-educational services.

Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and consortia are eligible to apply. It is expected that one award will be made of up to $6,130,000 per year (with other variations possible) for up to three years.

Learn more about the funding opportunity HERE

All of Us Research Program Seeks Input on Research Priorities. Due Feb. 9, 2018

The  All of Us Research Program is working to build "one of the largest, most diverse data sets of its kind for health research, with one million or more volunteers nationwide, who will sign up to share their information over time. Researchers will be able to assess participants' de-identified information for a variety of studies to learn more about the biological, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence health and disease. Their findings may lead to more individualized health care approaches in the future."

 

However, this opportunity is not to participate in research but rather to share your priorities for future research. Your ideas will be used at the All of Us Research Priorities Workshop on March 21-23 to "identify key research priorities and requirements (such as data types and methods) for future versions of the All of Us protocol."

 

You can submit your ideas, read other submitted ideas, learn more about the project, or read the current version of protocol HERE

Capacity Building Grants: Education - Request for Applications. Due Feb. 14, 2018

Letter of intent due Wednesday, February 14, 2018 by 5:00 pm ET; full proposal due Wednesday, April 11 by 5:00 pm ET

 

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) "seeks to increase the scientific and environmental literacy and problem-solving skills of children and youth with a focus on service-, project-, or problem-based learning opportunities on topics that are relevant to the GRP's initiatives. Proposed projects for this grant opportunity should engage children and youth in ways that can help to ensure that the next generation of informed citizens, scientists, engineers, and decision-makers understand the socio-environmental challenges and opportunities in their local communities and have the capacity to address them." The request for applications states, "Environmental education increases student engagement in science and STEM learning, improves student achievement in core areas, and provides critical skills necessary for a 21^st century workforce (Coyle, 2005). [...] This funding opportunity seeks to increase students' scientific and environmental literacy [...]." Projects must link to one of the following topic categories: healthy ecosystems, thriving communities, or safer offshore energy systems.

 

Applicants must request a minimum of $75,000 for a new project up to two years in length. Tribes are eligible to apply, as are nonprofits, local entities, post-secondary institutions, and others. Preference is given to "applicants with a history of working with children and youth, particularly those who work with underrepresented or underserved populations, including but not limited to racial/ethnic minorities, Tribal youth, LGBTQ+ youth, students demonstrating low socio-economic status as established by the free and reduced lunch program" and others. Projects in the United States Gulf of Mexico region are particularly encouraged.

 

Learn more about the opportunity HERE

Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult Treatment Drug Courts and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts (SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts) Due Feb. 21, 2018

Due Wednesday, February 21, 2018

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult Treatment Drug Courts (ATDC) and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts.  The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services in existing adult problem solving courts, and adult Tribal Healing to Wellness courts, which use the treatment drug court model in order to provide SUD treatment (including recovery support services, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination) to defendants/offenders.

Recipients will be expected to provide a coordinated, multi-system approach designed to combine the sanctioning power of treatment drug courts with effective SUD treatment services to break the cycle of criminal behavior, alcohol and/or drug use, and incarceration or other penalties.  Applicants should propose to increase access and availability of services to a larger number of clients increasing the number of individuals served and the gaps in the continuum of treatment for individuals in these courts who have treatment needs for SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.  Grant funds must be used to serve people diagnosed with a SUD as their primary condition.  SAMHSA will use discretion in allocating funding for these awards, taking into consideration the specific drug court model (ATDCs and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts), as appropriate, the number of applications received per model type, and geographic distribution.

Tribes, Tribal organizations, and consortia are eligible to apply.

Funds are available for up to thirty-eight (38) awardees to complete projects of up to five years with up to $400,000 available per year.

Learn more about the funding opportunity HERE

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Funding Opportunity. Due Feb. 21, 2018

Due Wednesday, February 21, 2018

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grants.  The purpose of this program is to implement screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment services for adolescents and adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, etc.) for substance misuse and substance use disorders (SUD).  This program is designed to expand/enhance the state and tribal continuum of care for SUD services and reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) consumption and its negative health impact, increase abstinence, reduce costly health care utilization, and promote sustainability and the integration of behavioral health and primary care services through policy changes that increase treatment access in generalist and specialist practice.

The populations of focus are adults and adolescents seeking medical attention and intervention services in primary care and other community health settings (e.g., private non-profit health care or behavioral health care systems such as health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred-provider organizations (PPOs), Federally Qualified Health Care systems, hospital systems, and community health or behavioral health centers).  These grants support clinically appropriate services for persons at risk (asymptomatic) for SUD, as well as those diagnosed with SUD. 

Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and consortia are eligible to apply.

Funds are available for up to eight (8) awardees to complete projects of up to five years with up to $995,000 available per year.

Learn more about the funding opportunity HERE

Registration is required and the password for the event is Utah. Please register in advance and log on early to help the webinar start on time. You may email  Angelica Colagreco  if you have questions about the event. 

Learn more about the webinar or register HERE

Tribal Accreditation Learning Community - Online. Jan. 12, 2018