Download Complete RFA Announcement (PDF | 351 KB)
Download Complete RFA Announcement (PDF | 351 KB)
Download Complete RFA Announcement (PDF | 351 KB)
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
programming and policies will be accomplished through the use of a public health<br />
approach. The YVP-RC also seeks to address health disparities among racial and<br />
ethnic minorities by ensuring that YVP-RC recipients are encouraged to develop and<br />
implement strategies to decrease differences in prevalence, access, service use, and<br />
outcomes among racial and ethnic minority children, youth, young adults, and families<br />
served.<br />
SAMHSA has demonstrated that behavioral health is essential to health, prevention<br />
works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use<br />
disorders. Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce health care and<br />
other costs to society. Continued improvement in the delivery and financing of<br />
promotion, prevention, treatment and recovery support services provides a cost<br />
effective opportunity to advance and protect the nation’s health.<br />
To continue to improve the delivery and financing of promotion, prevention, treatment<br />
and recovery support services, SAMHSA has identified eight Strategic Initiatives to<br />
focus the Agency’s work on improving lives and capitalizing on emerging opportunities.<br />
The YVP-RC closely aligns with SAMHSA’s Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental<br />
Illness Strategic Initiative which aims to support communities where individuals, children<br />
and youth, families, schools, faith-based organizations, and workplaces take action to<br />
promote emotional health and reduce the likelihood of mental illness, substance abuse<br />
including tobacco, and suicide. In addition, the YVP-RC also aligns with SAMHSA’s<br />
Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative which aims to reduce the pervasive, harmful, and<br />
costly health impact of violence and trauma by integrating trauma-informed approaches<br />
throughout health, behavioral health, and related systems and addressing the<br />
behavioral health needs of people involved in or at risk of involvement in the criminal<br />
and juvenile justice systems. More information is available at:<br />
http://www.samhsa.gov/About/strategy.aspx.<br />
Since 1999, the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grant program has provided<br />
funds to local educational agencies to partner with public health, mental health,<br />
education, law enforcement, justice and social service systems, as well as families and<br />
youth, to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain a comprehensive plan of programs,<br />
activities, and services to prevent violence and foster the healthy development of<br />
children and youth. Based on key findings from the SS/HS National Evaluation 2 ,<br />
SAMHSA seeks to build upon the lessons learned by engaging state and community<br />
agencies (including local education agencies) to develop partnerships that will result in<br />
the successful implementation of comprehensive school violence prevention that are<br />
guided by the SS/HS model. The SS/HS State Planning, Local Education Agency, and<br />
Local Community program (SS/HS State Program) will build state-level partnerships<br />
2 Center for Mental Health Services. (2010). Interim Report of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students<br />
Initiative National Evaluation: FY 2005 and FY 2006 Cohorts. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and<br />
Mental Health Services Administration<br />
7