Comprehensive Master Plan - City of Alvin

Exhibit B, Park Funding Sourcesguidelines, recommendations, and resources, helping state health andeducation agencies promote healthy behaviors. Park and recreation agenciescan contract with public health and education agencies to provide theseservices. For more information on this program, go to:www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/programs.htm.To contact your state chronic disease director, go to:www.chronicdisease.org/members.htmlPreventive Health and Health Services Block GrantThe PHHS Block Grant is the primary source of flexible funding that providesstates the latitude to fund any of 265 national health objectives available in thenationʹs Healthy People 2010 health improvement plan. States invest theirPHHS block grant dollars in a variety of public health areas. For a listing ofHealthy People 2010 health improvement plans in your state, go to:http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/block grant/stateselection.htm.DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children ProgramThe Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children andTheir Families Program provides Federal funds through grants to States,communities, and Native American tribes to develop and implement systemsof care programs. The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) administers6‐year Federal grants to implement, enhance, and evaluate local systems ofcare. Grantees are required to match Federal dollars with local and Statemonies. These grants to States, communities, and Native American tribessupport a broad array of services designed to meet the multiple and changingneeds of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances andtheir families. They coordinate systems of care by developing partnershipswith mental health, child welfare, education, juvenile justice, and other local,public and private agencies, including park and recreation agencies. Publicpark and recreation agencies can contract with grantees for services. Find outif there is a grantee in your community, search at:http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/ childrenscampaign/grantcomm.asp.Targeted Capacity Expansion – Prevention and Early InterventionThe purpose of the initiative is to increase the capacity of cities, counties, andtribal governments to provide prevention and early intervention treatmentservices to meet emerging and urgent mental health needs of communities.Page B-11