Mental Health & Substance Abuse (MHNSA) Program

Youth-Based Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Programs
Mental health disorders and substance abuse in children and adolescents are serious public health issues. MFH funding will assist organizations working with youth under age 21 requiring intensive, coordinated treatment. Organizations will be expected to implement evidence-based treatment services or promising practices in the proposed programs.

Organizations may propose projects in one or more of these areas:

• School-based mental health and/or substance abuse prevention and/or treatment services, with emphasis on school collaboration.
• Youth suicide prevention for individuals under age 21, with emphasis on school collaboration.
• Integration of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse treatment for adolescents with both mental illness and substance abuse (co-occurring disorders).

How to Apply: Submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining the proposed program, evidenced-based intervention or promising practice and projected budget. After review, MFH will invite select applicants to submit a full proposal.
LOI available: January 4, 2008
LOI due: February 14, 2008
Full proposal, if invited: May 5, 2008
Anticipated award: September 2008

Assessment or Planning for Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Programs.
In order to successfully address the treatment needs of consumers, organizations must identify and quantify those needs to plan comprehensive treatments both programmatically and financially sound. Assessment or planning grants need not focus solely on youth. The intent of this funding is to pay for costs associated with:

• Activities that define consumer needs, examine options for meeting those needs, and identify how the best intervention(s) can be implemented and supported; or
• Designing, planning, and budgeting for the initiation or expansion of prevention and/or treatment programs.

How to Apply: Submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining the proposed program, evidenced-based intervention or promising practice and projected budget. After review, MFH will invite select applicants to submit a full proposal.
LOI available: January 4, 2008
LOI due: February 14, 2008
Full proposal, if invited: May 5, 2008
Anticipated award: September 2008

Innovative Funding
This funding will assist organizations wanting to test new approaches to solve particular mental health and/or substance abuse problems that other approaches and programs are ineffective in addressing - innovative and intriguing approaches that can also help shape the direction of future MFH grant-making opportunities. Although evidence-based interventions are not required, applicants should be clear about what change is anticipated from the innovative approach.

Innovative funding is very limited and competitive.

Timeline: Submit a concept paper outlining the proposed program. After review, MFH will invite select applicants to submit a full proposal.
Concept paper accepted: February 1, 2008 - May 15, 2008 (Contact MFH for more information)
Full proposal due, if invited: July 31, 2008
Anticipated award: November 2008

For more information on the Mental Health and Substance Abuse program, please contact Michael Renner, Program Officer, at 314.345.5533 (toll-free: 800.655.5560) or mrenner@mffh.org.

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