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October 19, 2017 Subscribe SAMHSA Headlines—Your one-stop source for the latest from SAMHSA. Funding    |    Data    |    Resources    |    Events Funding $166 Million Awarded for HIV Prevention and Treatment SAMHSA has awarded grants totaling $166 million over 5 years through its Targeted Capacity Expansion-HIV Program and its Prevention Navigator Program. The grant funding will be used to prevent HIV among high-risk populations and to treat co-occurring behavioral health disorders and HIV. Data Substance Use Prevention Messages Among Adolescents May Have Positive Impa...

spotlight on... VOLUNTEER AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH CONFERENCE! Looking to attend the 2018 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness on March 1-2? Lend your energy to the event, and bring your leadership experience to the table. Learn more about volunteer positions and scholarship opportunities at this year's conference in Los Angeles, California. ...

Are you looking for ways to increase housing placement and stability for individuals with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness in your community? Are you struggling with the complex Social Security disability application process and waiting for a long time for a decision? If so, this technical assistance and training opportunity is for you! The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR) Technical Assistance Center is accepting applications from Continuums of Care (CoCs) that have not yet participated in the federally sponsored SOAR Technical Assistance Program. SAMHSA's SOAR program assists states and localities to expedite access to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability programs – Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) – for persons who are experiencing or at risk for homelessness and who have a serious mental illness, a co-occ...

The CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports , as of October 17, 2017, have been posted to HUD Exchange. These reports provide funding information for each city and state that receive CPD program funds, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Reports detail the size of each grant received over the past several years, as well as the total amount of funds currently available to be spent on affordable housing and community and economic development activities. CPD Funding Matrix Note: Based on the requirement that a grantee uses the adjusted ratio for determining its compliance with the CDBG timeliness standard of having no more than 1.5 times its annual allocation in its adjusted line of credit balance 60 days prior to the end of its current program year, HUD is in the process of updating the CDBG recapt...