Program Supplements for Violence Intervention to Enhance Lives (VITEL)

 

The purpose of this program is to provide one-year supplemental funding to enable grantees from the Targeted Capacity Expansion: Substance Abuse Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Women at High Risk for HIV/AIDS Minority Women (TCE-HIV: Minority Women) cohort funded in FY 2013 to expand/enhance grant activities required under the 2013 Request for Applications (RFA). The Violence Intervention to Enhance Lives (VITEL) supplemental grants will allow awardees to enhance existing substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services by implementing intimate partner violence (IPV) screening. Information on the TCE-HIV: Minority Women program may be found in the original funding announcement, TI-13-011 available on the SAMHSA website at http://media.samhsa.gov/Grants/archives.aspx. This program is being funded by the Secretaryâ₏™s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF). The purpose of the TCE-HIV: Minority Women program is to expand SUD treatment and HIV services for African American, Hispanic/Latina and other racial/ethnic minority women (ages 18 years and older), including heterosexual, lesbian, and bisexual persons, women who were previously incarcerated, and their significant others, who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and are living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS (hereafter known as â₏œthe population of focusâ₏). The VITEL grants will allow five existing grantees the opportunity to enhance their current SUD treatment services by implementing IPV screening. The goals of the VITEL program are 1) reduce IPV through screening and referrals, 2) reduce risky behaviors that lead to new HIV infections and substance use disorders, 3) increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV and AIDS, 4) reduce HIV-related health disparities resultant from IPV screening tool implementation, and 5) determine the feasibility of integrating IPV screening in behavioral health settings.

Deleted 07/22/2015 (Archived.) TI-15-013 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Grant 5 Eligibility for this funding opportunity is limited to current SAMHSA FY 2013 TCE-HIV: Minority Women grantees because these grants specifically focus on minority women who are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence. These grantees have the established infrastructure, partnerships, and necessary knowledge and skills to rapidly implement the Violence Intervention to Enhance Lives program without a lengthy start-up period or break in service. 06/22/2015 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Eileen Bermudez
Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1091
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1412
http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/ti-15-013 eileen.bermudez@samhsa.hhs.gov $350,000.00 Awards up to $70,000.00