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Grant Recipients
Grant Recipients
Below is a partial list of recent grant awards for projects that we believe help us to meet our funding objectives.
Mental Health Grants
Organization: Catholic Charities of Buffalo
Project Title: Child/Adolescent Trauma Informed Training Project
Amount: $200,033 over three years
Year Awarded: 2009
A comprehensive training program for clinicians and therapists that work with children and adolescents. Instruction focuses on methods for managing behavioral and emotional problems stemming from the experience of personal trauma.
Organization: Child & Family Services of Erie County
Project Title: Staff Trauma Training
Amount: $191,930 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
A two-year training program for clinicians and counselors that work with children and adolescents that have experienced trauma in their lives. Training will include a toolbox of trauma-informed therapeutic approaches that are suitable to a range of clinical settings.
Organization: Community Health Center of Cape Cod
Project Title: Family Resource Center for Behavioral Health
Amount: $275,862 over three years
Year Awarded: 2008
To enhance community awareness of mental health resources and to provide expanded mental health services to children and young adults in the Upper Cape region of Cape Cod.
Organization: Family and Children's Services of Nantucket
Project Title: Project Success
Amount: $114,345 over three years
Year Awarded: 2008
Funds to support the implementation of Project Success in the Nantucket High School.
Organization: Health & Education Services, Inc.
Project Title: Collaborative Problem Solving Program
Amount: $167,370 over three years
Year Awarded: 2009
Funds to support the implementation of the Collaborative Problem Solving Program, a cognitive-behavioral model of intervention in five clinics within Essex County.
Organization: Kaleida Health (Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Project Title: Outcome Measurement System to Improve Mental Health Service Delivery for Children
Amount: $84,759 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
Funds to support the implementation of The Partners for Change Management System in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Organization: Niagara Falls City School District
Project Title: The Primary Mental Health Project
Amount: $140,551 over three years
Year Awarded: 2006
Implementation of the Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP), a school-based early detection and intervention program designed to identify and reduce social, emotional, and behavioral problems in young children that are likely to negatively affect their adjustment to school, into three elementary schools.
Organization: Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Project Title: The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara: Clinical Training
Amount: $43,955 over three years
Year Awarded: 2006
Support to implement a training program for clinicians who work with children exposed to violence. The training objectives of the child care/teacher component of this project are to train child care workers and teachers to identify children exposed to violence; provide safe classroom environments that offer some protection against developing trauma-related mental illness and promote resiliency; and provide resources for referring children to clinical care if needed.
Organization: North Shore Medical Center - Family Resource Center
Project Title: Mindfulness-Based Reduction (MBSR) and Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT)
Amount: $23,985 over three years
Year Awarded: 2008
Grant support was provided to explore the usefulness of MBSR and RPT with students attending the North Shore Recovery High School.
Organization: University Psychiatric Practice, Inc.
Project Title: Rapid Pediatric Psychiatric Consultation
Amount: $356,392 over four years
Year Awarded: 2008
Support for the Rapid Pediatric Psychiatric Consultation (RPPC) model, which promotes appropriate early intervention and treatment for children and adolescents with mental illness.
Developmental Disabilities Grants
Organization: Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
Project Title: Greenspan DIR/Floortime Training
Amount: $29,464
Year Awarded: 2009
To provide professional development in the Greenspan DIR/Floortime model.
Organization: Cape Cod & Islands Child Development Program, Inc.
Project Title: Professional Development for Early Intervention Service Delivery
Amount: $55,872 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
Support for staff training in early intervention for autism spectrum disorders and mental health screening for children.
Organization: Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled
Project Title: Children's Admission Services
Amount: $189,071 over three years
Year Awarded: 2009
This initiative involves the creation of a new position, Children's Admission Specialist, to focus on community education and early intervention for young children that may have a developmental disability. The Children's Admission Specialist will coordinate developmental testing, review eligibility for state program assistance, and link children to appropriate services.
Organization: Jericho Road Ministries
Project Title: Developmental Disabilities Expansion
Amount: $45,747 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
This initiative involves developmental testing and referral for children participating in a home-based literacy program and served by a refugee community support center. Age appropriate developmental disability screening will be conducted and children with potential disabilities will receive case management support and linkage to appropriate services.
Organization: Melmark, Inc.
Project Title: Expert Speakers Series
Amount: $33,733 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
Staff development for senior and mid-level managers focusing on advances in the field that are relevant to the organization's programming.
Organization: Northshore Education Consortium
Project Title: Professional Development for Service Delivery
Amount: $88,000 over two years
Year Awarded: 2007
The Northshore Education Consortium was awarded $88,000 over two years for professional development in three service-delivery models in order to improve the quality of the services it offers to children in the Kevin O'Grady School and Kevin O'Grady Children's Center. The three models are TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped CHildren), NAPPI (Non Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention), and Brain Gym.
Organization: People Inc.
Project Title: Expansion of the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT)
Amount: $121,764 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
Support for the expansion of the MCRT to provide services to an additional 48 families annually. The MCRT provides crisis intervention and short term support to individuals with developmental disabilities who are also experiencing a crisis situation. People Inc. and Crisis Services are collaborating partners on this project.
Organization: Professional Center for Child Development
Project Title: Staff Certifications in Assistive Technology and Equipment Loan Management
Amount: $46,470 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
Support for staff to receive training and certification in Assistive Technology and training in Database Management.
Organization: Summit Educational Resources
Project Title: Summit SharePoint
Amount: $124,456 over two years
Year Awarded: 2009
To develop a web-based student information management system.
Community Partnerships
Organization: Join Together / Boston University School of Public Health
Project Title: Substance Abuse Prevention Planning Grant
Amount: $105,556
Year Awarded: 2010
Planning grant to develop a community-specific social media-based substance use prevention program.
Organization: Read to Succeed
Project Title: Buffalo Preschool CARE (Community Action for Reading Excellence)
Amount: $396,467 over three years
Year Awarded: 2007
The Buffalo Preschool CARE (Community Action for Reading Excellence) is a partnership of Good Schools for All, the Child Care Resource Network (CCRN), Every Person Influences Children (EPIC), United Way-Success by 6, WNED-TV and Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo and Erie County
The CARE project’s goals are to:
- Increase the number of home-based childcare providers in the 14215 "literacy zone" with high quality language and literacy resources and strategies.
- Increase the number of at-risk children who are school ready in language and literacy.
- Increase the involvement of parents in specific language and literacy development activities with their children in a family literacy model.
- Create a replicable model of excellence for home childcare providers that supports the development of literacy milestones and precursors of literacy readiness for children entering Buffalo's public schools.
Organization: Canisius College / Buffalo Public Schools
Project Title: Greater Buffalo Education Leadership Initiative
The Tower Foundation, in partnership with the Buffalo Public Schools and Canisius College, provides support for the Greater Buffalo Education Leadership Initiative.
The Leadership Initiative consists of a variety of programs and services that are designed to identify, train, and support current and future school-based leaders. The core component is the Leadership Academy which consists of three strands, one each for aspiring leaders, aspiring principals and new administrators. Each leadership strand provides a year-long experience of intensive, experiential professional development activities including a two-day retreat, formal "day session" training, selected readings, group discussions and mentorship opportunities. Approximately 20 individuals graduate from each Academy strand annually.
Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives
2008 Evidence-Based Practice RFP Awards
Three-year grants were awarded to the following organizations:
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Children's Friend and Family Services, Inc. (Salem, MA) - $92,381
The Incredible Years - Basic Parent Training
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Gateway-Longview, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $94,209
The Incredible Years - Basic Parent Training
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Martha's Vineyard Community Services (Vineyard Haven, MA) - $80,000
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Boston, MA) - $68,311
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Melmark New England (Andover, MA) - $93,169
The Incredible Years - Basic Parent Training
2007 Evidence-Based Practice RFP Awards
Three-year grant was awarded to the following organization:
2006 Evidence-Based Practice RFP Awards
Three-year grants were awarded to the following organizations:
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Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY (Buffalo, NY) - $98,999
The Incredible Years-Parent Training
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Children’s Friend and Family Services (Salem, MA) - $61,291
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Compeer West, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $120,927
Across Ages
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Gateway-Longview, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $49,733
The Incredible Years-Small Group Treatment
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Hillside Children’s Center (Buffalo, NY) - $47,278
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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NFI Massachusetts, Inc. (Danvers, MA) - $140,000
Multisystemic Therapy
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Pathways for Children, Inc. (Gloucester, MA) - $30,938
Second Step
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Project Cope, Inc. (Lynn, MA) - $80,985
Strengthening Families
2005 Evidence-Based Practice RFP Awards
Three-year grants were awarded to the following organizations:
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Catholic Charities North - Archdiocese of Boston (Lynn, MA) - $99,986
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
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Child & Adolescent Treatment Services (Cheektowaga, NY) - $97,706
Functional Family Therapy
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People Inc. (Williamsville, NY) - $84,595
The Incredible Years Parent Training
2004 Evidence-Based Practice RFP Awards
Three-year grants were awarded to the following organizations:
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Baker Victory Services (Lackawanna, NY) - $94,065
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
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Children's Friend (Salem, MA) - $122,395
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
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Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $71,880
The Incredible Years-Parent Training Series
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Erie County Council for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $64,356
Strengthening Families Program
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Health & Education Services, Inc. (Beverly, MA) - $134,472
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
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Horizon Health Services, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $111,012
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
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Kaleida Health (Buffalo, NY) - $68,986
Helping the Noncompliant Child
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Wellspring House, Inc. (Gloucester, MA) - $57,636
Strengthening Families Program: 10-14
Technology Planning and Implementation Initiatives
Grants were awarded to the following organizations:
- Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services (Buffalo, NY) - $36,000
- Hopevale, Inc. (Hamburg, NY) - $125,000 over three years
- Mid-Erie Treatment and Counseling Services (Cheektowaga, NY) - $50,000
- NFI Massachusetts (Peabody, MA) - $19,800
- YMCA Cape Cod (Barnstable, MA) - $93,729 over three years
Grants were awarded to the following organizations:
- Family & Children's Service of Niagara (Niagara Falls, NY) - $121,359 over two years
- Hopevale, Inc. (Hamburg, NY) - $29,535
- Horizon Health Services (Buffalo, NY) - $42,000
- League for the Handicapped, Inc. (Springville, NY) - $20,499
- Northshore Education Consortium (Beverly, MA) - $48,000
- Northwest Buffalo Community Health Care Center (Buffalo, NY) - $28,800
2008 Technology Planning and Implementation RFP Awards
Grants were awarded to the following organizations:
- Hillside Family of Agencies, Inc. (Buffalo, NY) - $125,000
- Martha's Vineyard Community Services, Inc. (Vineyard Haven, MA) - $124,068 over three years
- YMCA of Cape Cod (West Barnstable, MA) - $50,000
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