The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
April 15, 2002


Welcome to this List Serv sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health Trust
Authority's Rural Funding Coordination Project. These messages provide
information about current government and private grants and contracts,
conference and training opportunities, and potential funding sources.

The State of Alaska has several vacancies on its Employment of People with
Disabilities Board. The vacancies are for a parent, an advocacy/community
rehabilitation representative, and an employer. For more information,
contact Gina Spartz at 907-465-3500 or visit www.gov.state.ak.us.

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has funding available to develop
comprehensive drug/alcohol and mental health treatment systems for persons
who are homeless. The Treatment for Homeless Grant program is designed to
enable communities to expand and strengthen their treatment services for
homeless individuals with substance abuse disorders, mental illness, or with
co-occurring substance abuse disorders and mental illness. Approximately $9
million will be available to fund 15 to 17 grants. The deadline is June 19.
For more information, contact Joanne Gampel at 301-443-7945 or visit
www.samhsa.gov.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is
accepting applications for its Conference Grant Program and its Targeted
Capacity Expansion Program. The Conference Grant Program supports up to 75
percent (to a maximum of $50,000) of the total direct costs of domestic
conferences developed for knowledge synthesis and dissemination. For more
information, contact Teddi Fine at 301-443-0553. The Targeted Capacity
Expansion Program is designed to expand substance abuse treatment capacity
in targeted areas by addressing gaps in treatment capacity. For more
information, contact Westley Clark at 301-443-0553. The deadline for both
programs is May 10. To download guidelines, visit www.samhsa.gov.

The Enterprise Foundation is accepting applications for the Jim & Patty
Rouse Award, which recognizes the work being done by community-based and
regional nonprofit organizations and Tribes and/or Tribally Designated
Housing Entities that develop and provide low-income housing. The amount of
the award is $5,000. The deadline is April 26. For more information,
contact Samia Malak at 410-772-2436 or visit www.enterprisefoundation.org.

The Foundation for Child Development supports research, policy, and other
programs that seek to prevent child poverty and to promote the economic
security of low-income families. Over the past few years, they have focused
on policy-relevant research on low-income working families, and on what they
need to raise healthy children who are equipped to learn. Potential
applicants should send a letter of inquiry. There is no deadline. For more
information, contact Fasaha Traylor at 212-213-8337 or visit www.ffcd.org.

Wells Fargo Corporate Contribution Program provides grants to nonprofit
organizations in the areas of social services, youth and education, arts and
culture, civic programs and economic development. There is no deadline.
For more information, contact Michelle Nelson at 907-265-2844 or visit
www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable.jhtml.

Health Policies for the 21st Century: Challenges and Recommendations for the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends a reassessment of
existing federal health policies and programs, and identifies obstacles to a
more comprehensive health policy. The report was published by the Milbank
Memorial Fund, a foundation that supports research on issues in health
policy. The publication is free. To receive a copy, call 212-355-8400.

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority's Small Projects Funding program is
designed to create innovative new program ideas, substantially improve and
supplement existing activities, or significantly increase the quality of
ongoing projects. Each small project is limited to a maximum of $10,000.
The deadlines are February 1, June 1 and October 1. For more information,
call 907-269-7960 or 800-770-8973 or visit www.mhtrust.org.

The beneficiaries of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority include those
Alaskans who experience mental illness; mental retardation or similar
disabilities; chronic alcoholism with psychosis; or Alzheimer's disease or
related dementia. You can learn more about the Trust at www.mhtrust.org.

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