About the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch

Description

Purpose

Goals

Service Population

Initiative Areas

Achievements

What is the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch?

The Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch (PIPPDB) is part of the Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs in the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). CMHS serves as the focal point for federal efforts to make high-quality, community-based services available and accessible for people with, or at risk of developing, mental illness and their families, and is engaged in transforming mental health systems and the way mental health services are perceived, accessed, delivered, and financed. PIPPDB supports transformation through their grants and other programs that promote mental health for children, youth, and families and prevent mental and behavioral disorders for those who are at-risk.

What does the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch do?

The Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch administers a range of programs related to mental health promotion and prevention of mental and behavioral disorders. In recent years, the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch has expanded its range of programs to include mental health issues related to youth violence prevention, suicide prevention, and early intervention.

What are the goals of the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch?

To introduce fundamental change and transform the way mental health services are perceived, accessed, delivered, and financed.
To prevent youth violence and suicide.
To promote mental health among children and youth and to enhance resilience among pre-school and school-aged children.
To improve access, quality, and outcomes of mental health services for underserved populations, such as rural residents and tribal communities.
To promote the use of evidence-based interventions by individuals, families, and communities for the promotion of mental health and the prevention and treatment of mental illness.

Who does the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch serve?

The Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch serves people and families with or at-risk for mental health problems, including people in rural or tribal communities. The Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch also serves pre-school and school-aged children, youth, and families who are at risk for committing, witnessing, or becoming victims of violence, and those at risk for suicide.

What initiative areas are the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch working on?

Mental health systems transformation;
Youth violence prevention;
Suicide prevention;
Mental health in rural, tribal, and isolated communities;
Mental health promotion, prevention of mental illness, and early intervention.

What has the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development Branch achieved?

Lead CMHS activities on the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental and behavioral disorders.
Provided leadership and expertise to handle emerging issues in the arena of mental health promotion and the prevention of mental and behavioral disorders.
Jointly funded 190 Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative grantees with federal partner agencies (U.S. Departments of Justice and Education) to prevent youth violence, representing a $1 billion federal investment.
Funded 189 Youth Violence Prevention Grantees to prevent youth violence, substance abuse, suicide, and other mental and behavioral disorders.
Funded 23 grantees for the Targeted Capacity Expansion: Prevention and Early Intervention Services program to serve infants, toddlers, preschool, and school-age children, and/or adolescents.
Funded and implemented a national suicide prevention hotline.
Launched four Request For Applications (RFAs) for suicide prevention including: grants to support States and tribes in developing and implementing youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies; grants to institutions of higher education to enhance services for students at-risk for suicide attempts; funds for the continuation of a Federal Suicide Technical Assistance Center; and funding to manage a toll-free national suicide prevention hotline network.
Provided grant support to The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention to provide technical assistance to grantees.
Developed the One Sky contract for mental health promotion and prevention of school violence and suicide in American Indian/Alaskan Native communities , with an emphasis on life skills enhancement.
Partnered with HRSA to provide school-based mental health services.
Participated in a cross-division collaboration on the Mental Health Transformation State Infrastructure Grant program.
Participated in an interdepartmental HHS workgroup focused on developing a rural mental health action agenda

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