Aug. 03, 2020
John Gallagher, left, and Mark Plassmeyer.
The School of Social Work and EMPACT-Suicide Prevention Center, an Arizona non-profit behavioral health provider, will increase their partnership with the receipt of two new grants from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
In the first grant, assistant professor John Gallagher will continue to provide evaluation of the city of Phoenix's Veterans Court and clinical services provided by EMPACT. Beginning August 2020, the University of Arkansas will receive $207,000 during the 5-year grant with a total award to the city of Phoenix Prosecutor's Office of $2,000,000.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant will allow the court and EMPACT to serve 400 justice-involved veterans who are ineligible for healthcare benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Through the delivery of evidence-based interventions, the Phoenix Veterans Court aims to reduce incarceration and recidivism while decreasing symptoms of behavioral health conditions. The EMPACT team will consist of licensed master's level clinicians, case managers and peer support navigators.
In the second, assistant professor Mark Plassmeyer and Gallagher will provide evaluation on a new project EMPACT is launching to reduce suicide due to the COVID-19 crisis, from August 2020 through November 2021. The University of Arkansas will receive $160,000 for the evaluation. The full grant to EMPACT is for $800,000 and is funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. EMPACT's COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention program will deliver wrap-around clinical services to 280 high-risk individuals following a suicide related hospitalization who lack another source of care. Twenty-five percent of the participants will be survivors of domestic violence.
Plassmeyer, who has an extensive background working with community mental health providers and harm-reduction-based services, notes that "EMPACT's emphasis on using peer support is an important factor in our desire to partner on this project. Social Work values the dignity and worth of all people and focuses on individual/community strengths. Promoting the knowledge and voices of people who have experienced suicidal ideation/attempts and/or interpersonal violence is a critical aspect in adhering to those values in this partnership."
Grant funds will also be used to provide training on suicide screening and referrals to 250 employees of domestic violence and other social service providers.
These grants build on two current evaluations Gallagher is conducting with the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funded programs administered by EMPACT. According to Gallagher, "as an applied discipline rooted in the core values of the National Association of Social Workers, partnerships like these are essential. They allow researchers to help community-based providers deliver effective and empowering care to vulnerable individuals and grow the discipline's knowledge through dissemination of secondary research."
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