Each fall, SAMHSA’s GAINS Center solicits applications from communities to receive funded technical assistance. The GAINS Center is pleased to announce the 2024 award recipients of Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) mapping workshops and trauma-informed responses train-the-trainer (TTT) events. These selected counties and communities will benefit from comprehensive, cost-free training that includes extensive planning and logistics support, educational materials, and continued technical assistance after the workshops or events.
2024 SIM Mapping Workshop Award Recipients
SIM mapping workshops focus broadly on identifying opportunities and gaps in the systems and services responsible for responding to the needs of adults with mental and substance use disorders who are involved or at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system. This year, applicants could choose to apply for a traditional SIM or a substance use–focused SIM mapping workshop. The substance use–focused SIM mapping workshop uses the same process to help jurisdictions transform systems specifically for individuals with substance use disorders and aims to assist with the development of comprehensive community-wide plans for addressing substance use.
The 2024 SIM mapping workshop awardees are as follows:
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County, Maine*
- Flagler County, Florida*
- Guilford County, North Carolina
- Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts*
- Montgomery County, Ohio
- Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
- Oneida County, New York*
- Otero County, New Mexico*
- Stevens County, Washington*
*Awarded a substance use–focused SIM
For more information on the SIM and related opportunities, see the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) page.
2024 TTT Event Award Recipients
TTT events educate and certify trainers to provide the How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses training. The TTT events are for experienced training facilitators in the criminal justice field who seek to increase their understanding of trauma and gain the tools to raise awareness of the impact of trauma on behavior. A core objective is to guide trainers on strategies for developing system-wide plans that embed trauma-informed response practices into policy and protocols to improve outcomes for individuals with histories of justice involvement and trauma.
The 2024 TTT awardees are as follows:
- Granville Vance Public Health, North Carolina
- Chestnut Health Systems and Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services’ Pathways to Wellness, Rights and Resources, and Ten Tribes Partnership (multiple states)
- Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine, Maine
- Idaho Department of Correction, Idaho
- York County Trauma-Informed Community Team, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Counseling Services, Inc., Pennsylvania
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma
- Epidaurus, doing business as Amity Foundation (multiple states)
- Anti-Recidivism Coalition, California
- Lancaster County Department of Corrections, Nebraska
- Foundation 2 Crisis Services, Iowa
- Alabama Department of Mental Health, Alabama
In addition, a limited number of seats are given to the following four sites:
- S. Probation Office, Eastern District of California
- Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina
- York County Prison, Pennsylvania
- Once Incarcerated Anonymous, Connecticut
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