At a glance
This funding opportunity supports pilot clinical trials of patient navigation models to divert non-urgent youth mental health emergency department visits and improve triage, family support, linkage to community services, and tracking of outcomes over time. It is open to a wide range of U.S. organizations, including nonprofits, universities, governments, tribal organizations, faith-based or community-based organizations, and for-profit organizations, but foreign organizations and foreign components are not allowed. R34 budgets are limited to $225,000 in direct costs per year and $450,000 total over a 3-year project period, and the number of awards depends on NIH appropriations and the number of meritorious applications. No cost sharing is required.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The purpose of this NOFO is to build research about the effectiveness, implementation, and optimization of family navigation ED diversion models for non-urgent mental health problems. Models of interest are designed to (a) utilize triage tools to identify mental health acuity, (b) facilitate engagement in mental health services and needed resources, and (c) provide support, knowledge about the mental health condition, and facilitate linkages/address barriers to help-seeking among families.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments