Mental Health Weekly Digest
March 4, 2009
Project Will Develop and Evaluate a New Program to Reduce Crime, Recidivism and Illegal Substance Use in Seven Middle Tennessee Counties
The Centerstone Research Institute (CRI), a company of Centerstone, the nation’s largest provider of community-based behavioral healthcare, announced that it has secured a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will fund the creation and evaluation of a new Tennessee program serving adults with substance abuse or co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders who are involved in community criminal justice systems. The program will target the following counties: Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore and Warren.
