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SAMHSA awarded $500,000 to the PEACE Council for fiscal year 2009. Governor of Guam Felix P. Camacho approved Guam’s Focus on Life State Plan for Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention and calls upon his PEACE Council and Guam’s State Epidemiological Workgroup to work collaboratively with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse [...]

The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse was awarded by SAMHSA, $71,000 for fiscal year 2009 for their project DIG. DMHSA with the help of the FY 2007 DIG will establish a web-based system that allows a flow of data on consumers who are jointly receiving services from DMHSA and private providers. It [...]

SAMHSA awarded the Department of Public Health and Social Services, Project Karinu, a six (6) year grant. Project Karinu (Loving our Babies) reflects Guam’s unique culture in which children, families and relationships are highly valued and the focus of family and community life. Project Karinu will develop, implement, and sustain a system of care [...]

The University of Guam’s ISA Psychological Services Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will further develop and institutionalize a sustainable Campus Suicide Prevention Program addressing student suicide risk through training programs, linkages with community mental health care providers, educational seminars, linkages to local and national crisis hotlines, and informational materials for [...]

Guam Identifies Families Terrific Strengths (G.I.F.T.S.), Inc., a parent organization formed through the efforts of I Famagu’on-ta (Our Children) Guam’s System of Care with Guam’s Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse, aims to provide suppport, advocacy, and training for children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) and their families. G.I.F.T.S. intends to utilize “Gifts to [...]

PBS Guam, formerly KGTF-TV12, will upgrade to a fully digital broadcast facility with funds from a grant awarded on Sept. 22, 2009, by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grant will provide the full $199,500 needed for the station’s master control room upgrade. “The existing master control unit is [...]

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the award of more than $1.2 million in FY 2009 funds for Guam to maintain or increase public safety. These Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funds are the first Office of Justice Programs (OJP) FY 2009 award to Guam’s government and will help prevent crime [...]

The Port Authority of Guam has submitted a TIGER Grant application by the September 15, 2009 deadline. The Port has applied for $49.7 million for the Port Modernization Program. Awards are anticipated to be announced between late December 2009 and February 2010. This funding, if approved will be combined with USDA financing in the amount [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the Judiciary of Guam has been awarded $993,037 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The recovery funds are administered by the BJA under The Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs Program, which helps rural states and areas prevent and combat [...]

Three additional ARRA TIGER Discretionary Grants with a total value of $74 million were submitted by Governor Felix P. Camacho and the Department of Public Works Tuesday.
Grant applications were submitted for the following three projects:
Route 10A Intermodal Highway Project - $33.5 million in grant funds (96% of the total project costs) were requested [...]

Focus on youth outreach, environmental stewardship.
The University of Guam received the first year of funding for a Sea Grant Extension Program grant amounting to $70K for 2009 and a total of $370K over the three-year grant period ending in 2011.
“One of grant’s objectives is to work with the Guam Department of Education in enhancing its [...]