Contracts

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Oversight

The CMHS Oversight contract consolidates four existing task orders into one logistics task order to support the program monitoring activities and the reviewing of applications performed by the Division of State and Community Systems Development (DSCSD) with respect to Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) programs. McFarland & Associates provides consultants to serve as monitors and reviewers for MHBG and PAIMI programs. Our staff also provides logistical and administrative services, training, and editorial support; produce monitoring prompts and report writing guidelines; and are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating activities between monitoring and review to support and facilitate the flow of information.

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Inter-Faith and Community-Based Logistics and Symposium

McFarland & Associates works with faith- and community-based organizations to implement and evaluate programs whose mission is to improve the quality of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, intervention, and mental health service delivery. McFarland & Associates has developed a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration comprehensive program evaluation system that employs a collaborative information management approach, and we have primary responsibility for data collection, instrumentation, data gathering, report preparation, data analysis, and  preparation of monthly and  final  reports. Also,  McFarland  &  Associates  helps  to  disseminate information  on  best  practices  for  HIV/AIDS,  substance abuse prevention and treatment, and mental health services; and convenes Inter-Faith and Community-Based Symposiums and  working  groups  on  relevant  and  emerging  issues related to HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and mental health.

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Minority Education Institution Program Coordinating Center

The Minority Education Institution Program Coordinating Center (MEI-PCC) is dedicated to establishing a national network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to facilitate collaboration among the institutions; support culturally appropriate substance abuse treatment and mental health disorders treatment; support student health services and wellness needs on campuses; and facilitate the design and development of prevention programs and services that can be sustained within the minority institutions as well to encourage student interests in the fields of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. McFarland & Associates has worked with participating HBCU, HSI, and TCU partners to educate over 2,500 individuals on the risks of substance abuse and HIV infection, as well as to prepare Hepatitis health promotion/awareness workshops, public relations activities, and seminars. We have also partnered to train student peer educators and perform HIV testing on the campuses of the HBCU, HSI, and TCU partners.

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