Provide funding opportunities for grant programs that address behavioral health challenges in local communities through preventing the onset of substance use, progress in reducing substance use, and addressing other related issues

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this week announced notices of funding opportunities for funding programs that address behaviors in local communities by preventing and reducing substance abuse Health challenges the progression of substance use and addresses other related issues. The grant opportunities, totaling approximately $74.4 million, are part of the Biden-Harris administration’s priorities to defeat the overdose epidemic and address the mental health crisis, two key pillars of the president’s national unity agenda.

“By supporting the development and delivery of community-based behavioral health services, we promote positive outcomes and advance health equity,” said U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. “This funding underscores the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to providing the resources our local communities need.”

“SAMHSA is committed to improving access to behavioral health care in American communities,” said Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and leader of SAMHSA. “This funding is an important investment to help organizations in these communities implement comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to prevent and address substance abuse and promote mental health.”

These awards advance HHS’s ongoing efforts to advance the HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy, which focuses on prevention, injury, treatment, and recovery. The awards also support the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive mental health strategy and the National Drug Control Strategy, which implements President Biden’s unity agenda of taking a whole-of-government approach to overcoming the overdose epidemic and addressing the mental health crisis.

Announced grant funding opportunities are:

• Grants for expansion and sustainability of comprehensive community mental health services (CMHI) for children with severe mood disorders – $30.4 million. The purpose of the program is to provide resources to improve mental health outcomes for children and adolescents born under the age of 21 who are at risk for or living with severe mood disorders and their families.
• Tribal Behavioral Health – $13.1 million – The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance use/abuse, prevent overdoses, reduce the impact of trauma and promote the mental health of American Indian/Alaska Native youth, including those ages 24, By building a network of health systems, services and partnerships that impact youth.
• Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for State Success – $15.5 million – This program is designed to assist states, including U.S. territories, Pacific jurisdictions, and the District of Columbia, by supporting the development and delivery of state and community substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion service.
• Strategic Prevention Framework – Successful Partnerships with Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations – $15.5 million – This program is designed to help communities, local governments, universities, colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations reduce incidence Rate progress in addressing substance abuse and related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion services.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, there is help available. Call or text 988 or chat via 988lifeline.org. To learn how to get support for mental health, drug or alcohol issues, visit FindSupport.gov. If you are ready to find a treatment facility or provider, you can go directly to FindTreatment.gov or call 800-662-HELP (4357).

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