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CMS-2Q2-26-001: Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH)

Closed Closed June 3, 2026 Opportunity CMS-2Q2-26-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$7.5 million
• Total funding$37.5 million
• Expected awards5
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

Eligible applicants are state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) with the authority and capacity to accept the Cooperative Agreement award funding. Eligible applicants are all 50 states, Washington DC, and U.S. territories. Eligible U.S. territories include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Applicants may select to participate at the state level or designate a sub-state region, subject to CMS approval during the application review.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Innovation In Behavioral Health awards averaged $1.2 million; this notice allows up to $7.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model (the “Model”) for Cohort II Recipients is a seven-year, voluntary service delivery and payment model promoting integrated care in behavioral health (BH) settings. The IBH Model will test the impact of a value-based payment (VBP) model aligned across Medicaid and Medicare that supports an integrated care delivery framework in specialty BH organizations and settings for adult Medicaid, Medicare, and dually eligible beneficiaries with moderate to severe mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders (SUDs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), through its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center), will select up to five state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) to participate in the Model. The Model will have a seven-year performance period, which will be comprised of a two-year Pre-Implementation Period (beginning January 2027 and ending December 2028) along with a five-year Implementation Period (beginning January 2029 and ending December 2033). Up to $7.5 million dollars in cooperative agreement award funding will be available to each selected Recipient over the course of the seven years.

Category: Health.

Applying now

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