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SM-23-013: Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances

Closed Closed February 14, 2024 Opportunity SM-23-013 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Children's Mental Health Initiative (SM-27-003). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$3.0 million
• Total funding$30.4 million
• Expected awards23
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility is statutorily limited to states and territories, governmental units within political sub-divisions of states, and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) awards averaged $2.5 million; this notice allows up to $3.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (82% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The purpose of this program is to provide resources to improve the mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, at risk for or with serious emotional disturbances (SED), and their families. This program supports the implementation, expansion, and integration of the System of Care (SOC) approach by creating sustainable infrastructure and services that are required as part of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program (also known as the Children’s Mental Health Initiative or CMHI). With this program, SAMHSA aims to prepare children and youth with or at risk of SED for successful transition to adulthood and assumption of adult roles and responsibilities. This NOFO will remain open for FY 2024. The following are the due dates for each FY: FY 2023: Applications are due by May 21, 2023 (Closed) FY 2024: Applications are due by February 14, 2024 Applications submitted by the due date will be reviewed and funding decisions will be made by the end of the FY. Applicants that do not receive funding are eligible to apply for the following fiscal year.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, SM-27-003, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.