Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (93.243)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$13 billion
• Grant awards5,689
• Typical award$894,245
• Awarded in FY 2025$3.0 billion
• Size rank44 of 1824
• Type of assistanceProject grants (discretionary)

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $2.6 billion in fiscal 2021 to $3.0 billion in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 44th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 40% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 58 states and territories.

What the program funds

SAMHSA was given the authority to address priority substance abuse treatment, prevention and mental health needs of regional and national significance through assistance (grants and cooperative agreements) to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and other public or nonprofit private entities. Under these sections, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) seek to expand the availability of effective mental health, substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services available to Americans to improve the lives of those affected by alcohol and drug addictions, and to reduce the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on individuals, families, communities and societies and to address priority mental health needs of regional and national significance and assist children in dealing with violence and traumatic events through by funding grant and cooperative agreement projects. Grants and cooperative agreements may be for (1) knowledge and development and application projects for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and the conduct or support of evaluations of such projects; (2) training, education, and technical assistance; (3) targeted capacity response programs (4) systems change grants including statewide family network grants and client-oriented and consumer run self-help activities; (5) programs to foster health and development of children; and (6) coordination and integration of primary care services into publicly-funded community mental health centers and other community-based behavioral health settings.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

State (includes District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Pacific Jurisdictions, public institutions of higher education and hospitals),?Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals,?Sponsored organization,?Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals),?Other public institution/organization,?Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments,?Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals),?Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization,?Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations) Public organizations, such as units of State and local governments and to domestic private nonprofit organizations such as community-based organizations, universities, colleges and hospitals. State educational agencies, local educational agencies, Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) or their tribal educational agencies, a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, a Regional Corporation, or a Native Hawaiian educational organization.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds (including direct costs and indirect costs) may be used only for expenses clearly related and necessary to carry out approved activities that will provide immediately useful, practical knowledge that service providers need as they wrestle with the rapidly changing health care environment.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Refer to NOFO for Match RequirementsMOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$17,692 to $7,099,783; $417,410

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 55% of the money, nonprofits 34% and colleges and universities 5.4%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.