Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Innovation In Behavioral Health (93.610)

Also known as IBH Model

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$3.6 million
• Grant awards3
• Typical award$1.3 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$3.7 million
• Size rank1682 of 1824
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements

Key findings

• It is the 1682nd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 3 states and territories.

What the program funds

The CMS Innovation Center is announcing a new NOFO focusing on improving the quality of care for people with behavioral health needs.

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

Eligible applicants are all 50 states, Washington DC, and territories. Eligible U.S. territories include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Cooperative Agreement funding is to be used for Recipient’s costs in developing and operationalizing the IBH Model. Funding may be used for statewide infrastructure, health IT, staffing, interoperability projects, and convening. Cooperative Agreement funds may not be used to pay providers for services covered under Medicare, Medicaid, and/or CHIP, including services already covered under such programs or any newly covered services under this model. Recipients are encouraged to leverage other Medicaid funding sources, such as Medicaid 90/10 funding, to advance the Model aims. Recipients will be required to develop the Medicaid APM in accordance with CMS and state-based Medicaid policy. Cooperative agreement cannot be used to finance the care delivery services provided under the Model. Funding under this NOFO can only cover functions of the IBH Model and cannot be used to duplicate or supplant other funding sources. Funding awarded pursuant to this NOFO may not be used for services for direct care delivery services, including those currently covered by Medicaid and/or Medicare. Further, funding awarded through this NOFO cannot cover other services that are provided after, or because of, the IBH Model. For example, cooperative agreement funding cannot be used for construction expenses. Funding under this NOFO may not be claimed for FFP purposes.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. N/A

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Applications will be due 60 days after the NOFO is posted.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

CMS will make a total of $7.5 million available to each state participating in The IBH Model. Awardees will have access to $2.5 million during the three-year pre-implementation period, and $1 million each year of the 5 year implementation period. The entire period of performance is eight years.

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

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

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.