# Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (93.958)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $7.3 billion in 1,051 grants, about $6.9 million per award.

## Objectives

To provide financial assistance to States and Territories to enable them to carry out the State's plan for providing comprehensive community mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness and to children with a serious emotional disturbance; monitor the progress in implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system; provide technical assistance to States and the Mental Health Planning Council that will assist the States in planning and implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.8 billion | 501 |
| 2022 | $724 million | 126 |
| 2023 | $1.1 billion | 294 |
| 2024 | $964 million | 234 |
| 2025 | $684 million | 246 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Health Care Services | California | $860 million |
| Health & Human Svc Commn TX | Texas | $551 million |
| Florida Department of Children and Families | Florida | $461 million |
| New York State Office of Mental Health | New York | $358 million |
| PA Department of Human Services | Pennsylvania | $239 million |
| Illinois Department of Human Service | Illinois | $231 million |
| North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services | North Carolina | $202 million |
| Ohio Department Mental Health | Ohio | $201 million |
| Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities | Georgia | $195 million |
| New Jersey Department of Human Services | New Jersey | $194 million |
| Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | Michigan | $177 million |
| Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System | Arizona | $177 million |
| Health Care Authority | Washington | $168 million |
| Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services | Virginia | $136 million |
| Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services | Tennessee | $135 million |
| Department of Human Services Colorado | Colorado | $134 million |
| Missouri Department of Mental Health | Missouri | $119 million |
| Indiana Family and Social Serv | Indiana | $115 million |
| State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services | Wisconsin | $114 million |
| Massachusetts Department of Mental Health | Massachusetts | $111 million |