OpenGrants funding guide

Mental Health Grants for Providers and Nonprofits

The grants that come back every year for mental health and substance use work in the United States: the block grant money your state passes down to providers, the SAMHSA, HRSA, Justice Department and Education programs you apply to directly, CCBHC and 988 crisis funding, tribal programs, and the foundations and health plans that back behavioral health. Each card gives the money, the catch and the next window, starting with the door most applicants miss: your state.

Data refreshed: November 8, 2026 · Editorial verified: October 28, 2026 · 88 programs

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How to use this page

Start with your state, not SAMHSA. The Mental Health Block Grant and the substance use block grant go to states by formula, about $2.9 billion between them in FY2026, and your state mental health authority and single state agency for substance use subaward that money to providers. Applying to SAMHSA when you should be applying to your state is the most common mistake in this field. The first section shows each kind of state-administered money and how to find your state's office; SAMHSA's own competitions are smaller, irregular and open for about a month at a time.
Use grants to build what billing will sustain. For most providers Medicaid reimbursement is a larger and steadier source than any grant, so grants work best to start a service line, train a credentialed workforce or stand up crisis capacity that billing then carries. CCBHC status is the clearest case: the expansion grant ends after four years, while the Medicaid payment rate is the durable money, so treat certification as a decision about how your clinic gets paid.
State money is still federal money. Block grant and State Opioid Response subawards carry the federal rules with them: the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), a single audit once you spend $1,000,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year (2 CFR 200.501), and SAMHSA's limits on harm-reduction supplies. Without a negotiated rate you can charge indirect costs at up to 15% of modified total direct costs (2 CFR 200.414(f)). Each card's catch names the rules that apply, and when a window has passed the card shows the next expected one.
Who this page is not for. It lists money for organizations. Individuals looking for help paying for their own treatment should start with the grants for individuals guide or SAMHSA's free, confidential National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357, and anyone in crisis can call or text 988. For-profit private practices are eligible for very little of this money; their realistic routes are Medicaid and commercial billing and subcontracts with grantees, and the few programs here that accept for-profit applicants show up under the "for-profit provider" filter.

What's included: Programs a U.S. behavioral health provider, nonprofit, tribe, local government, school district or court can apply to, directly or through the state agency that passes the money down, that come back every year or keep a standing window. What's left out: One-off funding notices, programs that have not run since 2024, research grants (NIH, NIMH, NIDA), help for individuals paying for treatment, programs only a state can receive with no subaward route, programs outside the United States, and programs we could not confirm on their official page.

Where SAMHSA stands, as of October 2026

On March 27, 2025 HHS announced it would fold SAMHSA, HRSA and other offices into a new Administration for a Healthy America. Congress did not fund it. The FY2026 spending law (P.L. 119-75, enacted February 3, 2026) pays for HHS agencies under their existing structure, gives the proposed new agency nothing, and appropriates $7.29 billion in discretionary money to SAMHSA, a little more than in FY2025 (CRS R48970). That includes about $992 million for the Mental Health Block Grant, $1.93 billion for the substance use block grant and $1.6 billion for State Opioid Response. As of October 28, 2026 SAMHSA still exists as its own agency and still runs most of the federal programs on this page.

The state door held steadier than the federal one. On January 13, 2026 SAMHSA sent termination notices for a wide batch of discretionary grants, then rescinded them within days; Washington's Health Care Authority reported that the notices did not touch the block grants, State Opioid Response or PATH. FY2026 discretionary rounds then opened late, mostly between March and July 2026, with application windows of about 30 days. Every FY2026 SAMHSA notice bars harm reduction, "housing first" policies and other activities the cards list, and ties continuation funding to Administration priorities. SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 letter bars SAMHSA money, block-grant subawards included, from buying syringes, smoking supplies or drug test strips, while naloxone stays allowable.

What comes next: the FY2027 budget request, released April 3, 2026, is again built around proposed HHS reorganizations (CRS R49344). For now a continuing resolution (P.L. 119-103, signed September 2, 2026) funds SAMHSA at FY2026 rates through December 11, 2026 (CRS R49353), and SAMHSA has already forecast several FY2027 rounds for December 2026; the cards show which. Read each notice's restrictions when it posts, because they changed twice in 2025–26.

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1. State-administered money: block grant subawards and state opioid funds

Most federal mental health and substance use money never goes from SAMHSA straight to a provider. Congress funds the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (about $992 million in FY2026, $1.01 billion counting its evaluation funds), the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (about $1.93 billion, $2.01 billion with evaluation funds), PATH and State Opioid Response, and your state decides which local programs receive it. Opioid settlement money follows the same pattern through states, counties and cities. These cards cover one type of state-administered money each, because the door is the same everywhere: the state mental health authority for MHBG and PATH, the single state agency for SUBG and State Opioid Response. Find yours in SAMHSA's MHBG contacts and SUBG contacts directories. States must make their block grant plans public for comment while drafting them and after filing them with SAMHSA through WebBGAS, so read your state's plan before you pitch. Federal rules travel with every subaward; see how pass-through funding works. SAMHSA's direct grants are on its funder page.

10 programs

Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) — community mental health subawards (ALN 93.958)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services), through state mental health authorities

Varies — check official page (FY2026: $991,532,000 appropriated for the MHBG plus $21,039,000 in evaluation funds; SAMHSA's FY2026 final allotments run from $100,407 (Palau) to $120,145,225 (California), and each state sets its own subaward sizes)

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The catch: MHBG money cannot pay for inpatient services, cash payments to clients, buying or building facilities (other than minor remodeling), major medical equipment, or the match for another federal grant (42 U.S.C. 300x-5). Subrecipients take on the 2 CFR 200 terms the state passes down (HHS adopted 2 CFR 200 effective October 1, 2025), including a single audit once federal expenditures reach $1,000,000 in a fiscal year starting on or after October 1, 2024, plus the data the state needs for its annual MHBG report.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your state mental health authority · Annual federal block grant on the federal fiscal year (October 1); each state applies to SAMHSA by September 1 under a plan covering two years, then sets its own subaward and contract cycle

Applicant tip: Every state must publish its block grant plan for comment while drafting it and after submitting it (42 U.S.C. 300x-51), and must run a mental health planning council at least half of whose members are not state employees or mental health providers; comment on the plan or seek a council seat to influence the next allocations.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit community programs serving adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance. MHBG-funded services must go through qualified community programs (community mental health centers, child mental health programs, psychosocial rehabilitation, mental health peer-support and consumer-directed programs), and a community mental health center must meet federal criteria including 24-hour emergency care and service regardless of ability to pay (42 U.S.C. 300x-2). States may not give MHBG financial assistance to for-profit entities (42 U.S.C. 300x-5(a)(5)).
How to apply: Through your state: the state mental health authority (listed in SAMHSA's MHBG contacts directory) runs the subaward or contract process and may route money through local government entities; SAMHSA does not take applications from providers.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

MHBG early serious mental illness (ESMI) set-aside — first-episode psychosis and Coordinated Specialty Care (ALN 93.958)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services), through state mental health authorities

Varies — check official page (each state must spend at least 10% of its MHBG allotment a year on evidence-based programs for early serious mental illness, or at least 20% by the end of the following fiscal year; 42 U.S.C. 300x-9(c))

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The catch: The set-aside must fund evidence-based programs, and SAMHSA's FY2026–2027 block grant application makes the state's ESMI plan include program evaluation and data collection to show effectiveness, so funded teams report outcome data. All MHBG restrictions apply (no inpatient services, cash payments to clients, construction or major medical equipment; 42 U.S.C. 300x-5), along with the state's 2 CFR 200 subrecipient terms, including a single audit once federal expenditures reach $1,000,000 in a fiscal year starting on or after October 1, 2024.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your state mental health authority · Annual on the federal fiscal year; the state's two-year MHBG plan must say how it will use the set-aside, and the state sets its own procurement cycle

Applicant tip: Build your program on the Coordinated Specialty Care components from the RAISE initiative: SAMHSA accepts other models only after reviewing them with the state, so a CSC-aligned proposal is the easiest for your state to fund from this set-aside.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit programs the state funds to deliver evidence-based services for people with early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of age at onset (42 U.S.C. 300x-9(c)). SAMHSA reviews any state plan that uses the set-aside for something other than the Coordinated Specialty Care approach developed through the RAISE initiative to confirm it is evidence-based. For-profit entities cannot receive MHBG financial assistance.
How to apply: Through your state: the state mental health authority decides how its ESMI set-aside is spent and funds first-episode psychosis teams by subaward or contract; ask the MHBG contact listed in SAMHSA's directory whether it is adding sites or procuring new teams.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

MHBG crisis services set-aside — crisis contact centers, mobile crisis and crisis stabilization (ALN 93.958)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services), through state mental health authorities

Varies — check official page (each state must spend at least 5% of its MHBG allotment a year on evidence-based crisis care, or at least 10% over two consecutive fiscal years; 42 U.S.C. 300x-9(d), repeated in the FY2026 appropriations act)

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The catch: Money must go to evidence-based crisis care for people with serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, and states budget it separately for adults and children in their MHBG planned expenditures. MHBG restrictions apply (no inpatient services, cash payments to clients, construction or major medical equipment; 42 U.S.C. 300x-5), and subrecipients carry the state's 2 CFR 200 terms, including a single audit once federal expenditures reach $1,000,000 in a fiscal year starting on or after October 1, 2024.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your state mental health authority · Annual on the federal fiscal year, with the option to meet a 10% two-year total instead; state procurement cycles vary

Applicant tip: The 5% is a floor, not a cap: SAMHSA's FY2026–2027 application tells states to report every MHBG dollar budgeted for core crisis services, not only the required set-aside, so a well-documented gap in mobile crisis or stabilization capacity can win more than the minimum.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit crisis providers the state funds to serve people with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance in crisis. At the state's discretion the set-aside may fund some or all of three core elements: crisis call centers, 24/7 mobile crisis services, and crisis stabilization programs in a hospital or appropriately licensed facility with referrals to inpatient or outpatient care (42 U.S.C. 300x-9(d)). For-profit entities cannot receive MHBG financial assistance.
How to apply: Through your state: the state mental health authority allocates the crisis set-aside and contracts or subawards with crisis contact centers (988 or non-988), mobile crisis teams and stabilization programs; reach it through SAMHSA's MHBG contacts directory.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG) — treatment and recovery subawards (ALN 93.959)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment), through single state agencies

Varies — check official page (FY2026: $1,933,879,000 appropriated for the SUBG plus $79,200,000 in evaluation funds, $2,013,079,000 in all; each state sets its own subaward sizes)

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The catch: The SUBG cannot pay for inpatient hospital care (except when medically necessary, at community residential rates), cash payments to clients, buying or building facilities, major medical equipment, or another grant's match (42 U.S.C. 300x-31), and SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter bars any SAMHSA money for syringes, smoking supplies or fentanyl and other drug test strips while allowing naloxone and nalmefene. Treatment programs must give admission preference to pregnant women and make tuberculosis services available (45 CFR 96.131; 42 U.S.C. 300x-24(a)), and subrecipients carry the state's 2 CFR 200 terms, including a single audit at $1,000,000 of federal expenditures for fiscal years starting on or after October 1, 2024.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your single state agency · Annual federal block grant on the federal fiscal year; a SUBG-only application is due to SAMHSA by October 1 (September 1 when combined with the MHBG), and each state sets its own subaward and contract cycle

Applicant tip: Read your state's current block grant plan before pitching the single state agency: federal law requires the plan to be public for comment during drafting and after submission (42 U.S.C. 300x-51), and it names the priority populations and service gaps the state has committed to fund.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit substance use disorder treatment and recovery support providers, including community- and faith-based organizations, that the single state agency funds directly or through local governments and intermediaries such as administrative service organizations; the statute bars financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity (42 U.S.C. 300x-31(a)(1)(E)).
How to apply: Through your state: the single state agency for substance use (listed in SAMHSA's SUBG contacts directory) runs the subaward or contract process, sometimes through counties, cities or administrative service organizations; SAMHSA does not take applications from providers.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

SUBG primary prevention set-aside — community substance use prevention (ALN 93.959)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention), through single state agencies

Varies — check official page (each state must spend at least 20% of its SUBG allotment on primary prevention for people who do not need treatment; 42 U.S.C. 300x-22(a), 45 CFR 96.124(b))

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The catch: Set-aside money is only for people who do not require treatment, and problem identification and referral may not include any activity to determine whether someone needs treatment (45 CFR 96.125). States must prioritize populations at risk and community-based strategies, including discouraging underage alcohol and tobacco use (42 U.S.C. 300x-22(a)), and report prevention spending by the six federal strategies and by universal, selective and indicated populations. Subrecipients carry the state's 2 CFR 200 terms, including a single audit at $1,000,000 of federal expenditures for fiscal years starting on or after October 1, 2024.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your single state agency · Annual on the federal fiscal year; state prevention procurement cycles vary

Applicant tip: Write your proposal in the state's own reporting categories: name which of the six 45 CFR 96.125 strategies you use (information dissemination, education, alternatives, problem identification and referral, community-based process, environmental) and whether you serve a universal, selective or indicated population.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit entities, such as prevention providers, coalitions, schools and local governments, that the state funds to deliver its comprehensive primary prevention program for people not identified as needing treatment, in a variety of settings for the general population and high-risk subgroups (45 CFR 96.125(a)).
How to apply: Through your state: the single state agency's prevention office funds the set-aside directly or through local prevention providers; ask the SUBG contact listed in SAMHSA's directory how and when it procures prevention services.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, school or university
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

SUBG treatment for pregnant women and women with dependent children (ALN 93.959)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment), through single state agencies

Varies — check official page (each state must spend at least the amount it spent on these services in FY1994 unless SAMHSA grants a one-year waiver; 42 U.S.C. 300x-22(b), 45 CFR 96.124(c))

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The catch: Funded programs must admit in this order: pregnant women who inject drugs, other pregnant women, people who inject drugs, then everyone else; a program that cannot admit a pregnant woman must refer her to the state, which must arrange treatment or interim services, including a referral for prenatal care, within 48 hours (45 CFR 96.131). The money is the payment of last resort and goes to women with no other means of paying, so providers must bill Medicaid, insurance and other programs and charge clients by ability to pay (45 CFR 96.124(e), 96.137).

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your single state agency · Annual on the federal fiscal year; state procurement cycles vary

Applicant tip: The rule lets programs 'provide or arrange for' the required medical, pediatric and child care services (45 CFR 96.124(e)), so signed agreements with a clinic and a child care provider can meet the requirement without adding those services in-house.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit treatment programs that admit pregnant women and women with dependent children, including women trying to regain custody, treat the family as a unit, and provide or arrange primary medical care with prenatal care and child care, primary pediatric care including immunizations, gender-specific treatment, therapeutic interventions for the children, and case management and transportation (45 CFR 96.124(e)).
How to apply: Through your state: the single state agency funds designated women's treatment programs by subaward or contract; ask the SUBG contact listed in SAMHSA's directory how it allocates this required women's services spending.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

SUBG early intervention services for HIV — designated states only (ALN 93.959)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment), through single state agencies

Varies — check official page (SAMHSA's FY2026–2027 block grant application has designated states set aside 5% of their SUBG allotment for these projects; the statute's formula sets 2% to 5%; 42 U.S.C. 300x-24(b))

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The catch: HIV services must be voluntary, with informed consent, and can never be a condition of receiving treatment or any other service (42 U.S.C. 300x-24(b)(6)). Programs must link to a community network of health and social services and follow the state's HIV procedures (45 CFR 96.128), and the grant is the payment of last resort, so providers must first bill Medicaid, Medicare, insurance and other programs (42 U.S.C. 300x-24(c); 45 CFR 96.137).

Next deadline: Varies by state — only designated states fund these projects · Annual on the federal fiscal year; which states must set funds aside is decided each year from CDC data

Applicant tip: Only a treatment program already operating before the fiscal year can host a project (45 CFR 96.128(c)), so a new program that wants to offer HIV early intervention with block grant money should be licensed and serving clients before your state's next grant year begins.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Substance use disorder treatment programs in a designated state that began operating before the fiscal year in question; projects offer HIV pretest counseling, testing, post-test counseling and treatment at the treatment sites, in the areas of greatest need, with one project in a rural area when a state runs two or more unless waived (45 CFR 96.128). The statute defines a designated state by an AIDS case rate of 10 or more per 100,000; SAMHSA's FY2026–2027 application uses the most recent CDC AtlasPlus HIV data published by October 1 of the fiscal year.
How to apply: Through your state: if your state is designated, its single state agency chooses existing treatment programs to host early intervention projects; ask the SUBG contact listed in SAMHSA's directory whether your state is designated this year.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) — local PATH providers (ALN 93.150)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services), through State PATH Contacts

Varies — check official page (FY2026: $66,635,000 appropriated nationally; each state's allotment is at least $300,000 and each territory's at least $50,000 under the urbanized-population formula, and states set provider award sizes)

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The catch: States must put up $1 of non-federal money, cash or in-kind, for every $3 of PATH funds and cannot require providers to contribute more than that share (42 U.S.C. 290cc-23). No more than 20% may go to housing services, and PATH cannot pay for emergency shelters, housing construction, inpatient treatment or cash payments to clients (42 U.S.C. 290cc-22(g)). Providers file annual PATH data reports through the PATH Data Exchange, which draws on Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your State PATH Contact · Annual noncompetitive formula grant to states (SAMHSA releases the state application each year with a 60-day due date); states run their own competitions for PATH providers

Applicant tip: PATH reporting is built from Homeless Management Information System data, so get your outreach staff entering clients in your community's HMIS before you bid; your State PATH Contact trains providers on the PATH Data Exchange and is the person to ask when the state next competes PATH funds.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Political subdivisions of a state and nonprofit private entities, including community-based veterans organizations, that can provide or arrange PATH services for people with serious mental illness, or serious mental illness and a substance use disorder, who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. States must give special consideration to entities effective at serving homeless veterans and may not fund an entity that excludes people from mental health services because of a substance use disorder, or the reverse (42 U.S.C. 290cc-22).
How to apply: Through your state: each state or territory solicits proposals and awards PATH funds to local public or nonprofit organizations (PATH providers); contact your State PATH Contact, who submits the state's annual PATH application to SAMHSA through WebBGAS.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None
Who wins: SAMHSA says about 450 local organizations deliver PATH services; in 2021 PATH staff outreached to 103,933 people and enrolled 58,821 PATH-eligible clients.

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

State Opioid Response (SOR) Grants — state subawards (TI-24-008; ALN 93.788)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment), through single state agencies

Varies — check official page (FY2026: $1,595,000,000 for State and Tribal Opioid Response, with at least 4.25% for tribes; the FY2024 NOFO TI-24-008 offered up to 59 awards to states and territories at the amounts in its Appendix A, and states set subaward sizes)

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The catch: SOR money must mainly fund direct services, may buy only FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder or overdose reversal, and cannot flow to any agency that denies people access because they take FDA-approved medications such as methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone (TI-24-008). Subrecipients collect GPRA client data at intake, six months and discharge with an 80% six-month follow-up target, and SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter bars SAMHSA money for syringes, smoking supplies or fentanyl and other drug test strips while allowing naloxone and nalmefene.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your single state agency · SAMHSA awards SOR to states for multi-year project periods (FY2024 NOFO: up to 3 years starting September 30, 2024) with annual continuations from each year's appropriation; states set their own subaward cycles

Applicant tip: If you want to offer contingency management with SOR money, expect training and oversight conditions: the SOR NOFO makes the state ensure subawardees are educated on contingency management before they start and oversee how they run it.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Only single state agencies and territories apply to SAMHSA (tribes apply separately for Tribal Opioid Response); providers, counties and community organizations receive SOR money as subrecipients or contractors for opioid and stimulant use disorder prevention, treatment with FDA-approved medications, recovery support and overdose response.
How to apply: Through your state: the single state agency (listed in SAMHSA's SUBG contacts directory) issues SOR subawards and contracts; ask it when it next procures SOR-funded services and how it selects subrecipients.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

National opioid settlement abatement funds — state and local opioid remediation grants

State and local governments — National Opioid Settlements (Distributors, Janssen, Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger, Purdue/Sacklers and others)

Varies — check official page (about $23.5 billion of the Distributor and Janssen settlements' maximum $26 billion is available for abatement with full participation; each state, county or city sets its own grant sizes)

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The catch: Under the Distributor and Janssen settlements at least 70% of the money must fund future opioid remediation, any spending on other purposes (including attorneys' fees) must be publicly reported, and spending from the default Abatement Accounts Fund is tracked and reported every year. Grants must fit the approved uses in Exhibit E, and a state's memorandum of understanding can add its own limits.

Next deadline: Varies by state, county and city — check your state's opioid settlement page and your local government · Annual settlement payments (Distributor payments spread over 18 years; Janssen's mostly in the first three years); each state, county or city sets its own grant rounds

Applicant tip: Find out whether your state kept the settlements' default split (15% State Fund, 70% Abatement Accounts Fund, 15% Subdivision Fund) or adopted its own agreement or statute: under the default, an advisory committee with equal state and local membership recommends abatement spending, and larger states allocate at least half of each year's abatement spending regionally.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Only states and their political subdivisions are parties to the settlements; providers, community organizations and other local agencies reach the money through grants or contracts from a state fund, an abatement fund, or a county or city, for the approved opioid remediation uses listed in Exhibit E of the settlements, as limited by each state's own agreement.
How to apply: Through your state: your state's settlement agreement or statute decides who controls the money (a state fund, an abatement fund with an advisory committee, or counties and cities), so start with your attorney general's or state settlement office's page, then check your county's and city's opioid settlement grant rounds.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

2. Federal mental health, suicide prevention and school-based grants

These are the federal mental health programs a provider, nonprofit, school system, college, tribe or local government applies to directly rather than through the state. Most are competed by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services as three- to five-year grants or cooperative agreements; the school psychologist programs come from the Department of Education and the veteran suicide prevention grants from the VA. They are small next to the block grants, with an FY2026 round funding anywhere from 5 to 110 awards nationally, so check your state's block-grant subawards first (see how grant types differ). Rounds are irregular. SAMHSA posted few new mental health service notices in FY2025, then opened most FY2026 rounds between March and July 2026 with windows as short as 26 days, and it has forecast FY2027 rounds for campus suicide prevention, assisted outpatient treatment and the Children's Mental Health Initiative. Every FY2026 notice barred harm reduction, "housing first" policies and other activities listed on each card, and tied continuation funding to Administration priorities.

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Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) (SM-26-005, ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $1,500,000 a year for up to 5 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $55,768,191 for 31 awards, at least 3 of them to tribes or tribal organizations

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The catch: You must run a three-tier school mental health framework (universal promotion and prevention, early intervention, access to treatment) in LEA or TEA settings, staff a 100% FTE project director and a 100% FTE project manager for each LEA, and report the participating schools and trainings each year. The FY2026 NOFO bars using funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's Dear Colleague Letter, or 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment; food is unallowable; continuation funding depends on data, progress and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Administration priorities. HHS awards follow 2 CFR 200 (with 2 CFR 300 changes) from October 1, 2025, including single audit at $1,000,000 of federal spending.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 AWARE forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Irregular national rounds: competed FY2018–FY2023 and FY2026 (SM-26-005, a 26-day window in July 2026), none in FY2024–FY2025; 5-year awards

Applicant tip: AWARE was opened beyond state education agencies in FY2026, but the work still runs through schools: get a signed MOU from each LEA or TEA that names its population and services, and if you are an education agency, include the STANDUP Act training plan for the 5 bonus points.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities: states and territories, political subdivisions, tribes and tribal organizations, IHS-funded programs and other nonprofits, including faith-based organizations. State, local or tribal education agencies that add the STANDUP Act suicide-prevention training plan get 5 extra points. FY2022 (SM-22-001) and FY2023 (SM-23-001) AWARE recipients could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov (with eRA Commons registration) while a NOFO is open, with signed MOUs from each partnering local or tribal education agency and partnerships with the state education and mental health agencies and community providers.
Who applies fit: school or university, state agency, local government, nonprofit provider, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: Recipients barred from the FY2026 round (the FY2022–FY2023 cohort) included state education departments such as California and Kentucky, districts such as Newark Public Schools, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, and nonprofits such as Communities in Schools of San Antonio.

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Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) Grants (SM-26-030, ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $200,000 a year for up to 3 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $22,045,665 for 110 awards, up to 3 of them to tribes or tribal organizations

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingmental health services

The catch: Funds must train people who meet those in need (school staff, paramedics, firefighters, EMTs, law enforcement, veterans, service members, families and caregivers) to recognize signs of mental illness, safely de-escalate crises and connect people to local mental health services, with linkages to school or community mental health agencies. Food is not allowable. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's Dear Colleague Letter, and 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, and ties continuation funding to progress, data reporting and alignment with Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 MHAT forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Irregular national rounds: FY2018 (SM-18-009), FY2021 (SM-21-007, with FY2022 awards) and FY2026 (SM-26-030, a 26-day window in July 2026); 3-year awards

Applicant tip: With 110 awards of up to $200,000, MHAT is one of the few SAMHSA programs a small nonprofit can realistically win directly; the FY2026 NOFO also named faith leaders and staff of faith-based organizations as trainees, so pair the training plan with a documented referral pathway into local mental health agencies.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States, political subdivisions of states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and nonprofit private organizations, including faith-based organizations. Organizations funded in FY2022 under SM-21-007 (project start September 30, 2022) could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov (with eRA Commons registration) while a NOFO is open; nonprofits attach proof of nonprofit status.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program (SM-26-010, ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $735,000 a year for up to 5 years (cooperative agreement); the FY2026 NOFO estimated $15,108,574 for 21 awards

GrantEquity-freesuicide preventionchildren & youth

The catch: Serves youth and young adults up to age 24 and, as a cooperative agreement, carries substantial SAMHSA involvement. A designated nonprofit must attach the state's or tribe's designation (Attachment 10). The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's Dear Colleague Letter, and 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment; food is unallowable; continuations depend on progress and timely data and reports.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · About every two years: FY2019 (SM-19-006), FY2022 (SM-22-003), FY2024 (SM-24-005) and FY2026 (SM-26-010, posted May 15 and due June 15, 2026); 5-year cooperative agreements

Applicant tip: Recent recipients are locked out of the next round, so first check whether your state or tribe holds a FY2022, FY2024 or FY2026 GLS award; if it does, ask the lead agency how it subawards to local schools, colleges and providers rather than trying to apply yourself.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States, DC and territories; a public or private nonprofit organization designated by a state or tribe to develop or direct its youth suicide prevention strategy (with a designation statement); and federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations. Recipients under SM-22-003 (FY2022–FY2023) and SM-24-005 (FY2024) could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application by the state, territory or tribe, or by the nonprofit it formally designates; local providers reach the money through the state or tribal grantee's youth suicide prevention plan.
Who applies fit: state agency, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program (FY2026 SM-26-009; FY2027 forecast SM-27-001; ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

FY2026: up to $125,000 a year for up to 4 years ($8,830,039 for an estimated 71 awards); the FY2027 forecast estimates $1,000,000 in total for about 5 awards

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The catch: Statutory dollar-for-dollar match (PHS Act section 520E-2: at least $1 non-federal for each $1 federal, cash or donations), waived for minority-serving institutions and junior/community colleges. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's Dear Colleague Letter, and 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment; food is unallowable; continuations depend on data, progress and alignment with Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Rounds in FY2021, FY2022, FY2024 and FY2026 (posted July 1, due July 27, 2026); the FY2027 forecast (posted September 3, 2026) estimates the NOFO on December 15, 2026 and awards by September 30, 2027

Applicant tip: Community colleges and minority-serving institutions skip the 1:1 match, which is the biggest cost of this grant; but plan for far stiffer odds in FY2027 — the forecast lists about 5 awards against 71 estimated in FY2026.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Institutions of higher education only (accredited colleges and universities as defined in the Higher Education Act). In FY2026 at least six awards were reserved for junior and community colleges, and SM-24-004 (FY2024) recipients could not apply.
How to apply: Direct application: the college or university applies to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open.
Who applies fit: school or university
Equity taken: None

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Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) — system of care cooperative agreements (FY2026 SM-26-013; FY2027 forecast SM-27-003; ALN 93.104)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

FY2026: up to $3,000,000 a year for states and up to $1,000,000 a year for political subdivisions, tribes and tribal organizations, for up to 4 years ($43,353,763 for an estimated 22 awards); the FY2027 forecast estimates $43,000,000

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthmental health services

The catch: Statutory match under PHS Act sections 561–565: at least $1 non-federal for every $3 federal in years 1–3 and $1 for every $1 in year 4, in cash or donations from public or private entities. Serves children and young adults from birth through age 21 with a serious emotional disturbance; the grantee must set up a system of care governance board and a single point of access, and a state applicant must pick at least two jurisdictions. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction and 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, and ties continuations to Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Near-annual: SM-23-013 awards in FY2023 and FY2024, a FY2026 round (posted March 6, due April 20, 2026), and a FY2027 forecast posted September 3, 2026; 4-year cooperative agreements

Applicant tip: If you are a nonprofit provider, bring the government applicant something it needs: the match can come from donations by public or private partners, so a provider that contributes non-federal match and an existing service array is the partner counties and states look for.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Governments only: states, DC and territories; governmental units within political subdivisions (counties, cities, towns); and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Nonprofit providers take part as partners in a government-led system of care. Recipients under SM-23-013 (FY2023 or FY2024) could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application by a state, county, city or tribe; providers and family organizations join the applicant's system of care as partners.
Who applies fit: state agency, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program for adults with serious mental illness (FY2026 SM-26-001; FY2027 forecast SM-27-002; ALN 93.997)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

FY2026: up to $500,000 a year for programs serving 50 or fewer patients or $750,000 for more than 50, for up to 5 years ($10,000,000 for 11–16 cooperative agreements); the FY2027 forecast estimates $5,300,000 for about 9 awards

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The catch: AOT serves only adults with serious mental illness identified through a civil court process before arrest or booking; projects serving people in the criminal justice system are screened out. The FY2026 NOFO requires a project director at 0.50 FTE or more and a court coordinator at 0.25 FTE or more, a steering committee meeting at least quarterly, monitoring of every patient's civil court order, and frames AOT as supporting Executive Order 14321 on civil commitment. It also bars funds for harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities; food is unallowable.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Rounds funded in FY2016, FY2018, FY2020–FY2022, FY2024 and FY2026 (posted March 6, due April 20, 2026); the FY2027 forecast (posted September 3, 2026) estimates the NOFO on December 15, 2026

Applicant tip: Check your state's AOT statute before you write: applicants in a state without authority to implement AOT, and any applicant that has ever run an AOT program, are screened out without review.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Counties, cities, mental health systems (including mental health authorities), mental health courts and other entities with authority under state law to implement, monitor and oversee AOT. The state must already give that authority, the applicant must not have run AOT before, and recipients under SM-16-011, SM-20-006 and SM-24-006 are ineligible.
How to apply: Direct application to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open; community providers deliver treatment as partners of the county, court or authority that holds the award.
Who applies fit: local government, court or law enforcement, state agency
Equity taken: None

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Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) grants (SM-26-022, ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $800,000 a year for up to 5 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $4,263,442 for 5 awards

GrantEquity-freemental health services

The catch: Serves transition-age youth (18–25), adults and/or older adults with serious mental illness through a team that offers 24/7 crisis response. Within 4 months of award the team must run daily team meetings, a shared caseload, a low staff-to-client ratio and time-unlimited services delivered mostly in person in the community, and it must use a named fidelity tool (such as TMACT or DACTS) and submit fidelity assessments, moving to high fidelity over the grant. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities; food is unallowable.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 ACT forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Periodic: FY2023 (SM-23-007) and FY2026 (SM-26-022, posted July 1, due July 27, 2026); 5-year grants

Applicant tip: With only about five awards nationally, fidelity is the differentiator: if you are expanding an existing team, include the recent fidelity assessment the NOFO asks for and a coaching plan that closes the gaps it shows.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States and territories, political subdivisions, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, mental health systems and health care facilities. Recipients under the FY2023 ACT NOFO (SM-23-007) could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open, either to start a new ACT team or to expand an existing one.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative — Category III Community Treatment and Service Centers (NCTSI-III) (SM-26-004, ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $600,000 a year for up to 5 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $40,665,365 for 68 awards

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The catch: Centers must deliver evidence-based trauma treatment to children, youth and families, act as implementation sites, monitor fidelity, share outcome data with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and take part in its activities, and report GPRA data through SPARS plus quarterly indicators. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for racial preferences, denial of the sex binary, illegal immigration, harm reduction and 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment; food is unallowable.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 NCTSI forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring overlapping cohorts; latest round FY2026 (SM-26-004, posted July 1, due July 27, 2026); 5-year grants

Applicant tip: At 68 awards this is SAMHSA's biggest door for community child-trauma providers; budget staff time for NCTSN collaboration and data sharing, which Category III centers are expected to do, not just for direct treatment.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities, including faith-based organizations, plus states, political subdivisions, tribes and tribal organizations, and IHS-funded programs. Each behavioral health provider organization in the project must document at least two years of experience providing relevant services. Current Category III recipients whose grants run past September 29, 2026 could not apply.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open, with licenses or certifications showing each provider partner's two-year service record.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, school or university
Equity taken: None

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Implementing Zero Suicide in Health Systems (SM-26-008, ALN 93.243)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $700,000 a year for states, DC and territories, or $400,000 for tribes, community-based primary or behavioral health care organizations, emergency departments and local public health agencies, for up to 5 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $16,110,545 for 31 cooperative agreements

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The catch: Funds health systems to implement the Zero Suicide framework for adults at risk of suicide; recipients join HHS-wide Zero Suicide learning collaboratives and the Zero Suicide Institute's national data collection, work with the Veterans Health Administration, and state recipients link to their Mental Health Block Grant 5% crisis set-aside. As a cooperative agreement it carries substantial SAMHSA involvement. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities; food is unallowable.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 Zero Suicide forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Every three years recently: FY2020 (SM-20-015), FY2023 (SM-23-011) and FY2026 (SM-26-008, posted March 6, due April 20, 2026); 5-year cooperative agreements

Applicant tip: Community behavioral health and primary care organizations compete in the $400,000 tier, and the last three rounds came three years apart, so a provider that misses one may wait years; build the system-wide suicide care pathway the framework requires before the next NOFO, not during the window.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Community-based primary care or behavioral health care settings, emergency departments, state mental health agencies, public health agencies, U.S. territories and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. At least two awards were reserved for tribes in FY2026, and SM-23-011 recipients could not apply.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, state agency, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) Grant Program (ALN 84.184H) and Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program (ALN 84.184X)

U.S. Department of Education — Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools

FY2025 competitions: SBMH $180,000,000 for 25–35 awards of $1,250,000–$1,750,000 (average $1,500,000); MHSP $90,000,000 for 18–24 awards of $750,000–$1,250,000 (average $1,000,000); project periods up to 48 months

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthworkforce & trainingmental health services

The catch: FY2025 priorities fund credentialed school psychologists in high-need LEAs (SBMH) and school psychology graduate training partnerships (MHSP); providing medical services is not an allowable use; SBMH caps administrative costs at 10% for SEAs and 5% for LEAs and has a supplement-not-supplant rule; no match. In April 2025 ED stopped continuation funding for more than 200 earlier SBMH and MHSP grants, and on October 27, 2025 a federal court (State of Washington v. Department of Education, W.D. Wash.) preliminarily enjoined some of those non-continuations, so expect grant terms to follow both the litigation and Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2026 notice inviting applications in the Federal Register as of October 28, 2026; ED said it may fund more applicants from the FY2025 slates · Irregular national competitions: FY2022, FY2024 and FY2025 for both (FY2025 notices published September 29, 2025, due October 29, 2025), plus an FY2023 MHSP round; awards up to 48 months

Applicant tip: Rural applicants earned 3 competitive-preference points in FY2025 (NCES locale codes 32, 33, 41, 42 or 43), and states earned up to 3 more for respecialization plans that turn related professionals into credentialed school psychologists; a community provider's route in is a partnership with an LEA.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State educational agencies and local educational agencies, including consortia of LEAs. Since the FY2025 competitions, colleges and universities can no longer apply directly: MHSP applicants must form a school-based mental health partnership with one or more eligible institutions of higher education.
How to apply: Direct application (SEAs and LEAs only) under ED's notice inviting applications in the Federal Register; community providers and universities take part as partners, and an SBMH state grantee may subgrant only to LEAs.
Who applies fit: school or university, state agency
Equity taken: None
Who wins: ED announced on December 11, 2025 more than $208 million in new SBMH and MHSP awards to 65 recipients, 33 of them serving rural communities; FY2025 SBMH grantees included the North Carolina, Illinois and Ohio state education agencies and districts such as Syracuse City and Charleston County.

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Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) (ALN 64.055)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

$100,000 to $750,000 per one-year grant; the FY2027 NOFO made $111,000,000 available, and grantees may apply to renew each year

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The catch: Every participant 18 or older must get a baseline mental health screening, and grantees must link participants to VA and clinical care while delivering mostly non-clinical services (outreach, case management, peer support, benefits help, emergent needs). The program runs under 38 CFR part 78 and 2 CFR 200. Faith-based programming is allowed, but under 38 CFR part 50 grantees must give participants written notice that they cannot be required to join explicitly religious activities and must keep privately funded religious activities separate in time or location.

Next deadline: Expected: June 2027 · Annual NOFO for the next fiscal year's one-year grants: FY2026 round posted May 15, 2025 (due July 18, 2025); FY2027 round posted March 13, 2026 (due June 12, 2026)

Applicant tip: VA may prioritize applicants serving rural areas, Tribal lands, territories, places with limited access to care, high shares of minority or women Veterans, or high Veterans Crisis Line call volume — show that with local data, and show how you will reach Veterans not already connected to VA.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Incorporated private nonprofit institutions or foundations with a governing board, corporations wholly owned by one, Indian tribes, community-based organizations that network with local civic organizations and regional health systems, and state or local governments. Services go to eligible Veterans and certain former and active service members at risk of suicide, and their families.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to VA through Grants.gov when the annual NOFO opens; current grantees apply for renewal in the same NOFO.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, tribe or tribal organization, local government, state agency
Equity taken: None
Who wins: VA says the program has awarded $322 million to 218 organizations in 49 states, U.S. territories and Tribal lands since September 2022; FY2027 awardees were posted (page updated September 29, 2026).

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3. Federal substance use prevention, treatment and recovery grants

Most federal substance use money reaches providers through the state, as block grant and State Opioid Response subawards. The programs here are the exception: national discretionary competitions in which a nonprofit, coalition, recovery community organization, hospital, local government or tribe applies directly to SAMHSA or, for Drug-Free Communities, to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Awards run from $60,000 to $850,000 a year for three to five years, and most cohorts are small. Three things changed in 2026. Windows got short: most FY2026 SAMHSA notices posted in June or July and closed about a month later. Some reviewed only the first 60 or 70 complete applications. And every FY2026 SAMHSA notice we reviewed bars harm reduction spending as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter: naloxone and overdose reversal training are fundable, syringes and drug test strips are not. Several programs also require a match, so read up on cost share before you budget.

11 programs

Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CDC-RFA-CE-26-0061; ALN 93.276)

Executive Office of the President — Office of National Drug Control Policy (managed by CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

Up to $125,000 a year for a five-year period of performance (FY2026 new-coalition NOFO: an expected 50 awards from $31,250,000 over the period)

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The catch: Dollar-for-dollar match: the coalition must contribute 100 percent of the federal award from non-federal sources every year, in cash or third-party in-kind; federal funds passed through a state or locality do not count. DFC money may not pay for research, clinical care, or harm reduction services, which the FY2026 NOFO defines to include syringe service programs, vaping detection devices, drug testing strips and kits, and naloxone purchases. Coalitions must keep all 12 sectors engaged each budget year, report the DFC core measures and take part in the national cross-site evaluation.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · Annual; NOFOs post in winter or early spring with deadlines between February and May (FY2026: Year 1 recompete due February 12, 2026; Year 1 new and Year 6 competing continuation due April 14, 2026); FY2027 forecasts posted July 28, 2026

Applicant tip: Opioid settlement funds can count toward the 100 percent match (the FY2026 NOFO cites 2 CFR 200.306(h)), and a coalition serving a tribal community that includes a substance use expert from the BIA, IHS or a tribal agency may count additional federal funding as match; get match commitments in writing before you draft.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Community coalitions working to prevent youth substance use that include representatives of all 12 required sectors, have worked together on substance use for at least six months, have youth substance use prevention as their principal mission, address at least two substances and have not received more than 10 years of DFC funding; the coalition applies as a 501(c) nonprofit or through an eligible fiscal agent.
How to apply: Direct application: the coalition or its fiscal agent applies on Grants.gov to the CDC-managed NOFO for its track — New (Year 1) for coalitions never funded, or Competing Continuation (Year 6) for coalitions that finished a first five-year cycle or had a lapse in funding.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) Grants (SP-26-001; ALN 93.492)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $60,000 a year for up to 4 years (FY2026: $1,960,000 for an anticipated 32 awards)

GrantEquity-freepreventionchildren & youth

The catch: In FY2026 SAMHSA accepted and reviewed only the first 60 complete applications received through eRA, then closed the portal. Current grantees (FY2023–FY2025 STOP Act awards) may apply only for a different population or catchment area and can win just one additional award. No match is required. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 STOP Act forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Annual; competed every year FY2022–FY2026 with due dates between March and July (FY2026 posted June 15 and due July 15, 2026)

Applicant tip: The program builds on a DFC coalition's existing strategic plan and the Strategic Prevention Framework, so reuse your DFC needs assessment and sector partners for the underage-drinking plan, and submit early in the window because the portal can close before the deadline.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, only domestic public and private nonprofit entities that currently receive or have previously received a Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's STOP Act NOFO; a new organization may submit up to two applications only if they cover different populations or catchment areas.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

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Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities and Tribes (SPF-PFS) (SP-26-002; ALN 93.492)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $250,000 a year (population served up to 250,000), $425,000 (250,001–750,000) or $600,000 (over 750,000) for up to 5 years; FY2026: $8,000,000 for an anticipated 13–32 awards

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The catch: SAMHSA said it would review only the first 60 complete applications, and its FY2026 NOFO page reports the portal closed once it received them. Current grantees (FY2022–FY2025 awards) may apply only for a different population or catchment area and can win just one additional award. No match is required. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 SPF-PFS forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Annual; competed every year FY2022–FY2026 with five-year project periods (FY2026 posted June 15 and due July 10, 2026)

Applicant tip: Your ceiling is set by the population you serve, so pull the Census city or county figure (or My Tribal Area for a tribe) for the exact catchment before sizing the budget, and have the application ready to submit as soon as the window opens.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, political subdivisions of states, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, health facilities or programs operated under an Indian Health Service contract or award, and other public or private nonprofits including faith-based organizations; state agencies use the separate SPF-PFS for States NOFO (SP-26-003).
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to the Communities/Tribes NOFO; a new organization may submit up to two applications only if they cover different populations or catchment areas.
Who applies fit: local government, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS announced $12.2 million in FY2026 SPF-PFS Communities/Tribes awards on August 31, 2026.

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Building Communities of Recovery (BCOR) (TI-26-010; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $350,000 a year for 3 years (FY2026: $9,300,000 for an anticipated 27 awards); the FY2027 forecast estimates $6,300,000 for 18 awards

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The catch: 15 percent cost share: the federal share may not exceed 85 percent of program costs (PHS Act section 547(c)), met with non-federal cash or in-kind. The RCO must keep its certification for the whole 3-year project. FY2024 BCOR recipients (TI-24-003) were ineligible in FY2026, and SAMHSA reviewed only the first 70 complete applications. Recovery housing is allowable only if residents may use FDA-approved medications for substance use disorder; non-recovery housing, housing application fees and deposits are not. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Recurring (FY2017, FY2019, FY2021, FY2024, FY2026); FY2027 forecast TI-27-004 was posted September 3, 2026 and estimates the NOFO on December 15, 2026

Applicant tip: Secure CAPRSS accreditation, ARCO certification or state RCO recognition before the FY2027 NOFO posts, and note the FY2026 NOFO gave 10 bonus points to RCOs serving rural areas in states with above-average age-adjusted overdose death rates.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, Recovery Community Organizations only: independent nonprofits led entirely or primarily by people in recovery from substance use or co-occurring disorders who reflect the community served, with documented CAPRSS accreditation, ARCO certification or recognition by a state, territorial or local RCO program at the time of application.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's BCOR NOFO; attach proof of current RCO accreditation, certification or recognition, or the application is not peer reviewed.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS announced $9.6 million in FY2026 BCOR awards on August 31, 2026.

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Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA) (TI-26-008; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $750,000 a year for 5 years (FY2026: $68,250,000 for an anticipated 91 awards)

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The catch: Projects must offer FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder with psychosocial services and ensure methadone access: provide it directly as a SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment program, sign a formal partnership with a nearby OTP, or document that none is accessible and arrange transport or other help. No match. Applicants had to send a Public Health System Impact Statement to state and local health agencies by the deadline. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 MAT-PDOA forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring (FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2022, FY2023 and FY2026 rounds on Grants.gov); FY2026 posted July 1 and due July 27, 2026

Applicant tip: The FY2026 NOFO gave 10 bonus points to applicants in the 13 states with the highest age-adjusted opioid treatment admission rates (Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont); if you are not an OTP, sign the OTP partnership agreement before the next round opens.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States and territories, political subdivisions of states, tribes and tribal organizations, IHS-funded health facilities and programs, and other public or private nonprofits including faith-based organizations; FY2022 (TI-22-013) and FY2023 (TI-23-001) MAT-PDOA recipients were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's MAT-PDOA NOFO; applicants in states that take part in E.O. 12372 also notify their State Single Point of Contact.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS announced $69.4 million in FY2026 MAT-PDOA awards on September 25, 2026.

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Services Program for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW-R) (TI-26-016; FY2027 forecast TI-27-002; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $525,000 a year for 5 years (FY2026: $5,250,000 for an anticipated 10 awards); the FY2027 forecast estimates $12,000,000 for 23 awards

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The catch: Match is required under PHS Act section 508: at least $1 of non-federal funds for every $9 of federal funds in years 1–2 and at least $1 for every $3 in years 3–5. Women must be able to live with their minor children in the program, required services start within four months of award, and the staffing plan includes positions such as a Children's Coordinator at a minimum 50 percent level of effort. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Recurring (FY2022, FY2023–FY2024 and FY2026 rounds); FY2027 forecast TI-27-002 was posted September 3, 2026 and estimates the NOFO on December 15, 2026

Applicant tip: The required match roughly triples in years 3–5 ($1 per $3 federal instead of $1 per $9), so secure multiyear match commitments before applying; the FY2026 NOFO also gave 10 bonus points for serving pregnant and postpartum women in rural areas.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private entities providing residential substance use disorder treatment to pregnant and postpartum women, including states and territories, political subdivisions, tribes and tribal organizations, IHS-funded programs, and community and faith-based organizations; FY2022–FY2024 PPW-R recipients (TI-22-003, TI-23-002) were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's PPW-R NOFO.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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First Responders – Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (FR-CARA) (TI-26-006; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

$300,000–$800,000 a year for up to 4 years (FY2026: $34,700,000 for an anticipated 44–118 awards, including $15,400,000 for rural communities)

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The catch: Funds train first responders and community members to carry, administer and distribute FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal medications; applications include a written statement certifying partners' awareness of and compliance with the local, state and federal laws on administering them. No match, and no more than two awards per organization. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 FR-CARA forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Annual; competed every year FY2021–FY2026 (FY2026 posted July 1 and due July 27, 2026)

Applicant tip: At least $15.4 million of the FY2026 pool was reserved for rural organizations and at least five awards for tribes, so a rural applicant should include the rural catchment certification the NOFO asks for in Attachment 11.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, states, local governmental entities, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's FR-CARA NOFO; a currently funded organization may apply again only for a different population or catchment area.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS announced $34.6 million in FY2026 FR-CARA awards on September 25, 2026.

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Preventing Drug Overdoses: Community Prevention and Response (PDO) (TI-26-019; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $850,000 a year for 3 years (FY2026: $11,050,000 for an anticipated 13 awards)

GrantEquity-freeprevention

The catch: Funds may buy and distribute naloxone, nalmefene and other opioid overdose reversal medications, lock boxes, disposal supplies and training, but SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter bars HHS money for syringes, safer-smoking supplies, fentanyl or other drug test strips, use-companion 'overdose hotlines' and sterile water or saline, and federal funds cannot buy drug paraphernalia. Food is unallowable and discretionary awards may not support 'housing first' policies. No match. Applicants had to send a Public Health System Impact Statement to state and local health agencies by the deadline.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 PDO forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Periodic multiyear competitions: SAMHSA's earlier 'Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths' (PDO) rounds ran in FY2016 (SP-16-005) and FY2021 (SP-21-002), and the FY2026 round reused the PDO short title (TI-26-019, posted July 1 and due July 27, 2026)

Applicant tip: Collaborating with pharmacies, health care providers and faith-based organizations to expand reversal-medication access is a listed activity, so name those partners in the narrative, and budget staff time for kit assembly and distribution, which the NOFO allows.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities: states and territories, political subdivisions, tribes and tribal organizations, IHS-funded programs, and other public or private nonprofits including faith-based organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's PDO NOFO; an organization may submit up to two applications only for different populations or catchment areas, and may hold no more than two awards.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Treatment and Recovery Services for Youth, Young Adults, and Families (TI-26-011; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $545,000 a year for 5 years (FY2026: $6,540,000 for an anticipated 12 awards)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentrecovery supportchildren & youth

The catch: No match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities. HHS applies 2 CFR 200 with its 2 CFR 300 modifications from October 1, 2025, including a single audit once federal expenditures reach $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring: FY2021 (TI-21-001), FY2025 (TI-25-003, due July 15, 2025) and FY2026 (TI-26-011, posted June 16 and due July 16, 2026)

Applicant tip: FY2026 widened the population to children 11 and under (the FY2025 round covered ages 12–25), so a family-focused provider serving younger children now fits; recent TI-21-001 or TI-25-003 grantees should plan for a later round.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities, including faith-based organizations, treating children (11 and under), adolescents (12–17) and young adults (18–25) with substance use or co-occurring disorders and their families; recipients of TI-21-001 funding in FY2022 or FY2023 or of TI-25-003 in FY2025 were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's NOFO.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

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Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program (ED-ALT) (TI-26-018; FY2027 forecast TI-27-005)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $500,000 a year for 3 years (FY2026: $6,000,000 for an anticipated 12 awards); the FY2027 forecast anticipates 9 awards

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentprevention

The catch: Funds build practices that give emergency departments alternatives to opioids for pain care; no match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities. Federal grant rules (2 CFR 200 as adopted by HHS), including single audit at $1,000,000 in federal expenditures, apply to nonprofit hospital recipients.

Next deadline: Expected: January 2027 · Recurring every three years so far (FY2020, FY2023, FY2026), now forecast for FY2027: TI-27-005 was posted September 3, 2026 and estimates the NOFO on December 15, 2026

Applicant tip: By statute SAMHSA gives priority to hospitals outside states with current grantees; the FY2027 forecast lists Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, so hospitals elsewhere start ahead.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute (42 U.S.C. 294i-1), hospitals and emergency departments, including freestanding emergency departments and rural emergency hospitals.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's ED-ALT NOFO.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Treatment, Recovery, and Workforce Support (TI-26-009; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $500,000 a year for 5 years (FY2026: $10,500,000 for an anticipated 21 awards)

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The catch: Projects must serve the program's stated purpose of helping people in substance use or co-occurring disorder treatment and recovery live independently and participate in the workforce, and the local or state stakeholder partnership is a condition of eligibility. No match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Three years apart so far: FY2020 (TI-20-013), FY2023 (TI-23-021) and FY2026 (TI-26-009, posted June 23 and due July 23, 2026)

Applicant tip: SAMHSA gives preference to applicants in states with the highest substance use disorder mortality rates, and the stakeholder partner is an eligibility condition, so get the signed partnership agreement before you write.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities that provide treatment and recovery services for people with substance use disorders and partner with one or more local or state stakeholders; FY2022 (TI-20-013) and FY2023 (TI-23-021) Workforce Support recipients were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's NOFO, with the required local or state stakeholder partnership documented.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS announced $10.1 million in FY2026 Treatment, Recovery, and Workforce Support awards on September 25, 2026.

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4. Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) funding

A Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic is a nonprofit, local-government or tribal clinic that meets SAMHSA's certification criteria: nine required services, 24/7 crisis care, and no one turned away for inability to pay or place of residence. Treat CCBHC status as a revenue-model decision, not a grant application. The SAMHSA expansion grants below pay up to $1,000,000 a year for four years and then end; the durable money is Medicaid's prospective payment system, a cost-based rate your state pays certified clinics through the Section 223 demonstration or its own Medicaid state plan. In May 2026 SAMHSA counted 31 of the 46 states with CCBHCs paying for the model through Medicaid or the demonstration. So the first question is whether your state pays a CCBHC rate. If it does not, a grant buys a few years to get certified while you push the state toward a planning grant or state plan amendment. Read how federal grants work before staffing around one.

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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Planning, Development, and Implementation grants (CCBHC-PDI) (SM-26-014, ALN 93.696)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $1,000,000 a year for up to 4 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $94,000,000 for 94 awards

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The catch: You must deliver at least five of the nine required CCBHC services within 6 months and fully meet the 2023 CCBHC Certification Criteria within 12 months, proven by an attestation at month 12 and again in year 4; serve at least 200 unduplicated people a year across the lifespan, including 24/7 crisis care; serve anyone regardless of ability to pay or place of residence with a published sliding fee schedule; and sign agreements with any Designated Collaborating Organization that delivers a required service. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities. The grant ends after 4 years; ongoing payment depends on your state's Medicaid CCBHC rate.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 CCBHC forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Periodic national competitions: FY2022 (SM-22-002), FY2023 (SM-23-024) and FY2026 (SM-26-014, posted June 17, due August 17, 2026); 4-year grants

Applicant tip: Run SAMHSA's CCBHC Compliance Checklist against your clinic before you apply: the NOFO expects 5 of 9 services in 6 months and full compliance in 12, and a clinic without both mental health and substance use licensure and Medicaid enrollment does not meet the program requirements.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Community-based behavioral health nonprofits, organizations that are part of a local government behavioral health authority, clinics operated under the authority of IHS, a tribe or tribal organization, and Urban Indian Organizations. You must be licensed as both a mental health and a substance use provider and enrolled in Medicaid. FY2023 PDI (SM-23-024) or IA (SM-23-016) recipients were ineligible in FY2026 unless proposing a distinct CCBHC in a non-overlapping area.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open, with the CCBHC licensure checklist and copies of licenses.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Improvement and Advancement grants (CCBHC-IA) (SM-26-015, ALN 93.696)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $1,000,000 a year for up to 4 years; the FY2026 NOFO estimated $117,160,647 for 117 awards

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: You must meet the CCBHC Certification Criteria at award and for the whole grant (a clinic not certified by its state re-attests to SAMHSA at least every three years), keep the staffing to deliver all nine services, run 24/7 crisis care, serve at least 200 unduplicated people a year, report the criteria's quality measures and update the community needs assessment. The FY2026 NOFO bars funds for harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities, and ties continuations to Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 CCBHC forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Periodic national competitions: FY2022 (SM-22-012), FY2023 (SM-23-016) and FY2026 (SM-26-015, posted June 17, due August 17, 2026); 4-year grants

Applicant tip: CCBHCs in the 100 counties with the highest overdose death counts (FY2026 NOFO Appendix C) earned 5 priority points, and IA funds may cover uncompensated care and services Medicaid does not pay for if you have consistent cost policies — use that to fill the gap your state rate leaves.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: The same organization types as CCBHC-PDI, but you must already operate a state-certified CCBHC or one that met all CCBHC Certification Criteria under a prior CCBHC award, be licensed for both mental health and substance use services, and be enrolled in Medicaid. FY2023 PDI or IA recipients were ineligible in FY2026 unless proposing a distinct CCBHC in a non-overlapping area.
How to apply: Direct application: apply to SAMHSA on Grants.gov while the NOFO is open, with proof of state certification or an accepted SAMHSA attestation and the licensure checklist.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: SAMHSA reported on May 28, 2026 that more than 500 CCBHCs operate in 46 states, DC and Puerto Rico, counting clinics supported by SAMHSA expansion grants as well as those funded through Medicaid.

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CCBHC State Planning Grants for the Section 223 demonstration (FY 2027 round, SM-26-016, ALN 93.829)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $1,000,000 for a one-year cooperative agreement; the round posted in June 2026 estimated $12,000,000 for 12 states

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The catch: In the planning year the state must build a CCBHC certification process, set a Medicaid prospective payment system and prepare its demonstration application, anticipated due April 1, 2028; only up to 10 planning-grant states will be picked for four-year demonstrations starting on or after July 1, 2028, so a planning grant does not guarantee selection. The NOFO carries SAMHSA's FY2026 restrictions on harm reduction, 'housing first' policies that do not promote treatment, racial preferences and the other listed priorities.

Next deadline: Expected: 2028 (planning rounds have opened every two years ahead of each cohort; deadlines were December 19, 2022, September 12, 2024 and August 17, 2026) · Every two years ahead of each demonstration cohort: NOFOs posted October 2022, July 2024 and June 2026 (due August 17, 2026); one-year awards

Applicant tip: For providers: ask your state behavioral health authority whether it applied in the 2026 round, and get on its list of clinics to certify during the planning year — states use SAMHSA's compliance checklist on the clinics they certify when they apply to join the demonstration.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: The state mental health authority, single state agency for substance use services, or state Medicaid agency (including DC) in a state not previously selected for the Section 223 CCBHC demonstration, with a signed agreement among those three agencies. Clinics cannot apply.
How to apply: Direct application: one state agency applies on Grants.gov for the state; clinics take part when the state certifies them during the planning year.
Who applies fit: state agency
Equity taken: None
Who wins: SAMHSA awarded 15 state planning grants in March 2023 and 15 more on December 31, 2024; HHS then selected ten planning-grant states for the demonstration in June 2024 and ten more in May 2026.

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Section 223 CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration (Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, expanded by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with SAMHSA

Not a grant: participating states pay state-certified CCBHCs a Medicaid prospective payment system (PPS) rate based on the estimated cost of providing the required services, and the federal government matches CCBHC services at the CHIP rate (or the newly eligible rate)

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The catch: Only state-certified clinics are paid the PPS rate, and certification means meeting all six program areas of the 2023 criteria: the nine required services (directly or through Designated Collaborating Organizations), 24/7 crisis care, no one refused for inability to pay or place of residence, a published sliding fee schedule, required quality measures and consumer representation in governance. The demonstration is time-limited for each state (16 fiscal quarters for states added under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act), so ask what your state plans afterward; Nevada moved its clinics to its permanent Medicaid program in 2023.

Next deadline: Expected: 2028 (state applications for the next cohort are anticipated due April 1, 2028; in current demonstration states, clinics can be added quarterly) · Up to 10 new states every two years (cohorts starting July 1, 2024 and from July 1, 2026; next on or after July 1, 2028), each for four years after a one-year SAMHSA planning grant; clinics can be added in participating states at the start of any fiscal quarter

Applicant tip: If your state is already in the demonstration, you do not have to wait for a new cohort: since July 15, 2024 states may add CCBHCs at the start of any fiscal quarter, so ask your state behavioral health authority what its next addition request requires.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States that completed a SAMHSA CCBHC planning grant and were selected by HHS; inside a participating state, clinics the state certifies against the CCBHC Certification Criteria (community behavioral health nonprofits, local government behavioral health authorities, and IHS, tribal or urban Indian clinics) bill the PPS rate. 2024 cohort: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2026 cohort: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia.
How to apply: Through your state: your state's behavioral health authority and Medicaid agency certify clinics and apply to HHS; a clinic in a demonstration state asks to be certified and added, which states may do at the start of any fiscal quarter.
Who applies fit: state agency, nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HHS added 10 states on June 4, 2024 and 10 more on May 28, 2026, for 30 states selected in total; SAMHSA says 31 of the 46 states with CCBHCs now support the model through Medicaid or the demonstration.

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Medicaid CCBHC state plan option (Social Security Act section 1905(a)(31)) and other state CCBHC programs outside the demonstration

State Medicaid agencies, with approval from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Not a grant: Medicaid payment for CCBHC services at the rate and method set in your state's approved state plan amendment or section 1115 demonstration

OtherEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: There is no federal application or rate: certification standards, payment method and reporting are whatever your state's approved state plan amendment or 1115 terms say, and the state Medicaid program, not SAMHSA, oversees you. SAMHSA's expansion grants accept a clinic's own attestation to the federal criteria, but Medicaid CCBHC payment is governed by the state's program, so a grant-funded clinic still has to meet the state's requirements to be paid as a CCBHC.

Next deadline: Varies by state — check your state Medicaid agency · Rolling: set by each state's certification and Medicaid enrollment process

Applicant tip: Congress made CCBHC services a permanent Medicaid state plan option in March 2024 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, section 209), and Nevada had already moved its clinics out of the demonstration into its regular Medicaid program in 2023 — if your state is not in the demonstration, this is the route to push your state Medicaid agency toward.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Clinics in states that run their own CCBHC program through a Medicaid state plan or a section 1115 demonstration instead of the Section 223 demonstration; the state defines the CCBHC service array, certification and payment and oversees the clinics through its Medicaid program.
How to apply: Through your state: ask the state Medicaid agency and behavioral health authority whether they have, or plan, a CCBHC state plan amendment or 1115 authority, and how clinics are certified and enrolled.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency
Equity taken: None
Who wins: SAMHSA reported on May 28, 2026 that 31 of the 46 states with CCBHCs support the model through their Medicaid programs or the demonstration, and that more than 500 CCBHCs operate nationwide.

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5. 988 and crisis services funding

Crisis care is paid for by a stack of sources, and only some of it is a grant you apply for yourself. SAMHSA funds each state's 988 lead agency, which subawards to the 988 Lifeline crisis contact centers answering that state's calls, chats and texts, and it runs separate direct competitions for tribes, crisis center follow-up and mobile crisis teams. Its FY2026 rounds opened in June 2026 and closed in July; Congress provided $534.6 million for the 988 Lifeline in FY2026. Nine states also collected a 988 phone fee in 2024, Medicaid pays for qualifying mobile crisis visits with an 85% federal match through March 31, 2027, and FEMA's Crisis Counseling Program opens after a declared disaster. The 5% of each state's Mental Health Block Grant reserved for crisis care is listed with the other state-administered money in the section above. The FCC's 2025 988 fee accountability report names the fee states, and SAMHSA's FY2026 state 988 notice sets what centers must deliver. More SAMHSA programs are on its funder page.

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Cooperative Agreements for States and Territories to Improve Local 988 Capacity — 988 crisis contact center subawards (FG-26-002)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office), through state and territory 988 lead agencies

FY2026: $211,100,000 a year for an estimated 56 cooperative agreements to states and territories for up to 3 years, with annual maximums from $505,102 (American Samoa) to $20,195,467 (California) based on each state's share of CY2025 988 contacts; each state sets its crisis center subaward amounts

GrantEquity-freecrisis & 988suicide prevention

The catch: States must hold their centers to answering at least 90% of in-state calls, chats and texts, accepting national backup and warm transfers, and following up with anyone who expressed suicidal ideation or had an overdose. No more than 20% of the budget may go to technology expansion, food is unallowable, and the award may not support harm reduction or 'housing first' policies as SAMHSA defines them. Subrecipients carry 2 CFR 200 (adopted by HHS October 1, 2025), including a single audit once federal expenditures reach $1,000,000 in a fiscal year starting on or after October 1, 2024.

Next deadline: Varies by state — crisis centers are funded through the state's 988 subawards; the FY2026 federal round closed July 17, 2026 · Competed about every three years with up to 3-year project periods and annual continuations: FY2023 NOFO FG-23-006 posted May 2023; FY2026 NOFO FG-26-002 posted June 17, 2026 and closed July 17, 2026, with awards expected September 2026

Applicant tip: The FY2026 notice requires each state to put statewide, real-time referral protocols in place by the end of the first award year, linking 988 centers to mobile crisis, crisis stabilization, detox and treatment, outpatient care, CCBHCs and peer warmlines; if you run one of those services, ask your state's 988 office to include you.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Only state and territorial government agencies apply (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa); 988 crisis contact centers receive the money through the state's subawards or contracts.
How to apply: Through your state: the state or territory 988 lead agency must oversee subawards or contracts with the 988 crisis contact centers that answer its calls, chats and texts (FG-26-002), so a crisis center negotiates its funding and performance terms with that agency.
Who applies fit: state agency, nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None
Who wins: SAMHSA expected 56 awards in FY2026 — every state and territory, each capped at its Appendix A amount.

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Support for 988 Tribal Response Cooperative Agreements (FG-26-003)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office)

$300,000 to $1,500,000 a year for 3 years (FY2026: up to $20,000,000 a year for an estimated 13 to 63 awards)

GrantEquity-freecrisis & 988suicide prevention

The catch: Recipients must set up formal partnerships, such as MOUs, with state, territorial or local 988 crisis contact centers within the first six months, develop culturally responsive training for crisis center staff in the first year, and report aggregate 988 use, referral and follow-up outcomes for tribal members plus quarterly program data in SPARS. No more than 20% of the budget may go to data collection and performance assessment, and the award may not support harm reduction as SAMHSA's Dear Colleague letter defines it.

Next deadline: Not open — the FY2026 round closed July 17, 2026; no next round announced · Competed about every three years with 3-year project periods: FY2023 NOFO FG-23-005 posted May 2023; FY2026 NOFO FG-26-003 posted June 17, 2026 and closed July 17, 2026, with awards expected September 2026

Applicant tip: Staffing or co-locating tribal staff at an existing 988 crisis center is an accepted way to build the required partnership (FG-26-003); secure the center's commitment before you apply, because the partnership has to be in place within six months of award.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations and Urban Indian Organizations (identified through active IHS Title V awards or contracts); tribes and tribal organizations may apply alone or as a consortium with one tribe as the legal applicant, and only one award is made per tribe. Recipients of the FY2023 round (FG-23-005) could apply if they showed how the new project expands current work.
How to apply: Direct application: the tribe, tribal organization or Urban Indian Organization applies to SAMHSA through Grants.gov while a 988 Tribal Response notice is open; no cost share is required.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up Programs (FG-26-004)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office)

Up to $250,000 a year for up to 3 years (FY2026: $7,500,000 for an estimated 30 awards)

GrantEquity-freecrisis & 988suicide prevention

The catch: Follow-up must start within 24 hours of referral or care transition with documented verbal or written consent and continue, with suicide and overdose risk assessment, for at least 90 days and up to 12 months for people with suicidal ideation, people who received emergency or mobile crisis intervention, and 911 or PSAP referrals. Centers must align with state 911/988 integration protocols and sign MOUs with providers of ongoing care. Food is unallowable and the award may not support harm reduction as SAMHSA defines it.

Next deadline: Not open — the FY2026 round closed July 17, 2026; no next round announced · Competed about every three years with up to 3-year project periods: FY2023 NOFO FG-23-003 posted May 2023; FY2026 NOFO FG-26-004 posted June 17, 2026 and closed July 17, 2026, with awards expected September 2026

Applicant tip: The notice requires MOUs with crisis service and ongoing behavioral health providers and coordination with mobile crisis outreach teams, so put those agreements in writing now and start tracking how quickly you reach people after a contact, since funded follow-up must begin within 24 hours.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Only crisis centers that are part of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline network and provide 24/7 services.
How to apply: Direct application: a 988 Lifeline network crisis center applies to SAMHSA through Grants.gov while a Crisis Center Follow-Up notice is open; no cost share is required.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Team Partnerships (SM-26-029; ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services)

Up to $750,000 a year for up to 4 years (FY2026: $15,273,702 for an estimated 20 awards)

GrantEquity-freecrisis & 988mental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: Teams must begin responding on dispatch and meet the person face to face within 1 hour in urban areas and 2 hours in rural areas, respond without law enforcement unless circumstances require it (co-responder models excepted), and formalize written agreements with 988 and 911, EMS, law enforcement, stabilization and ongoing-care partners; recipients must also plan for financial sustainability. Food is not allowable, and the award may not support harm reduction or 'housing first' policies as SAMHSA defines them.

Next deadline: Not open — the FY2026 round closed July 15, 2026; no next round announced · Periodic competition: SM-22-016 funded a cohort starting September 30, 2023; the FY2026 NOFO SM-26-029 posted June 15, 2026 and closed July 15, 2026, with up to 4-year projects and awards expected September 2026

Applicant tip: Build the sustainability plan around Medicaid billing from the start, and plan for the end of the enhanced match: qualifying community-based mobile crisis services draw an 85% federal Medicaid match only through March 31, 2027.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute only states, political subdivisions of states (such as counties and cities), territories, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations (42 U.S.C. 290bb-37); nonprofit crisis providers take part as partners or contractors of an eligible government. Governments funded under SM-22-016 with a September 30, 2023 start could apply only for a different, non-overlapping catchment area.
How to apply: Direct application: an eligible state, county, city, territory or tribe applies to SAMHSA through Grants.gov while the notice is open; no cost share is required.
Who applies fit: state agency, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

State 988 telecommunications fee funds — crisis center and crisis response funding

State 988 fee funds in California, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and Washington (reported to the Federal Communications Commission)

Varies — check official page (states reported collecting from about $3.4 million (Minnesota) to $46.7 million (Washington) in 988 fees in calendar year 2024; each state decides how much reaches crisis centers and crisis services)

OtherEquity-freecrisis & 988suicide prevention

The catch: Fee revenue is limited to the 988 Act's two permitted uses, and the FCC's annual accountability report examines whether any state uses 988 fees for other programs; some state laws narrow or extend the uses (Washington's fund also supports mobile rapid response and community-based crisis teams). All nine states told the FCC they used 2024 fees only for permitted purposes.

Next deadline: Varies by state — only fee states have this money · Fees are collected on phone service and spent through each state's own budget and contracting cycle; the FCC reports on state fee use every year

Applicant tip: If your state is not on the list, watch for fee legislation: the FCC counted five states collecting 988 fees in 2023 and nine in 2024, and Vermont reported no 988 fee collections in 2024.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Crisis contact centers and crisis services providers in states that collect a 988 fee; the FCC's November 2025 report lists nine states that collected fees in calendar year 2024. Under the 988 Act, fee money may only pay for routing 988 calls to an appropriate crisis center and for personnel and acute mental health, crisis outreach and stabilization services that directly respond to people contacting the Lifeline.
How to apply: Through your state: each fee state's statute names the agency that controls the fund (Colorado, for example, reported contracting with its 988 hotline operator from the fund), so ask that agency how it contracts with crisis centers and crisis response providers.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Medicaid qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services — 85% enhanced federal match (Social Security Act section 1947, added by ARPA section 9813)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, through state Medicaid agencies

Payment for services, not a grant: Medicaid reimbursement at your state's rates for qualifying mobile crisis services; the state draws an 85% federal match for up to 12 fiscal quarters, only through March 31, 2027

OtherEquity-freecrisis & 988mental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: Payment covers only qualifying services to Medicaid-eligible people, at state rates. To claim the 85% match a state must use the extra federal money to supplement, not supplant, its own mobile crisis spending and keep services in regions that already had them (42 U.S.C. 1396w-6(d)). The enhanced match is available only through March 31, 2027 (CMS SHO #25-004, September 5, 2025); after that the state's regular match applies.

Next deadline: Rolling · Rolling: provider enrollment with the state Medicaid agency; the enhanced match ends March 31, 2027

Applicant tip: CMS's September 2025 crisis-services guidance (SHO #25-004) also explains how states can pay for 988 call centers and crisis stabilization through Medicaid, so a provider running several crisis services should ask its state Medicaid agency which of them are billable, not only mobile crisis.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Mobile crisis providers enrolled in a state Medicaid program that covers the service through a state plan amendment or waiver; teams must be multidisciplinary with at least one behavioral health professional able to assess the person, be trained in trauma-informed care, de-escalation and harm reduction, respond to people outside a hospital or facility, and be available 24 hours a day, every day of the year (42 U.S.C. 1396w-6(b)).
How to apply: Through your state: enroll as a Medicaid mobile crisis provider under your state's state plan amendment or waiver, through the state Medicaid agency or its managed care plans; there is no application round.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) — Immediate and Regular Services Programs (ALN 97.032)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security — FEMA, with HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services) administering the grants

Varies — check official page (sized to each disaster: the Immediate Services Program covers up to 60 days after the declaration and the Regular Services Program up to 9 months from the notice of award)

GrantEquity-freecrisis & 988mental health services

The catch: Assistance is short-term and free to survivors (44 CFR 206.171(c)): community outreach, crisis counseling, public education and referral rather than ongoing treatment. Crisis counselors must document the services they provide on CCP data collection forms, funds may be spent only on the approved application and budget under 2 CFR 200 and 3002, and the Regular Services Program ends 9 months after award unless FEMA approves an extension.

Next deadline: Varies — opens only after a qualifying disaster declaration in your state · Standing program triggered by each qualifying declaration: Immediate Services application due 14 days after the declaration, Regular Services application due 60 days after

Applicant tip: Where feasible, preference goes to public and private agencies located in or doing business mainly in the disaster area (44 CFR 206.171(e)); have staff complete SAMHSA's free CCP 'Just in Time' training so you can deploy as soon as your state applies.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States, U.S. territories and federally recognized tribes after a presidential major disaster declaration with Individual Assistance, or an emergency declaration with CCP designated; the governor designates the state mental health agency or another public or private mental health organization as grantee, and local providers in the disaster area deliver outreach and crisis counseling under it (44 CFR 206.171).
How to apply: Through your state: after a declaration, the governor's designated mental health agency applies to FEMA (Immediate Services Program within 14 days of the declaration, Regular Services Program within 60 days) and brings in local providers in the declared area; let your state mental health agency know now that you can staff a crisis counseling program.
Who applies fit: state agency, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider, local government
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

6. HRSA behavioral health workforce and rural opioid response grants

Unlike the block grants, this money goes straight from Washington to local applicants. The Health Resources and Services Administration runs the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), which pays networks of rural providers, health departments, tribes and community groups to plan, launch and expand substance use prevention, treatment and recovery; Congress kept RCORP at $145 million for FY2026, and every RCORP door here is open to nonprofits and for-profits alike. HRSA's workforce bureau funds colleges, health centers and community organizations that train counselors, peer specialists, psychologists and addiction physicians, in four- or five-year cohorts that last competed in FY2025, so plan for those windows years out. Two neighbors round out the section: SAMHSA's rural EMS training grants, and pediatric mental health access grants that go to states, counties and tribes, which bring providers in as subrecipients. Clinicians who want help with their own student loans should look at NHSC loan repayment; awards to individuals are outside this guide.

10 programs

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program–Impact (RCORP-Impact, HRSA-26-037; ALN 93.690)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Up to $750,000 per award (FY2026: $60,000,000 expected for about 80 awards, four 12-month budget periods from September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2030)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentrecovery supportworkforce & training

The catch: No cost share. The plan must deliver direct prevention, treatment and recovery services, including medications for opioid use disorder, with at least one physical treatment or recovery site in every fully or partially rural county served; an application whose service area includes any non-rural county or tract is not reviewed. Funds cannot buy real property, pay for construction beyond minor alteration and renovation, or buy drug paraphernalia (syringes, safer-smoking supplies, sterile water). The FY2026 notice bars spending on racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration, requires a Financial and Sustainability Plan before the award ends, and 2 CFR 200 applies, with a single audit once federal spending reaches $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 RCORP-Impact forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Four-year cohorts so far competed in FY2024 (HRSA-24-014, posted March 6, due May 6, 2024) and FY2026 (HRSA-26-037, posted June 5, due July 8, 2026)

Applicant tip: HRSA staff add 2 priority points if your target area is not already served by an active RCORP-Impact award (Appendix E lists those counties) and 2 more if you do not hold an Impact award now, so check Appendix E before choosing counties. Run every county and census tract through the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer first: one non-rural tract sinks the application.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Any domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entity (including faith-based groups, school districts, colleges, tribes and state or local governments); individuals cannot apply. Services may reach only HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts, and the network needs at least four separately owned organizations (the applicant plus three), at least half of them located in the target rural service area.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's RCORP-Impact notice; one application per organization, with the target rural service area documented in Attachment 1 and checked against HRSA's Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization, for-profit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HRSA announced $62.7 million in FY2026 RCORP-Impact awards on September 25, 2026, part of $89.3 million in RCORP awards reaching 45 states and one territory.

Official page ↗ · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program–Planning (RCORP-Planning, HRSA-26-036; ALN 93.690)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

$100,000 per award (FY2026: $4,000,000 for 40 awards; two budget periods from September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2028)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentpreventionrecovery support

The catch: Planning only: funds may not pay for direct service delivery, and an application that proposes it is not considered. No cost share. Year-one deliverables include a written network agreement (shared goals, governance, data sharing, each partner's role), community assessments and a multi-stakeholder action plan for future SUD services. Drug paraphernalia purchases are barred, the FY2026 HRSA bars on racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' and illegal immigration apply, and 2 CFR 200 governs the award.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 RCORP-Planning forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Irregular: competed FY2018 (HRSA-18-116), FY2019 (HRSA-19-081) and FY2020 (HRSA-20-109), then FY2026 (HRSA-26-036, posted June 5, due July 8, 2026)

Applicant tip: HRSA adds 2 priority points if your organization holds no active RCORP award and 2 more if it has never had one, which makes Planning the RCORP entry point for first-time rural applicants. The notice encourages budgeting some of the $100,000 to pay network partners for their time.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Any domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entity; individuals cannot apply. Activities may support only HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts, and by the end of year 1 the applicant must have a network of at least four distinct organizations, at least half of them physically located in the target rural service area.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's RCORP-Planning notice, with letters of support from at least two current or potential network partners.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization, for-profit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HRSA announced $4 million in FY2026 RCORP-Planning awards on September 25, 2026.

Official page ↗ · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program–Overdose Response (RCORP-Overdose Response; FY2027 forecast HRSA-27-040; ALN 93.690)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Up to $300,000 for a 12-month project (FY2027 forecast: $10,500,000 for 35 awards; FY2025 HRSA-25-010: $6,000,000 for up to 20 awards)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentpreventionrecovery support

The catch: No cost share. The period of performance is 12 months (the forecast estimates a September 1, 2027 start), so every activity must be fully running within the year. The FY2025 notice barred buying syringes or pipes; RCORP notices issued in 2026 widen the paraphernalia ban to safer-smoking kits and sterile water and add HHS's bars on racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' and illegal immigration, so read the FY2027 notice for the final list. 2 CFR 200 applies, with a single audit once federal spending reaches $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · Near-annual one-year awards: FY2023 (HRSA-23-038, due January 19, 2023), FY2025 (HRSA-25-010, posted December 20, 2024, due March 10, 2025), FY2026 awards announced September 2026, and an FY2027 forecast estimating a January 11, 2027 posting

Applicant tip: In FY2025 HRSA gave 2 priority points to applicants without an active RCORP award, so a first-time rural applicant starts ahead. Confirm every county and census tract in the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer before the notice posts, since a target area with a non-rural tract fails the completeness review.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Any domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entity, including tribes, tribal organizations, school districts, colleges and state or local governments; individuals cannot apply. Activities may support only HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts and must reach every rural or partially rural county in the target area.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to the RCORP-Overdose Response notice; the FY2025 notice required at least one activity from its Tier 1 or Tier 2 lists and screened out applications proposing anything off those lists.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization, for-profit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: HRSA announced $12.6 million in FY2026 RCORP-Overdose Response awards on September 25, 2026.

Official page ↗ · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program–Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (RCORP-CABH; FY2027 forecast HRSA-27-043; ALN 93.690)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Up to $1,000,000 a year (FY2027 forecast: $9,000,000 for 9 awards; the FY2023 round, HRSA-23-041, funded four-year projects at up to $1,000,000 annually)

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthmental health servicessubstance use treatmentprevention

The catch: No cost share. The FY2023 notice required at least three new evidence-based service lines (one each in prevention, treatment and recovery) for ages 5–17 in the target rural area, training and peer mentorship for providers, paraprofessionals and non-clinical staff, and a consortium for community partnerships; funding after year 1 depended on appropriations and progress. RCORP notices issued in 2026 also bar drug paraphernalia and HHS's listed restrictions (racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary', illegal immigration), and 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · Four-year cohorts: FY2023 (HRSA-23-041, posted March 22, due May 24, 2023; projects September 2023–August 2027), then FY2027 (forecast posted August 21, 2026, estimating a January 22, 2027 posting)

Applicant tip: Line up school partners before the notice posts: the FY2023 round's suggested activities included services in school health clinics, after-school programming and recovery-friendly spaces in local schools. The forecast estimates awards around August 1, 2027.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Any domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entity, including tribes and tribal organizations; services may support only HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts. The FY2023 round served children and adolescents ages 5–17 and their families through a multi-sector consortium.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's RCORP-CABH notice once it posts (FY2027 forecast HRSA-27-043).
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization, school or university, for-profit provider
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗ · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Paraprofessionals (HRSA-25-066; ALN 93.732)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce

Up to $350,000 a year for pre-service training only, or up to $500,000 a year with registered-apprenticeship in-service training (FY2025: $10,900,000 for about 29 awards over 4 years)

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingrecovery supportchildren & youth

The catch: At least half the budget must go to tuition, fees, supplies and stipends, and HRSA fixes the stipends: $6,000 per Level 1 pre-service trainee and $8,500 a year for a full-time Level 2 apprentice (half that, for up to two years, part-time). Trainee support is capped at 12 months per full-time trainee, and you must track completers after the program. No cost share; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2025 cohort runs through August 2029 and no newer BHWET Paraprofessionals notice or forecast is posted · Four-year cohorts: FY2021 (HRSA-21-090, due April 12, 2021) and FY2025 (HRSA-25-066, posted January 15, due April 1, 2025); current projects run September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2029

Applicant tip: Adding a registered Department of Labor apprenticeship (Level 2 in-service training) is optional, but in FY2025 it earned 5 extra review points and raised the ceiling from $350,000 to $500,000 a year. Congress's FY2026 agreement keeps at least $15,000,000 of BHWET money for peer support specialists.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Accredited universities, community colleges and technical schools; nonprofits, including faith-based and community-based organizations; hospitals; HRSA-funded health centers and FQHCs; rural health clinics and other community-based clinical settings; state, county, city, township and special district governments; and tribes and tribal organizations. Individuals cannot apply.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's BHWET for Paraprofessionals notice; a recipient whose award is ending applies as a competing continuation if its scope is unchanged.
Who applies fit: school or university, nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals (HRSA-25-068; ALN 93.732)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce

Up to $600,000 a year for 4 years (FY2025: $59,600,000 for about 101 awards)

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingchildren & youth

The catch: Half of the request must be trainee stipends, paid to students in their final internship or field placement for 6 to 12 consecutive months (24 if part-time). Cost sharing applies only to doctoral psychology, psychiatry, behavioral pediatrics and psychiatric nursing internships, to cover stipends above $32,500 so every intern is paid the same (42 U.S.C. 295o). You must report trainees' NPI numbers and collect graduates' employment data for at least a year after graduation; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2025 cohort runs through June 2029 and no newer BHWET Professionals notice or forecast is posted · Four-year cohorts: FY2021 (HRSA-21-089, due January 21, 2021) and FY2025 (HRSA-25-068, posted October 22, 2024, due January 21, 2025), plus an FY2023 children-and-youth variant (HRSA-23-131); current projects run July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029

Applicant tip: The notice centers on children, adolescents and young adults, team-based care in integrated primary care settings and more clinical supervisors; build placements in high-need, high-demand areas and a concrete plan to help graduates take jobs there, which the narrative must describe.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or field placements in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing, social work, school social work, SUD prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling or professional counseling; also accredited health service psychology and social work degree programs.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's BHWET for Professionals notice, submitted by the accredited school or training program.
Who applies fit: school or university
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program (HRSA-25-067; ALN 93.191)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce

Up to $450,000 a year for 3 years (FY2025: $22,800,000 for 50 awards)

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingsubstance use treatment

The catch: Stipends are fixed by trainee level and cannot be lower than HRSA's table; every stipend recipient signs a student commitment letter, and you must track trainees for at least a year after completion. Training must focus on integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health with significant emphasis on trauma-informed care and SUD prevention and treatment, preparing trainees for community-based primary care in high-need areas. No cost share; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2025 cohort runs through June 2028 and no newer GPE notice or forecast is posted · About every three years: FY2019 (HRSA-19-002), FY2022 (HRSA-22-043, due December 9, 2021) and FY2025 (HRSA-25-067, posted October 22, 2024, due January 21, 2025); current projects run July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028

Applicant tip: The notice requires you to tell trainees about HRSA loan repayment and that GPE trainees get a funding priority when they apply to National Health Service Corps loan repayment, a recruiting point worth putting in your program materials.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Accredited doctoral, internship and post-doctoral residency programs in health service psychology (clinical, counseling and school psychology), accredited by an agency the U.S. Department of Education recognizes; accreditation must stay active for the whole project.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's GPE notice, submitted by the accredited psychology program.
Who applies fit: school or university
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Addiction Medicine Fellowship (AMF) Program (HRSA-25-069; ALN 93.732)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce

$400,000 to $800,000 a year for 5 years (FY2025: $23,100,000 for 28 awards)

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingsubstance use treatment

The catch: At least half of the funds must go to fellow stipends, and AMF pays at most $110,000 per fellow a year; a match is required only to cover stipends above that cap. Fellows must train in medically underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental health and SUD prevention and treatment, including rural areas, through at least one of the statutory training tracks. No other cost share; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2025 cohort runs through June 2030 and no newer AMF notice or forecast is posted · Five-year cohorts: FY2020 (HRSA-20-013, due February 25, 2020) and FY2025 (HRSA-25-069, posted December 20, 2024, due February 28, 2025); current projects run July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030

Applicant tip: Partnering with a teaching health center lets a fellowship apply as a consortium. Have community rotation partners ready: the notice expects partnerships and support for community-based organizations hosting rotations in underserved settings within 6 months of the project start.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: A U.S. sponsoring institution (or its parent) of an ACGME-accredited addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry fellowship, or a consortium of at least one domestic teaching health center and the sponsoring institution; universities, nonprofits, for-profits and tribal governments or organizations qualify if otherwise eligible. Individuals cannot apply.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov to HRSA's AMF notice, with ACGME accreditation documentation attached.
Who applies fit: school or university, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program (HRSA-26-058; ALN 93.828)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Up to $445,000 a year for 5 years (FY2026: $9,790,000 for 22 cooperative agreements)

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthmental health servicesworkforce & training

The catch: A statutory 20% non-federal match (cash or in-kind) every year — $89,000 on a $445,000 award — waived up to $200,000 for the U.S. Virgin Islands and other insular areas under 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). Programs must build statewide or regional partnerships, coordinate with existing PMHCA programs and work as part of a national PMHCA network; the FY2026 HHS bars on racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' and illegal immigration apply, and 2 CFR 200 and the $1,000,000 single-audit threshold pass down to subrecipients.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2026 cohort runs September 30, 2026 to September 29, 2031 and no FY2027 forecast is posted · Competed FY2018 (HRSA-18-122), FY2019 (HRSA-19-096), FY2021 and FY2022 (American Rescue Plan expansions), FY2023 (HRSA-23-081) and FY2026 (HRSA-26-058, posted June 8, due July 10, 2026), each for multiyear periods

Applicant tip: A program can cover part of a state, the whole state or a multistate region, and the notice targets rural and shortage areas, so a county or tribe can propose its own region. Providers should ask their state's PMHCA lead about teleconsultation or care-coordination subawards.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States, counties, cities, townships and special district governments, federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations. Nonprofit providers and clinics cannot apply directly; they take part as subrecipients or contractors delivering teleconsultation, training or care coordination for the recipient's program.
How to apply: Direct application: governments and tribes apply through Grants.gov to HRSA's PMHCA notice. Providers come in through the funded state or local program; North Dakota's health department, for example, competed a 2026 PMHCA Service Grant for this work.
Who applies fit: state agency, local government, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Rural Emergency Medical Services Training (R-EMS, TI-26-004; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Up to $300,000 a year for up to 2 years (FY2026: $13,500,000 for 45 awards)

GrantEquity-freeworkforce & trainingsubstance use treatment

The catch: No match. The award must train EMS personnel on opioid overdose reversal medications, field initiation of buprenorphine after an overdose, connecting reversed patients to SUD treatment and keeping licenses and certifications current, and may fund recruitment and retention of volunteer responders. As in other FY2026 SAMHSA notices, funds may not support harm reduction as SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter defines it, 'housing first' policies, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 R-EMS forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Every one to three years: FY2020 (FG-20-005), FY2021 (TI-21-005), FY2023 (TI-23-011) and FY2026 (TI-26-004, posted June 16, due July 16, 2026)

Applicant tip: 'Rural' includes any area a state law or regulation designates as rural and rural census tracts inside metropolitan areas, so volunteer squads on a metro county's rural edge can qualify. Build the plan around the required training topics, including field buprenorphine and linking patients to treatment.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, only emergency medical services agencies operated by a local or tribal government (fire-based or not) and tax-exempt nonprofit EMS agencies under IRC section 501(c), serving rural areas or residents of rural areas.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's R-EMS notice.
Who applies fit: local government, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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7. Justice system grants: mental health collaboration, treatment courts and reentry

Behavioral health money for the justice system comes mostly from the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance funds treatment courts, jail and prison treatment, opioid response and crisis partnerships between police and mental health agencies; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funds juvenile and family treatment courts and community treatment for justice-involved youth; and SAMHSA adds treatment money for existing drug courts and pre-arrest diversion. Most of these grants go to governments, so a nonprofit provider usually joins as a subrecipient, and RSAT reaches jails and providers only through the state. Two things changed in 2026. Timing slipped: Congress passed DOJ's FY2026 budget on January 23, 2026, yet FY2025 solicitations posted in February–May 2026 and FY2026 ones in August–October. And priorities shifted: many FY2026 DOJ notices give priority to jurisdictions on an "Ending Crime and Disorder" checklist echoing Executive Order 14321, which in the mental health notice covers enforcing camping bans and using civil commitment. Adult, juvenile and family treatment court grants and RSAT carry a 25% match.

12 programs

Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative (PSMHI; successor to the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program; O-BJA-2026-172676; ALN 16.745, 16.812, 16.838)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Up to $3,000,000 for 36 months (FY2026: about $38,000,000 for about 13 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrycrisis & 988mental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: Escalating match of total project cost: 20% across years 1 and 2 combined and 40% in year 3, cash or in-kind, or the application is ineligible. State and local government applicants must sign an 8 U.S.C. 1373 certification and accept an immigration-cooperation award condition, and anything at any tier that impedes federal immigration enforcement is out of scope. The model funded is crisis stabilization with no-refusal law enforcement drop-off, civil commitment evaluations, institutional and step-down treatment, and 'accountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plans'; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 PSMHI solicitation as of October 28, 2026 · Annual. JMHCP and Connect and Protect ran as separate notices FY2021–FY2024 (posted January–May); since FY2025 BJA has run the work as PSMHI: FY2025 posted February 19, due April 6, 2026; FY2026 posted August 14, Grants.gov due September 25, 2026

Applicant tip: Priority consideration goes to jurisdictions that enforce bans on open drug use, urban camping and squatting and use assisted outpatient treatment or civil commitment, claimed through the 'Ending Crime and Disorder' inventory in JustGrants. Former JMHCP and Connect and Protect grantees expanding a program should attach their BJA-approved planning guide or action plan.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city, township, special district and tribal governments (federally recognized or not) and other units of local government. A nonprofit or for-profit mental health agency qualifies only if the state mental health authority has designated it to provide services as a unit of state or local government, with documentation attached. At least one justice agency and one mental health agency must commit staff, space or services by MOU or letter of intent.
How to apply: Direct application: two steps — the SF-424 in Grants.gov, then the full application in JustGrants about a week later; one application per applicant, with project partners proposed as subrecipients.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Adult Treatment Court Program (O-BJA-2026-172721; ALN 16.585)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Up to $950,000 (planning and implementation), $1,025,750 (enhancement) or $2,500,000 (statewide) for 48 months (FY2026: about $49,322,500 for about 43 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentrecovery support

The catch: 25% match of total project costs (federal share capped at 75%). By statute (34 U.S.C. 10613) neither the award nor the match may serve anyone presently charged with or convicted of a qualifying violent offense, though grantees may serve them with other money. Funded courts use mandatory and random drug testing, graduated sanctions and incentives and judicial supervision; activities beyond the statute's allowable uses are not funded, and anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope. 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · One solicitation per fiscal year; most rounds have been due in April (FY2023 posted January 17, due April 11, 2023; FY2025 posted March 19, due April 27, 2026); the FY2026 round posted September 21, Grants.gov due October 30, 2026 · Set an alert ↗

Applicant tip: A jurisdiction without a court yet should use Category 1, which starts with a six-month planning phase before launch; medication-assisted treatment, peer support, housing assistance and employment support are all allowable uses when clinically appropriate.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Categories 1 and 2: state, county, city and township governments, federally recognized tribes and other units of local government (towns, boroughs, parishes, villages). Category 3 (statewide): state agencies such as the state administering agency, the administrative office of the courts, or the state criminal justice or substance use agency.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then the full application in JustGrants about a week later; a jurisdiction may submit several applications if each is for a distinct treatment court, with treatment providers proposed as subrecipients.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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Veterans Treatment Court Program (O-BJA-2026-172714; ALN 16.043)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Up to $950,000 (planning and implementation), $1,000,000 (enhancement) or $2,500,000 (statewide) for 48 months (FY2026: about $20,732,429 for about 18 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentmental health services

The catch: No match. Unlike the adult treatment court program, veterans treatment courts may serve veterans with a history of violence, PTSD or traumatic brain injury, but participants must be tested periodically for controlled substances and nothing funded may violate the federal Controlled Substances Act, whatever state law allows. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope, and 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · One solicitation per fiscal year; most rounds have been due April to June (FY2022 due May 20, 2022; FY2023 due April 11, 2023; FY2024 due June 20, 2024; FY2025 posted March 18, due April 27, 2026); the FY2026 round posted September 21, Grants.gov due October 29, 2026 · Set an alert ↗

Applicant tip: A court already fully operational belongs in Category 2 (enhancement); Category 1 starts with a six-month planning phase. Congress's FY2026 law sets $32,000,000 for the program, of which $4,000,000 funds a national center for veterans justice under a separate BJA notice.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Categories 1 and 2: state, county, city, township and special district governments, federally recognized and other tribal governments, and other units of local government. Category 3 (statewide): state agencies such as the state administering agency, the administrative office of the courts, or the state criminal justice or substance use agency.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then the full application in JustGrants about a week later; each distinct veterans treatment court needs its own application.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (COSSUP, O-BJA-2026-172702; ALN 16.838)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Up to $1,600,000 (urban or large local), $1,300,000 (suburban or medium), $1,000,000 (rural local), $7,000,000 (states) or $1,000,000 (tribes) for 36 months (FY2026: about $133,585,276 for about 79 awards)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentjustice & reentrypreventionrecovery support

The catch: No match. Allowable uses span law enforcement and first responder diversion, naloxone and training, prevention and take-back programs, court-based interventions, medications for opioid use disorder and recovery support; no more than 30% of the grant may pay for transitional or recovery housing. State and local government applicants must submit an 8 U.S.C. 1373 certification, and anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement is out of scope at any tier. 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 COSSUP solicitation as of October 28, 2026 · Annual. FY2021–FY2023 rounds posted January–May; FY2025 posted March 25, due May 8, 2026; FY2026 posted August 17, Grants.gov due September 24, 2026

Applicant tip: If your county is too small to run a full program, ask your state administering agency whether it will name you in its Category 2 application. Being named does not stop you from applying directly under Category 1, but no jurisdiction gets two awards for the same project in one year.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city, township and special district governments, other units of local government, and federally recognized tribes. Nonprofit treatment and recovery providers are not direct applicants; they work as subrecipients or contractors. A state applicant (the state administering agency, state alcohol and substance use agency or another designated agency) must apply on behalf of six or more jurisdictions.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants; local applicants choose subcategory 1a, 1b or 1c by the population served. Through your state: a local or tribal jurisdiction named in a state's Category 2 application receives a subaward and may still apply directly for a different project.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grants Program (O-BJA-2026-172763; ALN 16.593)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Formula allocation to each state (FY2026: about $26,285,604 for 56 awards over 48 months; Grants.gov lists a $2,200,000 ceiling)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentrecovery support

The catch: 25% non-federal match on each project (34 U.S.C. 10424); the federal share may not exceed 75%. Money goes to four tracks — pretrial SUD treatment, jail-based residential, prison-based residential and stand-alone aftercare — and a state may fund non-residential aftercare only if its chief executive certifies it provides an adequate level of residential treatment. Programs must work toward drug-free prisons and jails and coordinate treatment and aftercare during and after incarceration; 2 CFR 200 and the $1,000,000 single-audit threshold pass down to subrecipients.

Next deadline: Nov 20, 2026 · One formula solicitation per fiscal year; most rounds have been due April to August (FY2021 due April 13, 2021; FY2022 June 17, 2022; FY2023 August 9, 2023; FY2024 July 30, 2024; FY2025 posted March 26, due April 25, 2026); the FY2026 round posted October 8, Grants.gov due November 20, 2026

Applicant tip: Ask your state RSAT administrator how it will spend the 10% local share in the FY2026 award (48 months from October 1, 2026); jail programs can start or continue SUD treatment for pretrial populations, and program designs may include clinically appropriate medications.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Only states apply to BJA. Each state must pass at least 10% of its allocation to local correctional facilities where they exist, for jail-based residential treatment, pretrial treatment or stand-alone aftercare; jails, corrections agencies and licensed treatment providers reach the money through the state's subawards and contracts.
How to apply: Through your state: jails, local corrections and treatment providers apply to the state agency that administers RSAT; the state applies to BJA through Grants.gov and then JustGrants.
Who applies fit: state agency, local government, court or law enforcement, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Second Chance Act Family-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program (O-BJA-2026-172700; ALN 16.812)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Up to $1,000,000 for 36 months (FY2026: up to $13,000,000 — about 8 government awards and 5 nonprofit awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentchildren & youth

The catch: No match. Treatment must be family-focused and include the parent, the child and other family members, with validated assessments, an individualized case plan and a system of incentives and sanctions; people who do not complete the program must serve an appropriate sentence for the original offense. Funds can pay for staff, mental health, SUD and overdose prevention medication and contracted services such as case management and peer support. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 solicitation as of October 28, 2026 · Second Chance Act family-based treatment notices ran FY2010–FY2012 and returned for FY2025 (posted March 25, due May 8, 2026) and FY2026 (posted August 17, Grants.gov due September 24, 2026)

Applicant tip: This is one of the few DOJ treatment programs a nonprofit or faith-based provider can apply to directly, but only with an MOU from the correctional agency that oversees the facility where you will recruit participants, so line that up first: an application without it is denied.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Category 1: state, county, city, township, special district and federally recognized tribal governments and other units of local government. Category 2: nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status) and faith-based organizations, which must include an MOU with the correctional agency that oversees the facility where participants are recruited. Participants are parents with SUD who have minor children or are pregnant and are under correctional control.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants, under the category matching your organization type; you may also apply to other BJA Second Chance Act notices and reuse narrative.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program (O-OJJDP-2026-172741; ALN 16.585)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Up to $1,000,000 (planning and implementation) or $850,000 (enhancement) for 36 months (FY2026: $4,000,000 for 4 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrychildren & youthsubstance use treatment

The catch: 25% match of total project costs (federal share capped at 75%). A funded court may not admit any youth charged with or who has committed a violent offense. Category 1 includes a planning process of up to 12 months before implementation. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · One solicitation per fiscal year; most rounds have been due April to June (FY2021–FY2024 posted March–April, due May–June; FY2025 posted March 18, due April 27, 2026); the FY2026 round posted September 21, Grants.gov due October 29, 2026 · Set an alert ↗

Applicant tip: The FY2026 round funds only about two new courts and two enhancements, so a jurisdiction with an operating court that needs services money may also look at SAMHSA's treatment drug court grants, which fund treatment in existing adult and family drug courts.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city and township governments and federally recognized tribal governments (the notice names states, state and local courts, units of local government and tribes as the courts it supports). Courts serve youth with substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants; more than one application is allowed if each proposes a different project, with partners as subrecipients.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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Family Treatment Court Program (O-OJJDP-2026-172738; ALN 16.838)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Up to $850,000 (new courts) or $750,000 (enhancing existing courts) for 48 months (FY2026: $9,020,000 for 11 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentchildren & youth

The catch: 25% match of total project costs (federal share capped at 75%). New courts must provide parental SUD treatment services including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support and program coordination, with intensive judicial monitoring of parents involved with child welfare. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Nov 16, 2026 · One solicitation per fiscal year; most rounds have been due April to June (FY2022–FY2024 posted March–April, due May–June; FY2025 posted March 18, due April 27, 2026); the FY2026 round posted October 8, Grants.gov due November 16, 2026

Applicant tip: Pick the category by your court's age: under a year of operation goes in Category 1 even if the county already runs adult drug or mental health courts. Treatment providers should ask the court or county to name them as subrecipients.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city and township governments and federally recognized tribal governments. Category 1 is for jurisdictions with no family treatment court or one operating less than a year (other drug or treatment courts are fine); Category 2 requires a family treatment court fully operational for at least a year. Courts serve parents with SUD involved with child welfare.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants; OJJDP encourages partnering with community service providers, who come in as subrecipients.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment (O-OJJDP-2026-172737; ALN 16.838)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Up to $650,000 for 36 months (FY2026: $4,000,000 for 6 awards)

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthjustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentmental health services

The catch: No match. Projects must develop or expand community-based services and build cross-system partnerships, screening and referral processes that identify youth with SUD or co-occurring disorders and, where appropriate, divert them from justice processing; recipients file regular performance reports. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Nov 16, 2026 · Annual since FY2024 (that year as training, technical assistance and program development, O-OJJDP-2024-172127); FY2025 posted March 25, due May 8, 2026; FY2026 posted October 8, Grants.gov due November 16, 2026

Applicant tip: Reviewers weight project design at 35% and your capabilities at 30% of the score, so show the referral pipeline from probation, courts or schools into your services, and name any subrecipients.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city and township governments, federally recognized tribal governments, and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Projects serve youth with substance use or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who are at risk of or already in the juvenile justice system.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants; more than one application is allowed if each proposes a different project.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (O-OJJDP-2026-172748; ALN 16.842)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Up to $750,000 for 36 months (FY2026: $8,920,000 for 12 awards)

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthpreventionsubstance use treatmentjustice & reentry

The catch: No match. Applicants must collaborate with law enforcement, juvenile and criminal justice agencies, schools, mental health and child welfare providers and community organizations, and deliver prevention, intervention and treatment aimed at reducing violent crime and overdose deaths plus integrated services for parents and children. Anything that impedes federal immigration enforcement (including 8 U.S.C. 1373) is out of scope; 2 CFR 200 applies.

Next deadline: Nov 16, 2026 · Usually one solicitation per fiscal year (none in FY2022); most rounds have been due April to June (FY2021 due June 28, 2021; FY2023 due May 16, 2023; FY2024 due April 30, 2024; FY2025 posted March 25, due May 8, 2026); the FY2026 round posted October 9, Grants.gov due November 16, 2026

Applicant tip: Reviewers weight project design at 35% and your capabilities at 30% of the score, so name your justice, child welfare, school and treatment partners and their roles (as subrecipients where they get money). Congress set $10,500,000 for this youth-and-opioids initiative in the FY2026 law.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: State, county, city and township governments, other units of local government, federally recognized tribal governments, and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Projects serve children, youth and families affected by opioid, stimulant and other substance use disorders who are at risk for or already in the child welfare or justice systems.
How to apply: Direct application: SF-424 in Grants.gov, then JustGrants; one entity applies and partners are proposed as subrecipients.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Grants to Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts (Treatment Drug Courts, TI-26-015; ALN 93.490)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Up to $400,000 a year for up to 5 years (FY2026: $7,600,000 for 19 awards, including at least 1 Tribal Healing to Wellness Court and 3 family treatment drug courts)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentrecovery support

The catch: No match. The money expands treatment and recovery support in existing courts and is not start-up funding; at the full $400,000 a court is expected to serve at least 45 clients a year (40 for family courts). In FY2026 SAMHSA reviewed only the first 50 complete applications, then closed the portal. Funds may not support harm reduction as SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter defines it, 'housing first' policies, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration; continuations depend on data reporting and alignment with administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Near-annual: FY2020 (TI-20-003), FY2022 (TI-22-010), FY2023 (TI-23-007), FY2024 (TI-24-004) and FY2026 (TI-26-015, posted June 16, due July 16, 2026)

Applicant tip: Drug courts, or the state, county or local government applying for them, get 10 extra points because judges can manage funds and services directly, so have the court or county apply rather than the treatment provider. Submit early: the portal closes after 50 complete applications.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: States and territories, political subdivisions of states, tribes and tribal organizations, treatment drug courts, IHS-funded health programs, and other public or private nonprofits, including faith-based organizations. The court must already be operating (in FY2026, on or before April 1, 2026); FY2022–FY2024 grantees (TI-22-010, TI-23-007, TI-24-004) could not apply.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's notice, for one or more existing adult, family or tribal healing to wellness drug courts; a nonprofit applicant needs an MOU with each court.
Who applies fit: court or law enforcement, local government, nonprofit provider, tribe or tribal organization, state agency
Equity taken: None

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Behavioral Health Partnerships for Early Diversion of Adults and Youth (Early Diversion, SM-26-025; ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services

Up to $650,000 a year for up to 5 years (FY2026: $7,027,991 for 10 awards)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrycrisis & 988mental health services

The catch: A 25% non-federal match of the total award every year (PHS Act section 520G), certified by letter at application. Only pre-arrest and pre-booking diversion counts: SAMHSA will not fund a project confirmed to divert people after arrest or booking. Projects must coordinate with law enforcement, courts and civil commitment systems, including assisted outpatient treatment. Funds may not support harm reduction as SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter defines it, 'housing first' policies, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Competed FY2023 (SM-23-012, posted April 10, due June 9, 2023) and FY2026 (SM-26-025, posted June 15, due July 15, 2026), each for up to five years

Applicant tip: Recruit the coalition before you write: the application needs signed letters of intent on letterhead from every key coalition partner (mental health, substance use, criminal or juvenile justice, law enforcement), and the coalition must meet at least quarterly for the whole project. An application missing Attachment 11 is screened out unread.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: By statute, states, political subdivisions of states and tribes or tribal organizations, acting directly or through agreements with public or nonprofit entities, plus IHS-funded health facilities or programs. Nonprofit providers take part through such an agreement. Current SM-23-012 grantees could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's Early Diversion notice, including a signed statement (Attachment 11) that the project diverts people before arrest and booking only.
Who applies fit: local government, state agency, tribe or tribal organization, nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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8. Tribal behavioral health grants

Tribes can apply to many programs in this guide, but the cards below are reserved for federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and, in most cases, urban Indian organizations. The Indian Health Service runs multiyear behavioral health competitions: its substance abuse, suicide prevention, behavioral health integration and Zero Suicide programs last competed in FY2022, and IHS forecasts put the FY2027 deadlines in March and April 2027. IHS awards need a signed Tribal Resolution, so start council approval early. SAMHSA funds Tribal Opioid Response, the two Tribal Behavioral Health tracks (formerly Native Connections) and Circles of Care; several FY2026 rounds excluded tribes funded in the previous cycle, so check each notice's ineligible list. The Justice Department's Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation, run by the Bureau of Justice Assistance with OJJDP, covers substance use, healing to wellness courts and youth justice in one application. Two tribal programs appear in other sections: Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal youth suicide prevention under mental health, and 988 Tribal Response under crisis services.

9 programs

Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Grants (TI-26-012; ALN 93.788)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Annual base award set by IHS user population: up to $250,000 (1–10,000), $425,000 (10,001–20,000), $750,000 (20,001–40,000) or $1,750,000 (40,001 or more), plus need-based supplements for listed high-overdose counties; FY2026: $4,800,000 for an anticipated 19 awards of up to 5 years

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentpreventionrecovery support

The catch: Your budget in any year cannot exceed the base award for your IHS user population (partnering tribes may add their base amounts together). No match. Funds support medications for opioid use disorder and the prevention, treatment and recovery continuum for opioid and stimulant use, but the award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 TOR forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring: annual FY2018–FY2022, then FY2024 (TI-24-009) and FY2026 (TI-26-012, posted June 16 and due July 16, 2026)

Applicant tip: Serving a county on the NOFO's Appendix B list of highest-overdose counties qualifies an application for a need-based supplement on top of the base award; confirm your FY2025 IHS user population estimate with your IHS Area Statistical Officer before you budget.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations (25 U.S.C. 5304), applying alone, as a consortium with one tribe as legal applicant, or in partnership with an urban Indian organization; tribes funded under the FY2024 TOR NOFO (TI-24-009) could not apply in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons to SAMHSA's TOR NOFO, with the IHS user population table (Appendix A) completed for each participating tribe.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Tribal Behavioral Health Substance Use Prevention (TBH SUP) (SP-26-004; ALN 93.492)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $350,000 a year for up to 5 years (FY2026: $9,000,000 for an anticipated 26 awards)

GrantEquity-freepreventionchildren & youth

The catch: Projects serve AI/AN youth and young adults through age 24 and must begin implementing all required activities within four months of award. No match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, racial preferences, 'denial of the sex binary' or illegal immigration; HHS applies 2 CFR 200 with its 2 CFR 300 modifications from October 1, 2025, and each continuation depends on alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring as SAMHSA's Tribal Behavioral Health program (Native Connections) since FY2014, most recently SM-21-011 and SM-23-021; split in FY2026 into this substance use prevention track (posted June 11 and due July 13, 2026) and a suicide prevention track

Applicant tip: The NOFO lets prevention education include locally recognized practices and traditions such as drum circles, sweat lodges, talking circles, spiritual practices and prayer, so build the culturally grounded work you already run into the project design.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations; organizations funded in FY2022–FY2024 under the earlier Tribal Behavioral Health NOFOs SM-21-011 or SM-23-021 were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons; you may also apply to the suicide prevention track (SM-26-024) but can be funded under only one.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Tribal Behavioral Health: Suicide Prevention (TBH-SP) (SM-26-024; ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $350,000 a year for up to 5 years (FY2026: $15,381,824 for an anticipated 44 awards)

GrantEquity-freesuicide preventionchildren & youth

The catch: Projects focus on preventing suicide, suicide attempts and suicide deaths among AI/AN youth and young adults through age 24. Within four months of award you must establish or maintain a project workgroup that includes youth and young adults through age 24 and other community members (members may be paid from the grant), and postvention protocols are required. No match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring as SAMHSA's Tribal Behavioral Health program (Native Connections) since FY2014, most recently SM-21-011 and SM-23-021; the FY2026 suicide prevention track was posted June 16 and due July 16, 2026

Applicant tip: If both Tribal Behavioral Health tracks fit your community, apply to both, since SAMHSA allows it and funds only one; check the NOFO's Appendix A list of ineligible FY2022–FY2024 grantees first.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations; organizations funded in FY2022–FY2024 under Tribal Behavioral Health NOFOs SM-21-011 or SM-23-021 were ineligible in FY2026 (the NOFO's Appendix A lists them).
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons; you may also apply to the substance use prevention track (SP-26-004) but can be funded under only one.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Circles of Care for American Indian/Alaska Natives (SM-26-026; ALN 93.532)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Up to $350,000 a year for up to 3 years (FY2026: $6,863,777 for an anticipated 20 awards)

GrantEquity-freemental health serviceschildren & youth

The catch: This is a planning and development grant for a community-based system of care serving children, youth and young adults from birth through age 25 and their families. No match. The award may not support harm reduction as defined in SAMHSA's April 24, 2026 Dear Colleague letter, and each continuation depends on data reporting and alignment with SAMHSA, HHS and Trump Administration priorities.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — no FY2027 forecast on Grants.gov as of October 28, 2026 · Recurring: FY2020 (SM-20-010), FY2023 (SM-23-022), FY2025 (SM-25-016, due March 17, 2025) and FY2026 (SM-26-026, posted June 15 and due July 15, 2026)

Applicant tip: Former Circles of Care grantees from the FY2020 and FY2023 cohorts are listed as ineligible in the NOFO's Appendix A, so check it first; if you applied unsuccessfully in FY2025, reuse your needs data but write a fresh application to the current NOFO.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations; grantees under the SM-20-010 or SM-23-022 Circles of Care NOFOs were ineligible in FY2026.
How to apply: Direct application: through Grants.gov and eRA Commons; FY2025 (SM-25-016) applicants had to submit a new application under the FY2026 NOFO.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program: Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Aftercare (SAPTA) (HHS-2027-IHS-SAPTA-0001)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health

Varies — check official page (FY2027 forecast: about $14,000,000 for about 35 awards; the FY2022 NOFO set first-year awards at $300,000–$400,000 over a 5-year period)

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentpreventionrecovery support

The catch: The FY2022 NOFO required no cost sharing and did not review applications that exceeded the stated funding ceiling or period of performance. Forecast dates are estimates: as of October 28, 2026 the FY2027 NOFO had not posted, so award size and requirements can still change.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · Five-year competitions (formerly the Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative): last competed FY2022; FY2027 forecast posted August 18, 2026 estimates the NOFO on February 1, 2027, applications due April 1, 2027 and awards May 1, 2027

Applicant tip: Start the Tribal Resolution through your council now so a signed version is ready by award time, and build in early intervention for at-risk AI/AN youth, which the FY2027 forecast names as part of the program's purpose.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603; the FY2022 round set aside up to five awards for urban Indian organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: to the IHS NOFO on Grants.gov once it posts; the FY2022 NOFO required a signed Tribal Resolution before IHS would issue an award (a draft was accepted at the deadline), including resolutions from every tribe a project would affect.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: IHS reports its Division of Behavioral Health awarded 72 SASP grants (SAPTA and suicide prevention combined) to tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations in the cycle that followed the 2015–2021 funding cycle.

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Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP) (HHS-2027-IHS-SPIP-0001; ALN 93.654)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health

Varies — check official page (FY2027 forecast: about $14,000,000 for about 35 awards; the FY2022 NOFO set first-year awards at $300,000–$400,000 over a 5-year period)

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Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · Five-year competitions: last competed FY2022; FY2027 forecast posted August 6, 2026 estimates the NOFO on February 1, 2027, applications due April 1, 2027 and awards May 1, 2027

Applicant tip: SPIP and SAPTA are separate IHS notices with the same forecast dates, so a tribe running both kinds of work should prepare two applications and two budgets, and get the Tribal Resolution moving early.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603; the FY2022 round set aside up to five awards for urban Indian organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: to the IHS NOFO on Grants.gov once it posts; the FY2022 NOFO required a signed Tribal Resolution before IHS would issue an award (a draft was accepted at the deadline).
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: IHS reports its Division of Behavioral Health awarded 72 SASP grants (substance abuse and suicide prevention combined) to tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations in the cycle that followed the 2015–2021 funding cycle.

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Behavioral Health Integration Initiative (BH2I) (HHS-2027-IHS-BH2I-0001; ALN 93.979)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health

Varies — check official page (FY2027 forecast: about $5,000,000 for about 15 awards; the FY2022 NOFO set first-year awards at $300,000–$400,000)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: The program funds tribal and urban Indian organization health systems to integrate behavioral health with primary care, nutrition, exercise and social, spiritual and cultural supports. The FY2022 NOFO required no cost sharing. Forecast dates are estimates and the FY2027 NOFO had not posted as of October 28, 2026.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · Multiyear competitions: last competed FY2022; FY2027 forecast posted August 18, 2026 estimates the NOFO on January 1, 2027, applications due March 1, 2027 and awards April 1, 2027

Applicant tip: This forecast window opens a month before the SASP notices (estimated March 1 versus April 1, 2027), so a tribal health program eyeing both should draft the BH2I application first.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603; the FY2022 round set aside up to two awards for urban Indian organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: to the IHS NOFO on Grants.gov once it posts; the FY2022 NOFO required a signed Tribal Resolution before IHS would issue an award (a draft was accepted at the deadline).
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None

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Zero Suicide Initiative (ZSI) (HHS-2027-IHS-ZSI-0001)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health

Varies — check official page (FY2027 forecast: about $3,000,000 for about 10 awards; the FY2022 NOFO set first-year awards at $200,000–$300,000 over a 5-year period)

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The catch: Zero Suicide is a health-system model: the forecast describes funding for leadership, workforce capacity, systematic suicide risk identification, timely evidence-based treatment, continuity of care and quality improvement inside Indian health systems. The FY2022 NOFO required no cost sharing. Forecast dates are estimates and the FY2027 NOFO had not posted as of October 28, 2026.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · Five-year competitions: last competed FY2022; FY2027 forecast posted August 18, 2026 estimates the NOFO on January 1, 2027, applications due March 1, 2027 and awards April 1, 2027

Applicant tip: Because the program builds the Zero Suicide framework inside a health system, secure clinical leadership's commitment and draft your plan for systematic suicide risk identification before the window opens.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603; the FY2022 round set aside up to two awards for urban Indian organizations.
How to apply: Direct application: to the IHS NOFO on Grants.gov once it posts; the FY2022 NOFO required a signed Tribal Resolution before IHS would issue an award (a draft was accepted at the deadline).
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization
Equity taken: None
Who wins: IHS's Zero Suicide page says the program currently funds eight projects.

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Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) — Purpose Areas 3, 5, 8 and 9 (O-BJA-2026-172662)

U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs (Bureau of Justice Assistance and OJJDP)

FY2026: $107,245,000 across all purpose areas; PA 3 Tribal Justice Systems up to $1,000,000 (33 awards, 60 months), PA 5 Adult Tribal Treatment Courts up to $1,000,000 (10–13 awards), PA 8 Youth Healing to Wellness Courts up to $750,000 (up to 10), PA 9 Tribal Youth Justice up to $100,000 for 24-month planning or $500,000 for 60-month enhancement (up to 25)

GrantEquity-freejustice & reentrysubstance use treatmentchildren & youth

The catch: No match (the statutory match for PA 5 and PA 8 is waived). PA 3 money must predominantly support direct services, training-and-technical-assistance projects are not funded, projects entirely focused on youth belong in PA 9, and healing to wellness court projects belong in PA 5 or PA 8. PA 9 youth must be under 21 when they enter the program. DOJ award conditions apply, including a limit on paying employee compensation from federal funds on awards over $250,000.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the FY2027 CTAS had not posted as of October 28, 2026 · Annual; the FY2024 and FY2025 CTAS posted in December and closed in March, while the FY2026 CTAS posted July 24, 2026 and closed October 15 (Grants.gov) and October 22, 2026 (JustGrants)

Applicant tip: Successful Purpose Area 2 strategic-planning grantees get priority consideration in other CTAS purpose areas, and PA 2 (up to $150,000) is available only once per tribe, so a tribe that has never had it can strengthen a later PA 3 or PA 9 bid by planning first.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Federally recognized tribes and consortia of two or more federally recognized tribes (tribal designees only for OVC's Purpose Area 6); each tribe, consortium or designee may submit only one CTAS application.
How to apply: Direct application: one CTAS application per tribe, starting with the SF-424 on Grants.gov and finishing in JustGrants, selecting the purpose areas that fit; a tribe may also join a consortium application if it covers different activities.
Who applies fit: tribe or tribal organization, court or law enforcement
Equity taken: None

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9. Foundations that fund mental health and substance use work

Foundation grants are smaller than the federal and state money above, but they often pay for what a SAMHSA award or a state block grant subaward will not: a new service before it can bill Medicaid, capacity work such as an electronic health record, or a program a county contract leaves out. Most mental health funders are regional, so start with the ones whose map includes you: the van Ameringen Foundation funds only New York City and Philadelphia, Staunton Farm ten western Pennsylvania counties, and the Flinn Foundation four southeast Michigan counties. Two work nationally: the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, which funds only through its own requests for proposals, and the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which takes applications year-round from groups serving veterans. Most start with a short letter of inquiry, invite only some applicants to a full proposal, and want an audited financial statement. Every funder listed here takes applications from any eligible organization; invitation-only foundations are left out.

8 programs

Programs & Services Grants

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

Typically $40,000–$70,000 a year on multi-year grants; the most competitive requests run two to four years and total $250,000 or less including overhead ($1.5 million available for 2026, awarded in one cycle)

GrantEquity-freechildren & youthmental health servicessubstance use treatmentpreventionrecovery support

The catch: No general operating support: the money must fund a project that is new, or that sustains, expands or adapts existing work. You must already be serving at least one of the four populations in one of the six counties. Overhead of up to 30% of the project budget is allowed, capped at 10% for colleges, universities and affiliated organizations, and the foundation says it is likely to prefer organizations that have not had a grant recently.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · annual (spring): one Programs & Services cycle a year; preliminary requests were due March 27 in 2026, with full-proposal invitations in May and decisions in July

Applicant tip: First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to book a call with a Program Officer before submitting. The foundation accepts proposals written for other funders and applications in simple video or audio form.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Organizations or collaborations already providing prevention, treatment or recovery services to people aged 26 or younger with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities, in Barnstable, Dukes, Essex or Nantucket County, Massachusetts, or Erie or Niagara County, New York; 501(c)(3) public charities, public benefit corporations, public or diocesan school districts and private or charter schools apply most easily, and other groups can apply through a fiscal sponsor.
How to apply: Direct application: submit a preliminary grant request in the Tower Foundation grants portal; some applicants get a clarification call, and selected requests are invited to a collaborative full-proposal review.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, school or university
Equity taken: None

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Mental Health Grants (direct service and non-direct service)

van Ameringen Foundation

$25,000–$100,000 a year for up to three years (direct service, advocacy, media/dissemination and training grants)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicespreventionworkforce & training

The catch: Only New York City and Philadelphia: the foundation says it no longer funds outside those two cities except national advocacy. It does not fund intellectual or physical disability programs, individuals, endowments, capital projects, annual fund drives or international work, and grantees must wait at least one year after their final report before asking again.

Next deadline: Expected: February 2027 · two cycles a year: LOIs due in late February (June board decision) and mid-July (November board decision); in 2026 the LOI deadlines were February 27 and July 17

Applicant tip: Direct service grants can pay for case management, counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, training or housing and job supports for people with significant mental illness; advocacy, media and training projects are a separate non-direct track at the same size. Pick the cycle by LOI deadline, since each runs about four months from LOI to decision.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Organizations whose mental health work serves people and communities with limited financial means in the five boroughs of New York City or within the city limits of Philadelphia; advocacy with national impact is also considered. Applicants must pass the foundation's short eligibility quiz before registering.
How to apply: Direct application: take the eligibility quiz, register on the application portal and submit a letter of inquiry; invited applicants submit a full proposal and receive a site visit before the board decides.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Mental and Behavioral Health Program (open letter-of-inquiry call)

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Varies — check official page (one-year and multi-year requests are considered; grants start in October or January)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatmentpreventionsuicide preventionworkforce & training

The catch: Competition is heavy: the foundation typically receives more than 1,000 LOIs and invites about a third. Each project needs its own LOI, current grantees must submit a new LOI to renew, and the foundation does not generally give feedback on declined requests. Organizations it invites through its former Regional program should not also apply through the open call.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · annual (spring): LOI window March 30 – April 23 in 2026, full-proposal invitations in mid-June, grant decisions in October and December

Applicant tip: The program covers the whole continuum: education, awareness and suicide prevention; treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings, including crisis response and integration with medical care; and workforce and capacity. Name the one track your LOI fits and the population you serve.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Organizations serving low-income and underserved New Yorkers anywhere in New York State; non-Catholic organizations are eligible, fiscally sponsored projects apply with the sponsor as grantee of record, and the foundation expects audited financial statements (organizations exempt from New York's audit requirement send a letter explaining the exemption).
How to apply: Direct application: submit a letter of inquiry through the foundation's SmartSimple portal during the spring window; about one-third of LOIs are invited to submit a full proposal.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Behavioral Health Grants (spring, fall and capacity-building cycles)

Staunton Farm Foundation

Varies — check official page (the 2025 grant partners list runs from $500 event sponsorships to a $100,000 grant)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatmentworkforce & training

The catch: Grants serve only the ten listed counties. Spring and fall applicants get a full application only by invitation after the LOI, with about a month to submit it, and decisions come about four months after the LOI. The foundation steers money to three priorities: behavioral health workforce, purposeful innovation and responsive grantmaking for emerging needs.

Next deadline: Nov 15, 2026 · Three cycles a year: capacity-building applications accepted through April 10; spring letters of intent due May 15; fall letters of intent due November 15

Applicant tip: The capacity-building cycle (January to April 10) needs no LOI, and the foundation's 2025 grant list shows many $25,000 awards for electronic health records, data systems and staff training. Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on each deadline.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Organizations improving behavioral health and substance use disorder outcomes in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties in western Pennsylvania.
How to apply: Direct application: submit a letter of inquiry in the foundation's Foundant portal for the spring cycle (due May 15) or fall cycle (due November 15); invited organizations then submit a full application by June 15 or December 15, with decisions in September or March. The capacity-building cycle (January through April 10, decisions in June) needs no LOI.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: 2025 grant partners included St. Clair Health ($100,000, therapy in Spanish for underserved Hispanic residents), Teetotal Initiative ($87,000) and MHY Family Services ($84,800, intensive in-home mental health treatment for youth in Lawrence County).

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Annual Mental Health RFPs (evidence-based practices, capacity building, awareness mini-grants)

Ethel and James Flinn Foundation

Varies by RFP — check official page (the foundation awarded $3.1 million in 65 grants in 2026)

GrantEquity-freemental health serviceschildren & youthprevention

The catch: Grants are made once a year, so there is no off-cycle door. An audited financial statement is a hard eligibility requirement, and each organization may submit only one application per RFP unless it is a larger organization with several departments.

Next deadline: Expected: July 2027 · annual (summer): RFPs announced in mid-May, proposals due mid-July (May 13 – July 16 in 2026), decisions in late September, funds paid in early December

Applicant tip: Match your project to the right RFP: Evidence-Based Practices for adults, Evidence-Based Practices for children and young people, Capacity Building, or the Mental Health Awareness, Education and Outreach mini-grants. The foundation moved to a new Blackbaud portal in 2026, so prior application history does not carry over.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations that deliver mental health care and services in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb or Washtenaw County, Michigan, and have a current audited financial statement or are in the process of obtaining one.
How to apply: Direct application: choose one of the open RFPs and submit an online application through the foundation's Blackbaud grants portal during the summer window.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: In 2026 the foundation awarded $3.1 million in 65 grants to mental health services, community support and resources across southeast Michigan.

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Requests for Proposals, including the Community-Based Organization capacity-building RFP (opioid use disorder and overdose)

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Up to $75,000 a year for up to two years ($150,000 total) under the 2025 community-based organization RFP; other FORE RFPs set their own amounts

GrantEquity-freesubstance use treatmentrecovery supportprevention

The catch: FORE does not review unsolicited proposals; you can only apply when an RFP is open. The CBO grants fund capacity (operations, communications, program evaluation, partnerships) for existing work, not start-up organizations, capital projects or medical supplies, and grantees join a national cohort with periodic meetings.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — FORE posts each new RFP on its Apply for a Grant page · periodic national RFPs; the community-based organization round ran in 2023 and again in 2025 (released May 29, concept notes due July 2, full proposals September 15, awards December 2025 – February 2026)

Applicant tip: The 2025 RFP gave about five weeks between release and the concept-note deadline, so keep a current description of your opioid and overdose services and outcome data ready, and sign up for FORE's mailing list to see the next RFP when it posts.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: For the 2025 community-based organization RFP: U.S. community-based organizations providing social, health or substance use services in a defined local area, 501(c)(3) or fiscally sponsored, at least two years in operation, with an annual budget between $150,000 and $7 million; academic institutions, health systems and national organizations can only partner. FORE's general guidelines also allow universities and state, local and tribal government agencies on other RFPs.
How to apply: Direct application: respond to an open FORE RFP through its online grants system, starting with a short concept note or letter of intent; invited applicants submit a full proposal.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: FORE's first community-based organization round, in 2023, funded 22 organizations with capacity-building grants.

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Grants for Organizations

Bob Woodruff Foundation

Varies — check official page

GrantEquity-freemental health serviceshousing & homelessness

The catch: Mental health is one of four focus areas (social determinants of health, barriers to physical and mental health care, healthy-lifestyle programming and post-service opportunity), and the foundation favors programs that complement rather than duplicate publicly available services. The 70% program-spend floor, two years of 990s and a certified or audited financial statement screen out very new organizations.

Next deadline: Rolling · rolling: applications accepted and reviewed year-round

Applicant tip: Use the brief proposal form first: the foundation gives feedback within about two months on whether your program fits before you complete a full application. Grants co-funded with Craig Newmark Philanthropies and the NFL use the same single application.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations that provide direct services to service members, veterans, their families or caregivers anywhere in the United States, have filed IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ for the past two fiscal years with gross receipts above $50,000 in each, spend at least 70% on programs, and can provide an audited or certified financial statement.
How to apply: Direct application: create an account in the foundation's grant management system and apply; you can first submit a brief proposal for feedback.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

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Think.Change Initiative (mental health and emotional well-being)

Paso del Norte Health Foundation

Varies — check official page (recent Think.Change awards ran from $24,750 to $180,474.64)

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The catch: No unsolicited applications, no brick-and-mortar projects unless part of a board-approved special project, and no direct payment for care. Think.Change's stated aims are stigma reduction, emotional well-being, community support and access to timely treatment, so a request built around billable clinical services is a poor fit.

Next deadline: Expected: March 2027 · annual (March): a Think.Change call for letters of intent appears on the foundation's 2026 and 2027 LOI schedules (2026 also included a Behavioral Health Consortium call in March)

Applicant tip: Calls for LOIs are announced only through the website, newsletter and social media, so sign up for funding announcements and talk to the Think.Change program officer before the March call.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Organizations working in the foundation's region: El Paso and Hudspeth counties, Texas; Doña Ana, Luna and Otero counties, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Each call for letters of intent sets its own requirements.
How to apply: Direct application: respond to the foundation's call for letters of intent when it posts on the Funding Opportunities page; the foundation does not accept unsolicited applications outside these calls.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: Think.Change awards include NAMI El Paso ($180,474.64), Children's Grief Center of El Paso ($97,837.04) and New Mexico State University Foundation ($30,987.20).

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

10. Corporate and health-plan grant programs

Health insurers and their foundations run several of the steadiest private behavioral health grant programs, and they say so in writing: the Elevance Health Foundation's request for proposals centers on getting more people into mental health and substance use treatment, and the Medica Foundation's on serious mental illness and substance use disorders. The money usually follows the company's market. Elevance takes national proposals but favors local programs in ten states, The Cigna Group Foundation's veteran program is limited to ten priority states, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Medica and Arkansas Blue & You foundations fund only in their home states. Expect tighter strings than at a private foundation: outcome metrics reported every six months, matching money from another funder, or an all-or-nothing award with no partial funding. Many corporate funders, including the Humana Foundation's research and health equity funds and Medica's giving outside Minnesota, are invitation-only and are not listed here. For how company foundations differ from direct company giving, see corporate giving and corporate grants.

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Behavioral Health Grants (Request for Proposals)

Elevance Health Foundation

Varies — check official page (the RFP sets the grant range as open; grants run one to three years in 12-month increments)

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The catch: Grantees report semi-annually against program metrics such as the number of people receiving mental health or substance use treatment, screening rates, the share of people who screen positive and attend at least one treatment appointment, and loneliness and isolation measures. The request should be limited mainly to direct program costs (measurement and evaluation are allowed), and review takes four to six months.

Next deadline: Jan 31, 2027 · annual (January): applications open January 1 and close January 31

Applicant tip: Build the proposal around one of the RFP's three goals (more people in treatment, screening-based prevention and early intervention, or less loneliness among people with mental health or substance use disorders) and bring baseline numbers for those metrics, since you will report on them every six months.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: 501(c)(3) public charities classified under IRC 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), 509(a)(2) or 509(a)(3) (Type I, Type II or functionally integrated Type III) anywhere in the U.S., with emphasis on national programs and on local programs in California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
How to apply: Direct application: read the Behavioral Health RFP and submit through the Apply link on the foundation's For Grantseekers page during the January window.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None

Official page ↗ · Open listing · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Improving Veteran Mental Health Grant Program

The Cigna Group Foundation

Requests of up to $150,000 for a one-year grant (2026 call), within a $9 million, three-year commitment

GrantEquity-freemental health serviceshousing & homelessness

The catch: The program treats housing stability as the route to veteran mental health: every application must advance permanent housing for veterans, rental or mortgage assistance, or wraparound services for veterans leaving shelters. Grants last one year, and the $9 million commitment was framed as three years starting in 2024, so whether a 2027 call follows is not yet known.

Next deadline: Not yet announced — the page says the 2026 open call is closed and no 2027 call has been posted · annual open call under a three-year commitment that began in 2024; the 2026 call opened June 2 and closed July 9, 2026

Applicant tip: Put the behavioral health piece inside a housing program: wraparound services that count include case management, counseling, peer support and behavioral health referrals for veterans moving out of shelter.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations serving veterans with services in at least one of ten priority states: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee or Texas.
How to apply: Direct application: apply through The Cigna Group Foundation's Improving Veteran Mental Health page during an open call.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: 22 organizations in the first round (announced January 8, 2025) and 24 local nonprofits in the second (announced December 10, 2025); the foundation reports more than $6 million to 46 nonprofit partners since 2024.

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Community Health Matching Grant Program

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Up to $25,000 a year for two years (typical award $15,000 a year for two years)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatment

The catch: Another funder must match the award (you cannot be your own match): 10% to 60% depending on whether your budget is under or over $10 million and whether more or less than 30% of the people you serve are on Medicaid or uninsured. No indirect costs beyond limited fringe (the lesser of 25% of salaries or actual cost), and no computer hardware or software, furnishings, capital expenses, tuition or conference travel above $1,000.

Next deadline: Feb 3, 2027 · three concept-paper deadlines a year, in February, May and October; the next two are February 3, 2027 (applications by April 14) and May 26, 2027 (applications by August 4)

Applicant tip: Secure the matching funder before the concept paper: an organization with a budget under $10 million serving more than 30% Medicaid or uninsured patients needs only a 10% match. The foundation's Proposal Development Award (up to $3,500, accepted year-round) can pay for writing the full proposal.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Michigan-based nonprofit community organizations testing or implementing programs for community-identified health needs; hospitals and universities may partner, but the community nonprofit must be the main applicant. Employees of BCBSM and its affiliates and their immediate families are ineligible.
How to apply: Direct application: submit a concept paper request through the foundation's form; if the concept is approved, submit a full proposal before the cycle's application deadline.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: Recent behavioral health awards include Alano Club of Battle Creek ($40,000, 2026, health navigation and wellness for adults in recovery) and 70X7 Life Recovery ($20,000, 2025, behavioral health support for people leaving incarceration).

Official page ↗ · On OpenGrants ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Behavioral Health Grants

Medica Foundation

Up to $200,000 over two years per program grant

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatmentchildren & youthworkforce & training

The catch: Program grants, not unrestricted money, though staff and a portion of overhead are allowed. One Medica Foundation grant per organization per calendar year, annual outcome reporting, and programs aimed at lifestyle behaviors are ineligible. No capital, lobbying, direct support for individuals, religious purposes, or fiscal agents unless the fiscal agent is an active program partner. Medica's giving in its other states is by invitation only.

Next deadline: Expected: April 2027 · annual (spring): initial applications accepted February 1 – April 3 in 2026, full-review invitations in May, awards announced mid-August, grant period beginning November

Applicant tip: Target the listed priorities (care integration for co-occurring disorders, children and youth mental health, harm reduction, rural mental and chemical health, workforce, and supportive or intensive case management), round the request to the nearest $5,000, and include baseline data if you plan to measure changes in health or behavior.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: Minnesota only: 501(c)(3) public charities, public or governmental agencies (for example a public school or public health department) and the 11 Tribal Nations located in and serving Minnesota. Organizations with pending 501(c)(3) status are ineligible.
How to apply: Direct application: submit an initial application in the foundation's online portal during the spring window; selected applicants are invited in May to submit a full proposal.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider, local government, tribe or tribal organization, school or university
Equity taken: None
Who wins: In 2025 the foundation made 115 grants totaling $3.525 million, $300,000 of it in behavioral health.

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

Behavioral Health Grants

Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas (Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield)

$25,000–$250,000 for a 24-month grant (partial funding is not granted)

GrantEquity-freemental health servicessubstance use treatmentsuicide preventioncrisis & 988prevention

The catch: All-or-nothing: the foundation does not grant partial funding, so the budget has to stand at the amount requested. Grantees have 24 months to spend the money and must report measurable results. The full application requires your most recent independent audit, current operating budget, latest Form 990 and board list. The LOI must show the project is a proof of concept rather than a replication of an existing study or approach, and reviewers score innovation.

Next deadline: Expected: July 2027 · annual (summer): letters of intent July 1–13, approvals August 3, full applications August 4–20, final decisions November 11 (2026 dates)

Applicant tip: The LOI window is only 13 days, so pass the eligibility quiz and set up your SmartSimple profile before July 1; the LOI already asks for a hypothesis, target counties, budget detail and partners, so draft those in June.

Eligibility, how to apply, past winners

Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations whose services directly benefit Arkansans.
How to apply: Direct application: pass the online eligibility quiz and submit a letter of intent in the foundation's SmartSimple portal; approved organizations then complete the full application.
Who applies fit: nonprofit provider
Equity taken: None
Who wins: In 2025 the foundation awarded $919,778 to six behavioral health programs, including Northwest Arkansas Crisis Intervention Center ($250,000), Arisa Health ($249,913) and Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network ($196,376).

Official page ↗Verified 2026-10-28

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