Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SOC Expansion and Sustainability Grants)
Application Due Date: February 5, 2021
Award Information
5-15 awards (at least 2 awards will be made to tribes/tribal organizations pending sufficient application volume from these groups.); award amount of $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 per year.
Description
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (Short title: System of Care (SOC) Expansion and Sustainability Grants). The purpose of this program is to improve the mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, with serious emotional disturbances (SED), and their families. This program will support the implementation, expansion, and integration of the SOC approach by creating sustainable infrastructure and services that are required as part of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program (also known as the Children’s Mental Health Initiative or CMHI).
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Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families
Application Due Date: February 8, 2021
Award Information
17 (At least 3 awards will be made to tribes/tribal organizations pending sufficient application volume from these groups); up to $545,000 per year.
Description
The purpose of this program is to enhance and expand comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services for adolescents (ages 12-18) and transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), and their families/primary caregivers. The population of focus is adolescents and/or transitional aged youth with SUD and/or COD, and their families/primary caregivers. Based on need and identification of traditionally underserved populations, applicants may choose to provide services to adolescents and their families/primary caregivers, transitional aged youth and their families/primary caregivers, or both populations and their families/primary caregivers. Applicants that select transitional aged youth may choose a subset of this population of focus (e.g., ages 16-18, ages 18-21, ages 21-25).
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Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program
Application Due Date: February 8, 2021
Award Information
29 awards; $250,000.
Description
The purpose of this program is to prevent suicide and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through the age of 24 years. Native Connections is intended to reduce the impact of mental and substance use disorders, foster culturally responsive models that reduce and respond to the impact of trauma in AI/AN communities, and allow AI/AN communities to facilitate collaboration among agencies to support youth as they transition into adulthood. It is expected that recipients will develop and implement an array of integrated services and supports to prevent suicide. AI/AN community members should be involved in all grant activities, including planning, program implementation, and evaluation. At a minimum, community members should include youth, family members, tribal leaders, and spiritual advisors.
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Cooperative Agreement for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Disaster Distress Helpline
Application Due Date: February 9, 2021
Award Information
1 award; $18,228,788 ($17,378,788 must be allocated for the Lifeline and $850,000 must be allocated for the DDH per year).
Description
The purpose of this program is to: (1) manage, enhance, and strengthen the Lifeline that routes individuals in the United States to a network of certified crisis centers that links to local emergency, mental health, and social services resources; and (2) support the Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) to assist residents in the United States and its territories who are experiencing emotional distress resulting from disasters and traumatic events. It is expected that this program will increase service capacity and improve behavioral health outcomes by preventing death or injury as a result of suicide and suicide attempts and assisting individuals and communities recover from disasters and traumatic events by providing community-based behavioral health outreach, referral to and engagement with treatment as necessary, and psycho-educational services.
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Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Education Agency Grants
Application Due Date: February 15, 2021
Award Information
5 (At least 1 award will be made to Tribal Education Agencies/Authorities pending sufficient application volume from these groups); Up to $1,800,000 per year.
Description
The purpose of this program is to build or expand the capacity of State Educational Agencies, in partnership with State Mental Health Agencies (SMHAs) overseeing school-aged youth, and with three local education agencies (LEAs) to (1) increase awareness of mental health issues among school-aged youth; (2) provide training for school personnel and other adults who interact with school-aged youth to detect and respond to mental health issues; and (3) connect school-aged youth who may have behavioral health issues (including serious emotional disturbance [SED] or serious mental illness [SMI]), and their families, to needed services. SAMHSA expects that this program will focus on partnerships and collaboration between state and local systems to promote the healthy development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence. **Eligibility is limited to:
- The State Education Agency (SEA), as defined by Section 9101(41) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; or
- Education Agencies/Authorities serving children and youth residing in federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations.
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National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Category I, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Application Due Date: February 12, 2021
Award Information
1 award; up to $6,000,000 per year
Description
SAMHSA is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) – Category I, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (National Center) cooperative agreement. The purpose of the National Center is to develop and maintain a collaborative network structure, support resource and policy development and dissemination, and coordinate the network’s national child trauma education and training efforts.
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National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Category II, Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers
Application Due Date: February 12, 2021
Award Information
29 awards; Up to $600,000 per year
Description
SAMHSA is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) – Category II, Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers (Short Title: NCTSI-II). The purpose of the TSA Centers is to provide national expertise for specific types of traumatic events, population groups, and service systems, and support the specialized adaptation of effective evidence-based treatment and service approaches for communities across the nation.
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National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Category III, Community Treatment and Service (CTS) Centers
Application Due Date: February 12, 2021
Award Information
62 awards; Up to $400,000 per year
Description
SAMHSA is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) – Category III, Community Treatment and Service (CTS) Centers (Short Title: NCTSI - III). The purpose of this program is to provide and increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services systems in communities for children and adolescents, and their families who experience traumatic events throughout the nation.
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Resiliency In Communities After Stress and Trauma
Application Due Date: February 15, 2021
Award Information
6 awards; $1,000,000 per year
Description
The purpose of this program is to assist high-risk youth and families and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest through implementation of evidence-based, violence prevention, and community youth engagement programs, as well as linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services. The goal of the ReCAST Program is for local community entities to work together in ways that lead to improved behavioral health, empowered community residents, reductions in trauma, and sustained community change.
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State Pilot Grant Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Application Due Date: February 16, 2021
Award Information
3 awards; $900,000
Description
The purpose of the program is to enhance flexibility in the use of funds designed to:
- Support family-based services for pregnant and postpartum women with a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder, including opioid use disorders;
- Help state substance abuse agencies address the continuum of care, including services provided to pregnant and postpartum women in nonresidential-based settings; and
- Promote a coordinated, effective and efficient state system managed by state substance abuse agencies by encouraging new approaches and models of service delivery.
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Building Communities of Recovery
Application Due Date: February 15, 2021
Award Information
19 awards; $200,000 per year
Description
The purpose of this program is to mobilize resources within, and outside of, the recovery community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery support from substance abuse and addiction. These grants are intended to support the development, enhancement, expansion, and delivery of, recovery support services (RSS) as well as promotion of, and education about recovery. Programs will be principally governed by people in recovery from substance abuse and addiction who reflect the community being served.
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Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant
Application Due Date: February 16, 2021
Award Information
25 awards; up to $200,000
Description
The purpose of this program is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural areas. SAMHSA recognizes the great need for emergency services in rural areas and the critical role EMS personnel serve across the country.
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Tribal Opioid Response Grants
Application Due Date: February 16, 2021
Award Information
Approximately 150 awards; see Appendix K of FOA for award amount.
Description
The program aims to address the opioid crisis in tribal communities by increasing access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). In addition to focusing on OUD, recipients may also address stimulant misuse and use disorders, including cocaine and methamphetamine. The intent is to reduce unmet treatment need and opioid overdose-related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for OUD and, if so desired, stimulant misuse and use disorders.
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SAE & Associates has obtained over $300 million in grant awards for its clients. If you are interested in applying for any of the funding opportunities above and would like some assistance in developing a competitive narrative, contact us by emailing info@saeassociates.com.