The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering $69.1 million in funding opportunities through three behavioral health grant programs.
The funding includes $43 million for the Children’s Mental Health Initiative, which provides community-based mental health services for individuals 21 and younger with a serious emotional disturbance. The program may also support efforts to identify and serve children at risk and their families, according to a March 6 news release from the administration.
Another $16.1 million will support the Implementing Zero Suicide in Health Systems program, which helps healthcare systems implement the Zero Suicide in Health Systems program for adults at risk of suicide. The framework is an evidence-based, multi-setting approach based on the premise that suicide deaths within care systems can be preventable.
The agency also announced a $10 million funding opportunity for assisted outpatient treatment, which supports implementation of outpatient treatment programs for adults with serious mental illness who meet civil commitment criteria in their state. The grant program aims to support President Donald Trump’s July executive order calling for more civil commitments in response to homelessness.
HHS said the grants are part of a broader federal effort to expand access to mental health and addiction treatment services through the Great American Recovery Initiative.
