Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 21 014
The Community Mental Health Centers Grant Program (CMHC), Funding Opportunity Number SM-21-014, is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), specifically its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). This FY 2021 opportunity was created on April 6, 2021, with an original application deadline of May 21, 2021. It is listed under CFDA 93.958 and falls within the health funding activity category.
The main goal of the program is to help community mental health centers stabilize and strengthen their clinical service delivery in response to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In practical terms, the funding is intended to help centers support, restore, and maintain access to essential mental health services that may have been reduced, delayed, or made harder to deliver during the public health emergency. The program is focused on ensuring that people with high levels of behavioral health need do not lose access to care during and after the pandemic-related strain on service systems.
The target populations emphasized in the announcement include individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and people who experience both mental health and substance use conditions, described as co-occurring disorders (COD). The intent is to ensure that centers can respond effectively to complex clinical needs, including situations where mental illness and substance use intersect and require coordinated, integrated approaches to treatment and recovery supports. By centering SED, SMI, and COD, the program signals a priority on serving individuals who typically require more intensive, continuous, and specialized services to remain stable and supported in their communities.
The opportunity also highlights equity and workforce strain as key realities of the pandemic period. SAMHSA notes that behavioral health needs have not been adequately met during COVID-19, particularly for minority populations and economically disadvantaged communities. This indicates that applicants are expected to be mindful of access barriers and service gaps that disproportionately affect underserved groups, and to plan for outreach, engagement, and service delivery strategies that improve reach and outcomes for those communities. In addition, the announcement explicitly recognizes that community mental health center staff and other caregivers have been impacted, pointing to the broader context of workforce challenges, stress, and burnout that can affect service capacity and continuity of care.
Financially, the grant has an award ceiling of $2,500,000 per award, with an unusually large projected number of expected awards (825), suggesting an effort to distribute resources widely across many community mental health providers to shore up the national safety net. The funding instrument type is a grant, and eligibility is listed as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced as being provided in the full announcement’s eligibility section. Overall, the CMHC grant opportunity is designed as a large-scale COVID-19 recovery and service-capacity initiative aimed at helping community mental health centers keep essential clinical services available for people with the most serious mental health needs, while also addressing disparities that widened during the pandemic.Apply for SM 21 014
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Mental Health Centers Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.958.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 06, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 21, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 825 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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