Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Objective

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

Who Can Apply

• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)

States and U.S. Territories and possessions.

Who Benefits

• U.S. Territories
• State
• Other private institution/organization

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

Maegan.Marcano@samhsa.hhs.gov
240-276-0421