Mental Health Awareness Training Grants

For program and eligibility questions:
Lisa Willoughby
240.276.1115
MHAT_NOFO@samhsa.hhs.gov

For financial and budget questions:
240.276.1940
NOFOBudget.CMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov

For grant review process and application status questions:
Arvinda Khatri
240.276.0191
Arvinda.Khatri@samhsa.hhs.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

System for award management (SAM):
866.606.8220
Federal service desk

The purpose of the Mental Health Awareness Training Grant program is to:

1. Train individuals, such as school personnel, emergency services personnel, law enforcement, veterans, armed services members and their families, to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders and how to safely de-escalate crisis situations involving individuals with a mental illness
2. Provide education on resources available in the community for individuals with a mental illness and other relevant resources, including how to connect individuals to appropriate services such as local mental health agencies

Additional expectations and required activities are listed in the application instructions.

Rural applicants have been awarded grants in the past.

Eligible applicants include:

• States
• Political subdivisions of states
• Tribes
• Tribal organizations
• Private nonprofit entities

Award ceiling: $200,000 per year
Project period: Up to 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 110
Estimated total program funding: $22,045,665

Up to 3 awards will be made to tribes/tribal organizations pending sufficient application volume.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.