For programmatic or technical questions:

Cara de la Cruz, PhD
301.443.0764
cdelacruz@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:

Marc Horner
301.443.4888
mhorner@hrsa.gov

Crystal Howard
301.443.3844
choward@hrsa.gov

Leon Harrison
301.443.9368
lharrison@hrsa.gov

This program provides funding for the expansion of state and/or regional networks of pediatric mental healthcare teams into new states and geographic areas. Teams will provide tele-consultation, training, technical assistance, and care coordination for pediatric primary care providers to diagnose, treat, and refer children with behavioral health conditions. Projects should focus on achieving health equity related to racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in access to care, especially in rural and other underserved areas.

Goals include:

• Increase the availability and accessibility of statewide or regional networks of pediatric mental healthcare teams composed of child and adolescent psychiatrists, licensed mental health professionals, and care coordinators through telehealth consultation and referral to pediatric primary care providers and other providers caring for children and adolescents with behavioral disorders
• Conduct training and provide technical assistance to pediatric primary care providers and other providers to enable them to conduct early identification, diagnosis, and treatment for children and adolescents with behavioral health conditions
• Provide information, and assist pediatric and other providers in accessing pediatric mental health care providers, with the overarching goal of providing timely detection, assessment, treatment, and referral of children and adolescents with behavioral disorders through telehealth, using evidence-based practices and methods such as web-based education and training sessions
• Improve access through telehealth to treatment and referral services for children and adolescents with identified behavioral disorders, especially those living in rural and other underserved areas
• Focus on achieving health equity related to racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in access to behavioral health care, especially in rural and other underserved areas
• Establish and sustain the use of telehealth technologies, modalities, and care models

Eligible applicants include states, political subdivisions of states, tribes, and tribal organizations that are not currently funded under HRSA-18-122, HRSA-19-096, or HRSA-21-122.

Award ceiling: $445,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 10
Estimated total program funding: $4,450,000

A 20% non-federal match is required.

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