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Funding by Topic: Mental health

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Crisis Intercept Mapping for Suicide Prevention for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF) Community Workshops Inactive
Crisis Intercept Mapping (CIM) workshops for teams from local communities with a focus on identifying and responding to the needs of service members, veterans, and their family members who are at risk for death by suicide. Applications from rural and tribal communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2022
Sponsor: SAMHSA Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Technical Assistance Center
Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health (PCTE-RTMB) Inactive
Grants to train primary care residents in mental and behavioral health for pediatric, adolescent, young adult, and other populations who are at-risk or have experienced abuse, trauma, or mental health and/or substance use disorders, including those related to the effects of gun violence. Priority will be given to proposals to train residents in rural areas, including for tribes or tribal organizations in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in high need schools and local educational agencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2022
Sponsors: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), U.S. Department of Education
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program Inactive
Grants to support community-based child health projects that improve the health of mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to health services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 12, 2022
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Expanding Health Care Access for Rural Veterans in Kentucky Project Inactive
Funding for innovative projects that seek to increase access to healthcare for Kentucky's rural veterans.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Application Deadline: Oct 7, 2022
Sponsor: Kentucky Office of Rural Health
Promise Neighborhoods Program Inactive
A grant program that supports improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 29, 2022
Application Deadline: Sep 27, 2022
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Minnesota Mental Health Safety Net Grant Program Inactive
Grants to mental health centers and clinics in Minnesota that treat uninsured patients under the age of 21.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2022
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2022
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Maine School Based Health Center Services Grant Inactive
Grants to establish School Based Health Centers to deliver or expand access to integrated medical and behavioral health services to students in middle and/or high schools in Maine, with an emphasis on establishing centers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state, improving equity in healthcare access for students of color, and providing preventive oral health services.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Application Deadline: Aug 17, 2022
Sponsors: Maine Department of Education, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Medication-Assisted Treatment (RCORP-MAT) Access Inactive
Grants to establish new Medication-Assisted Treatment access points and increase capacity for the provision of sustainable MAT services in high-risk rural communities, thus increasing access to evidence-based treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) living in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2022
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Cooperative Agreements for Innovative Community Crisis Response Partnerships Inactive
Funding to create or enhance existing mobile crisis response teams to divert adults, children, and youth experiencing mental health crises from law enforcement in high-need communities. A high-need community is one where mobile crisis services are absent or inconsistent, where most mental health crises are responded to by first responders, and/or where first responders are not adequately trained or equipped to diffuse mental health crises. This includes increasing access to licensed/credentialed professionals in rural and remote communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 25, 2022
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services