Advocacy Alert: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $68.5 Million Awarded for Behavioral Health Education, Training and Community Programs

October 9, 2024

via SAMHSA

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), recently awarded $68.5 million in grants that support behavioral health education, training and community programs to help address mental health and substance use conditions in support of the President’s Unity Agenda for the Nation.

The awards announced today include:

• $15.4 million for the Minority Fellowship Program;
• $11.5 million for Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training;
• $15.7 million for Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI);
• $9 million for the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers Cooperative Agreements;
• $2.7 million for the National Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions;
• $2.6 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative: Integrated Behavioral Health and HIV Care for Unsheltered Populations Pilot Project;
• $5.4 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative: SUD Prevention and Treatment Pilot Program;
• $2.4 million for the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program;
• $1.2 million for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Category III: Community Treatment and Service Centers;
• $1.6 million for the Syndemic Approach to Prevention; and
• $1 million for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Improvement and Advancement.

Read the full announcement here.

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