ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity The purpose of Project AWARE is to develop a sustainable framework to address mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders and promote the social and emotional wellbeing for school-aged youth in local or tribal education agency settings. Nearly $56,000,000 is beinng made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $1.5 million. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity o facilitate the implementation of mental health awareness and literacy training. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. $22 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $200,000. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to train first responders and communities in administering and distributing opioid overdose reversal medications (OORM). Nearly $35 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $800,000. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to develop and implement a community-wide prevention program to prevent and reduce drug overdose deaths by expanding access to FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal medications.$11 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $850,000. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to establish or expand Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs for transition-aged youth (age 18-25), adults, and/or older adults with a serious mental illness. $4.25 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $800,000. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to strengthen recovery communities by expanding access to recovery support services (RSS), including peer recovery support services (PRSS), for individuals living with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), including those in recovery. $1.5 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $300,000. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To downlod the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to expand and enhance access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), increasing access to treatment and recovery for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and decreasing illicit opioid use, prescription opioid misuse and overdose. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. Just over $68 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $750,000. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JULY 1, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to establish and implement practices which will help your organization develop alternatives to pharmacological opioid interventions, reduce the potential harmful consequences of opioid use for pain care in hospitals and emergency departments, thereby promoting safer pain treatment and reducing the risk of future opioid misuse and possible opioid overdose. $6 million is being made available in support of this initiative with maximum awards of $500,000. Proposals are due on July 27, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 23, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to support individuals in substance use disorder (SUD) or co-occurring disorder (COD) treatment and recovery to live independently and participate in the workforce. $10,500,000 is being mad available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $500,000. Proposals are due on July 23, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to develop or enhance evidence-based programs that promote social-emotional development and address mental health needs among infants and young children. $5.6 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $500,000. Proposals are due on July 16, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a tribal opioid response funding opportunity. $4.8 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $1.75 million. Proposals are due on July 16, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to prevent suicide, suicide attempts, and deaths by suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native youth and young adults through age 24 in Tribal communities. Proposals are due on June 16, 2026. More than $15 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $350,000. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to develop and establish new Community Behavioral Health Clinics to address gaps in behavioral health services and improve the wellbeing of persons with mental health and substance use disorders. $94 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $1,000,000. Proposals are due on August 17, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to improve connection and response to 988 contacts (including calls, chats, and texts) originating in Tribal communities and/or activated by American Indians/Alaska Natives. American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience a significantly higher suicide risk compared to the general population. CDC reports that in 2022 non-Hispanic Al/AN people had a suicide rate 91% greater than the general population. $20,000,000 is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $1.5 million. Proposals are due on July 17, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 20, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to support comprehensive, street-based engagement, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals who are homeless and have serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. $24 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $3,000,000. Proposals are due on July 17, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 16, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to implement the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment public health model for children, adolescents, and/or adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, health maintenance organizations, preferred-provider organizations, health plans, Federally Qualified Health Centers, behavioral health centers, pediatric health care provider offices, children’s hospitals) and schools, with a focus on screening for underage drinking, opioid use, and other substance use. Roughly $8 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $995,000. Proposals are due on July 13, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 16, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to help prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance use prevention services that strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being and expand and strengthen the capacity of prevention providers serving communities and tribes to implement evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention strategies. $8 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $600,000. Proposals are due on July 15, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 16, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to develop and implement a program to divert youth and/or adults with mental health or co-occurring disorders who are at risk of criminal and/or juvenile justice involvement to community-based services before arrest or booking. Just over $7 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $650,000. Proposals are due on July 15, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 11, 2026: SAMHSA has issued a funding opportunity to build and strengthen community infrastructure and readiness to support early intervention, community-led suicide prevention, and resiliency efforts for adults who are at risk for suicide. $1.858 million is being made available under this funding opportunity with maximum awards of $400,000. Proposals are due on July 13, 2026. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.