Children's Mental Health Initiative
Posted: Mar 06, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Closes: 04/20/2026
Funding Information
Estimated Total Funding
$43,353,763
Award Ceiling
$3,000,000
Expected Number of Awards
22
Cost sharing or matching is required for this grant.
Description
The purpose of the Children’s Mental Health Initiative program is to provide comprehensive community mental health services to children, youth, and young adults, birth through age 21 with a serious emotional disturbance, which may include efforts to identify and serve children at risk, and their families.
Synopsis
The purpose of the Children’s Mental Health Initiative program is to provide comprehensive community mental health services to children, youth, and young adults, birth through age 21 with a serious emotional disturbance, which may include efforts to identify and serve children at risk, and their families.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants:
Eligibility is statutorily limited to State governments (the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply); Governmental units within political subdivisions of a state (e.g., county, city, town); and Any Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in section 4(b) and section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act).
Funding Activity Categories
CFDA Numbers
- 93.104 - Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)
Contact Information
Agency: Rachel Bailey
Content Administrator
Contact: Rachel Bailey
Content Administrator
Phone: 3013673764
Office of Financial Resources
Division of Grants Management
240-276-1940
Division of Grants Management
240-276-1940
Additional Information
Document Type: synopsis
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Version: 1
Last Updated: Mar 06, 2026 01:16:37 PM EST
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