Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 18 014
The SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) FY 2018 grant opportunity titled "Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious Emotional Disturbance or Co-Occurring Disorders Experiencing Homelessness" (short title: "Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness") is a discretionary federal grant program designed to help communities build or scale up a coordinated local system of care for people who are homeless and living with significant behavioral health needs. The focus is on individuals, youth, and families who have a serious mental illness (SMI), a serious emotional disturbance (SED), or co-occurring disorders, meaning SMI plus a substance use disorder (SUD), or SED plus SUD. In practical terms, the program is aimed at strengthening the on-the-ground infrastructure that makes it possible for this population to access treatment and recovery supports consistently, rather than in fragmented, crisis-driven episodes.
The core purpose is integration: bringing behavioral health treatment together with recovery-oriented supports and connecting that package to stable, permanent housing. SAMHSA frames the overall goal as increasing community capacity to deliver services that are accessible and effective, but also comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, and evidence-based. That includes clinical care for mental health and substance use conditions as well as peer support and other recovery support services that help people stay engaged, stabilize, and move toward longer-term recovery while exiting homelessness.
To reach that goal, the grant emphasizes three major activity areas. First is delivering integrated behavioral health treatment and recovery-oriented services, which signals that applicants are expected to coordinate mental health and substance use treatment rather than treating them in isolation, and to pair clinical services with supports that improve engagement and outcomes. Second is actively helping clients connect to coverage and financial supports by guiding them through enrollment processes for health insurance and Medicaid and linking them to mainstream benefit programs such as SSI/SSDI, TANF, and SNAP. This component is meant to make services sustainable beyond the grant period by ensuring people have ongoing coverage and income supports that reduce instability. Third is coordinating housing and services in a way that supports sustainable permanent housing, meaning the program is not limited to treatment delivery alone; it also prioritizes the service-to-housing linkage that helps people obtain and keep long-term housing.
From the funding details provided, this opportunity is a grant (FundingInstrumentType: Grant) in the health funding activity category (FundingActivityCategory: Health) under CFDA 93.243. It was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services through SAMHSA, with the opportunity number SM-18-014. The notice was created on January 8, 2018, with an original application closing date of March 9, 2018. SAMHSA anticipated making about 16 awards, and the award ceiling listed is $1,000,000. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with the specific eligible applicant types referenced in an additional eligibility section (not included in the excerpt), indicating that prospective applicants needed to review the full announcement for clarification on which organizations could apply.
Overall, the opportunity targets a common gap in homeless services and behavioral health systems: people with high needs often face disconnected treatment, limited benefits access, and weak pathways to permanent housing. This grant is structured to push communities toward an integrated approach where treatment, recovery supports, benefits enrollment assistance, and housing coordination function as a single, coordinated response geared toward long-term stability.Apply for SM 18 014
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious Emotional Disturbance or Co-Occurring Disorders Experiencing Homelessness (Short Title: Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 08, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 09, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 16 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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