Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

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Benefit program

Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services

Federal · SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION · #93.958

To provide financial assistance to States and Territories to enable them to carry out the State's plan for providing comprehensive community mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness and to children with a serious emotional disturbance; monitor the progress in implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system; provide technical assistance to States and the Mental Health Planning Council that will assist the States in planning and implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system.

Also known as

Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG

About this program

To provide financial assistance to States and Territories to enable them to carry out the State's plan for providing comprehensive community mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness and to children with a serious emotional disturbance; monitor the progress in implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system; provide technical assistance to States and the Mental Health Planning Council that will assist the States in planning and implementing a comprehensive community based mental health system.

Who can apply

U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)

Categories

FinancialGrant

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listings ↗ · 2026

Informational only — official eligibility is determined by the administering agency.

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