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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Childrens Health (Short Title Project LAUNCH)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.104 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED).
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 26, 2013 and posted on Dec 26, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 3, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $10,202,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $800,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility for this program is limited to State and territorial governments (Title V or lead Children s Mental Health Agency) and Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations. SAMHSA believes that state and territorial governments (Title V or Mental Health Agency), federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations have the capacity to bring together child serving organizations to develop policies, financial mechanisms and other reforms to improve the integration and efficiency of local child serving systems. Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe any legally established organization of AI/AN which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of AI/AN in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval. Consortia of tribes are expected to identify a lead applicant. In an effort broaden the impact and increase the number of states, territories, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations, current and previously funded State and Tribal Project LAUNCH grantees are not eligible to apply. The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for profit agencies. In an effort to increase the number of federally recognized tribes receiving grant funds for this program, five points will be assigned to federally recognized tribal applicants, see Evaluation Criteria Section F. Please see Appendix M for additional tribal guidance.
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Opportunity Summary:
Project LAUNCH (Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Childrens Health) is a SAMHSA discretionary cooperative agreement designed to strengthen early childhood systems and expand prevention-focused supports for young children and their families. The required population of focus is children from birth through age eight, along with their families. While the core emphasis is on young children, applicants may also include services for pregnant women and their families when those activities clearly support the health and wellbeing of the child and family. The overall intent is to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges before they become more serious, and to promote healthy development, resilience, and positive functioning across early childhood and the early elementary years.
A central feature of the opportunity is its system-building expectation. Funded communities are expected to improve and better integrate the networks that touch young children, rather than operate isolated programs. This includes early childhood settings serving ages birth to five (such as child care, early learning programs, Head Start, home visiting, and primary care) and also the systems that serve children once they enter school, particularly early elementary grades. The announcement highlights that early gains can fade if supports do not continue into the school years, so applicants are expected to create stronger linkages between early childhood providers and schools. In practice, this means building coordinated referral pathways, shared approaches to promotion and prevention, and relationships that help children and families experience services as a connected continuum rather than a patchwork.
Applicants must choose a specific local community to serve as the implementation site. This locality can take many forms, such as a town, city, county, defined cluster of zip codes or census tracts, a school district, a tribal area or jurisdiction, or an Alaskan Village. The locality must have clear geographic boundaries and a cohesive service system that can support a Local Council made up of required partners. Just as importantly, the area cannot be so large in population or geography that the project would be unable to produce measurable, meaningful improvements for children and families within the grant period. The design is intentionally place-based: the goal is to concentrate effort where systems can realistically be strengthened and outcomes can shift.
Within the selected locality, communities are expected to maintain a dual focus. First, they must make improvements to the early childhood system itself, such as coordination among agencies, alignment of practices, and reforms that increase integration and efficiency. Second, they must improve access to and availability of evidence-based prevention and wellness promotion practices, explicitly including traditional tribal practices that promote wellness where applicable. Project LAUNCH emphasizes embedding, or infusing, mental health promotion and evidence-based prevention practices into the everyday environments families already use: primary care, early care and education settings, home visiting programs, and family settings. The program is not framed as creating a stand-alone mental health service line; instead, it supports making wellness promotion and prevention routine across child-serving systems.
Another key expectation is sustainability and replication. Local innovations developed through the grant are intended to serve as models that can be maintained over time and scaled beyond the immediate community, informing broader approaches across the state, territory, or tribe. This reflects SAMHSA's interest in investing not only in direct services, but also in the policies, financing approaches, partnerships, and practical workflows that allow prevention and promotion strategies to endure after federal funds end.
Eligibility is limited to state and territorial governments (specifically Title V or the lead Childrens Mental Health Agency) and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, including consortia (with required approvals and a designated lead applicant). The statutory authority prohibits awards to for-profit entities. To broaden reach, current and previously funded State and Tribal Project LAUNCH grantees are not eligible to apply under this opportunity. SAMHSA also notes that five points are added in the review process for federally recognized tribal applicants to encourage greater tribal participation (with additional tribal guidance referenced in the full announcement).
Funding details in the notice include an estimated total funding amount of $10,202,000 and an expected 13 awards, with an award ceiling of $800,000 and no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement in shaping and monitoring the work compared with a standard grant. The opportunity was posted December 26, 2013, with an application deadline of March 3, 2014, and it is archived as of April 2, 2014. The CFDA number referenced is 93.104 (Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances), reflecting the program's placement within SAMHSA's broader child and community mental health portfolio even though this specific initiative is prevention- and promotion-oriented for younger children.
Finally, SAMHSA strongly encourages grantees to maintain a smoke- and tobacco-free workplace and to promote abstinence from all tobacco products, while recognizing exceptions related to accepted tribal traditions and practices. Contact information in the announcement points applicants to SAMHSA Division of Grants Management for assistance accessing the full materials.
Project LAUNCH Grant Opportunity FAQs
1) What is Project LAUNCH?
Project LAUNCH (Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Childrens Health) is a SAMHSA discretionary cooperative agreement focused on strengthening early childhood systems and expanding prevention-focused supports for young children and their families. The intent is to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges before they become more serious and to promote healthy development, resilience, and positive functioning from early childhood into the early elementary years.
2) What is the main purpose of this funding?
The central purpose is system-building plus prevention and wellness promotion. Funded communities are expected to improve and better integrate the networks that touch young children, and to increase access to evidence-based prevention and wellness promotion practices (including traditional tribal wellness practices where applicable). The program aims to make promotion and prevention routine across child-serving systems rather than creating a stand-alone mental health service line.
3) Who is the required population of focus?
The required population is children from birth through age eight, along with their families.
4) Can activities include pregnant women?
Yes. Applicants may include services for pregnant women and their families when those activities clearly support the health and wellbeing of the child and family.
5) Is this grant intended to fund direct clinical mental health treatment?
The opportunity is framed around prevention and wellness promotion embedded into everyday settings used by families (for example, primary care, early care and education, home visiting, and family settings). It is not described as creating a stand-alone mental health service line.
6) What does "system-building" mean in this opportunity?
System-building means improving how local child- and family-serving organizations work together so families experience a connected continuum of supports rather than a patchwork of disconnected programs. This can include better coordination among agencies, aligned practices, reforms that improve integration and efficiency, and coordinated referral pathways.
7) Which settings and systems are expected to be involved?
The notice emphasizes early childhood settings serving birth to five (such as child care, early learning programs, Head Start, home visiting, and primary care) and also the systems serving children once they enter school, particularly early elementary grades. Applicants are expected to strengthen linkages between early childhood providers and schools so early gains do not fade.
8) Do applicants have to choose a specific local community to serve?
Yes. Applicants must choose a specific local community as the implementation site.
9) What qualifies as an allowable "local community" or locality?
The locality can take many forms, including a town, city, county, a defined cluster of zip codes or census tracts, a school district, a tribal area or jurisdiction, or an Alaskan Village.
10) Are there requirements for how the locality is defined?
Yes. The locality must have clear geographic boundaries and a cohesive service system that can support a Local Council made up of required partners. The area also cannot be so large in population or geography that meaningful, measurable improvements would be unrealistic within the grant period.
11) What is the "dual focus" expected within the selected locality?
Communities are expected to (1) improve the early childhood system itself (coordination, alignment, integration, efficiency) and (2) improve access to and availability of evidence-based prevention and wellness promotion practices, explicitly including traditional tribal practices that promote wellness where applicable.
12) What types of practices does Project LAUNCH emphasize?
Project LAUNCH emphasizes evidence-based prevention and wellness promotion practices, and it also explicitly includes traditional tribal practices that promote wellness where applicable.
13) Where should prevention and wellness promotion be embedded?
The program emphasizes embedding (infusing) prevention and mental health promotion into everyday environments families already use, including primary care, early care and education settings, home visiting programs, and family settings.
14) What is expected regarding sustainability?
Local innovations are intended to be maintained over time and scaled beyond the immediate community. The emphasis includes developing policies, financing approaches, partnerships, and workflows that allow prevention and promotion strategies to endure after federal funds end.
15) What is expected regarding replication or scaling?
The notice indicates that funded work should serve as a model that can be replicated and inform broader approaches across the state, territory, or tribe, not only within the implementation community.
16) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to state and territorial governments (specifically Title V or the lead Childrens Mental Health Agency) and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, including consortia (with required approvals and a designated lead applicant).
17) Are for-profit entities eligible?
No. The statutory authority prohibits awards to for-profit entities.
18) Are current or previous Project LAUNCH grantees eligible?
No. Current and previously funded State and Tribal Project LAUNCH grantees are not eligible to apply under this opportunity.
19) Is there any special review consideration for tribal applicants?
Yes. The notice states that five points are added in the review process for federally recognized tribal applicants to encourage greater tribal participation (with additional tribal guidance referenced in the full announcement).
20) What is the total estimated funding amount and number of awards?
The estimated total funding amount is $10,202,000, with an expected 13 awards.
21) What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is $800,000.
22) Is cost-sharing or matching required?
No. The notice states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
23) What type of funding instrument is used?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. This typically indicates substantial federal involvement in shaping and monitoring the work compared with a standard grant.
24) When was the opportunity posted and when was the application due?
The opportunity was posted on December 26, 2013, and the application deadline was March 3, 2014.
25) Is this opportunity still active?
No. The listing is archived as of April 2, 2014.
26) What CFDA number is referenced in the notice?
The CFDA number referenced is 93.104 (Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances).
27) Does the program have any workplace health recommendations?
Yes. SAMHSA strongly encourages grantees to maintain a smoke- and tobacco-free workplace and to promote abstinence from all tobacco products, while recognizing exceptions related to accepted tribal traditions and practices.
28) Who is listed as a point of contact for help accessing materials?
The announcement points applicants to the SAMHSA Division of Grants Management for assistance accessing the full materials.
29) Why is there an emphasis on linking early childhood supports with schools?
The notice highlights that early gains can fade if supports do not continue into the school years. Applicants are therefore expected to create stronger linkages between early childhood providers and schools, particularly across the early elementary grades.
30) What is meant by a "place-based" design?
The grant is intentionally place-based: applicants concentrate effort within a defined locality where systems can realistically be strengthened and outcomes can shift within the grant period, rather than spreading activities too broadly to achieve measurable change.
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