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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Planning Grants for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families" 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 Apr 6, 2011 and posted on Apr 6, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 2, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $14,000,000.00 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 46 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility for this program is statutorily limited to public entities such as State governments Indian or tribal organizations (as defined in Section 4b and Section 4c of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act) Governmental units within political subdivisions of a State, such as a county, city or town District of Columbia government and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands). The purpose of this RFA is to expand and sustain systems of care, priority will be given to applications that demonstrate the ability to engage in planning activities that reflect the greatest geographic area and that represent the likelihood for extensive and wide ranging policy and program transformation (i.e., Statewide, territory wide, and tribal). A maximum of one award will be made per State, Territory, Indian or Tribal Organization, or the District of Columbia. The applicant, whether a state, or a political entity other than a state, must provide evidence of commitment for SOC expansion by including a letter of support from the Governor (or designee), or the commensurate level tribal, or territorial representative or (designee). The letter must identify how the applicant will expand efforts to a broader level, and an explanation of how sustainability will be accomplished. The letter should also provide evidence of support for the SOC approach and demonstrate a commitment to integrating SOC values and principles throughout the State, Territory or Tribal Organization. Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN Tribe any legally established organization of American Indians/Alaska Natives 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 American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases of its activities. Consortia of Tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY 2011 Planning Grants for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families (System of Care Expansion Planning Grants) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services. The core aim is not to directly fund service delivery at scale right away, but to fund the planning work needed to build a strong, detailed, and sustainable strategic plan to improve and expand statewide, territory-wide, or tribal systems of care (SOC) for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families. In practical terms, the grant is meant to help public entities organize partners, assess gaps, set priorities, align financing, and lay out an implementation roadmap that can support long-term system transformation.
A system of care is framed here as both an organizational philosophy and a working framework that depends on collaboration across multiple sectors. The expectation is that governments, provider networks, schools, child welfare, juvenile justice, families, youth, and private partners coordinate so children and youth can access community-based services that are culturally and linguistically competent, connected across agencies, and tailored to real-world needs. This opportunity builds on the Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), established by Congress in 1992, which has used the SOC approach as a backbone for reform in children’s mental health for decades. The planning grants are intended to expand on that progress by pushing broader adoption of SOC values and infrastructure at the state, territorial, or tribal level, rather than keeping systems of care limited to isolated communities or pilot sites.
SAMHSA justifies the need for this program with national prevalence and access data. The announcement notes that millions of children and youth experience serious mental health conditions, and a much larger share have diagnosable mental disorders, yet the majority do not receive the specialty mental health services and supports they need. The grant description also highlights early onset: a large portion of adult mental health disorders begin in adolescence or young adulthood, while resources for children and families remain limited. Suicide risk is emphasized as well, with suicide identified as a leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 24 and suicidal ideation affecting a substantial share of adolescents and young adults each year. Against that backdrop, the SOC model is presented as a proven strategy to close service gaps earlier, reduce crisis-driven care, and strengthen protective supports around youth and families.
The opportunity points to a strong evidence base from CMHI research and evaluation over roughly 15 years showing that well-implemented and sustained systems of care can improve both clinical outcomes and functional outcomes. Reported benefits include fewer suicide attempts among youth, improved school attendance and performance, fewer contacts with law enforcement, and reduced reliance on inpatient care. The program also emphasizes caregiver and family-level gains, such as reduced caregiver strain, improved access to resources, fewer missed work days, and better overall family functioning. Beyond individual outcomes, SAMHSA highlights broader system effects: systems of care can reshape how services are organized and made available, improving coordination and capacity across child-serving agencies.
A key expectation of these planning grants is sustainability and financing alignment. SAMHSA signals that successful planning should help facilitate statewide or tribal-wide adoption of the SOC framework and increase Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement for the SOC spectrum of services and supports. In other words, applicants are expected to design plans that can be maintained after the grant period through policy changes, financing strategies, and infrastructure development, not just through time-limited grant dollars. The required plans must be consistent with Section 561 of the Public Health Service Act (as amended), and the announcement explicitly connects the work to Healthy People 2020 goals for mental health and mental disorders. It also aligns with SAMHSA strategic initiatives related to Trauma and Justice and Health Reform, reflecting an emphasis on reducing community impact and addressing trauma-related behavioral health needs using a public health approach.
On the funding side, the opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SM-11-008; CFDA 93.104) anticipated 46 awards with an estimated total funding level of $14,000,000. The award ceiling is listed as $800,000, and cost sharing or matching is required. The posting date was April 6, 2011, with an application closing date of June 2, 2011 (and an archive date of July 2, 2011), placing it firmly as a FY 2011 competitive cycle.
Eligibility is tightly limited by statute to public entities. Eligible applicants include state governments; federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations (including certain legally established, tribally controlled or community-elected organizations, and consortia where each participating entity approves participation); and governmental units within political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns. U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions are also included, specifically the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands). The competition is structured to encourage broad geographic and system reach: priority is given to applications that show they can plan for the greatest geographic area and are positioned to drive wide-ranging policy and program transformation, especially statewide, territory-wide, or tribal-wide efforts. There is also a strict limit of one award per State, Territory, Indian or Tribal Organization, or the District of Columbia, which reinforces the intent to support large-scale planning rather than multiple smaller awards within the same jurisdiction.
A notable application requirement is documented high-level commitment. The applicant must include a letter of support from the Governor (or designee) or the comparable tribal or territorial representative (or designee). This letter must spell out how expansion will occur at a broader level and how sustainability will be achieved, and it must demonstrate support for the SOC approach and a commitment to embedding SOC values and principles across the jurisdiction. This requirement effectively ensures the planning effort is backed by leadership with the authority to influence cross-agency collaboration, financing, and policy changes, which are typically essential for systems of care to take hold and last.
In summary, this SAMHSA planning grant opportunity is designed to help states, territories, and tribes create actionable, fundable, and sustainable strategic plans to expand children’s systems of care for youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families. It focuses on cross-system collaboration, culturally and linguistically competent community-based service arrays, and long-term infrastructure and financing strategies (especially Medicaid and third-party reimbursement) so that improved outcomes can be sustained well beyond the planning period. For official details and historical materials, the announcement referenced the SAMHSA grant page (http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2011/sm11008.aspx) and provided a grants management contact at SAMHSA for access issues.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the FY 2011 System of Care Expansion Planning Grant (SM-11-008)?
This is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, titled "FY 2011 Planning Grants for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families (System of Care Expansion Planning Grants)." It supports planning activities to expand children’s systems of care (SOC) at a statewide, territory-wide, or tribal-wide level.
What is the main purpose of this grant?
The core purpose is to fund planning work, not to immediately fund broad service delivery. The grant is intended to help public entities build a strong, detailed, and sustainable strategic plan to improve and expand systems of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families.
Is this grant intended to pay for direct service delivery?
Not primarily. The announcement emphasizes that the aim is to fund planning needed to create an actionable implementation roadmap and long-term system transformation, rather than to fund service delivery at scale right away.
What types of planning activities does the grant support?
Planning activities described include organizing partners, assessing gaps, setting priorities, aligning financing, and laying out an implementation roadmap that supports sustainable, long-term expansion of a system of care.
What is a "System of Care" (SOC) in this program?
A system of care is described as both an organizational philosophy and a working framework that depends on collaboration across multiple child- and family-serving sectors. It is designed to connect children and youth to community-based services that are culturally and linguistically competent, coordinated across agencies, and tailored to real-world needs.
Who is the target population for the system of care expansion planning work?
The focus is on children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families.
Which sectors and partners are expected to be involved in a system of care?
The program anticipates coordination among governments, provider networks, schools, child welfare, juvenile justice, families, youth, and private partners so services and supports can be connected across agencies.
How does this opportunity relate to the Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI)?
The opportunity builds on the Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), established by Congress in 1992, which has used the system of care approach for children’s mental health reform for decades. These planning grants are intended to expand broader adoption of SOC values and infrastructure at the state, territorial, or tribal level.
Why does SAMHSA say this program is needed?
The announcement cites national prevalence and access concerns: millions of children and youth experience serious mental health conditions, many more have diagnosable mental disorders, and the majority do not receive needed specialty mental health services and supports. It also highlights early onset of many adult mental health disorders and emphasizes youth suicide risk.
What outcomes are associated with well-implemented systems of care, according to the announcement?
The announcement references about 15 years of CMHI research and evaluation indicating that sustained systems of care can improve clinical and functional outcomes. Reported benefits include fewer suicide attempts, improved school attendance and performance, fewer contacts with law enforcement, and reduced reliance on inpatient care. Family and caregiver benefits cited include reduced caregiver strain, improved access to resources, fewer missed work days, and improved family functioning.
What does the grant emphasize about sustainability?
Sustainability is a central expectation. The planning effort is expected to include financing alignment and strategies to maintain SOC improvements after the grant period through policy changes, financing strategies, and infrastructure development, rather than relying on time-limited grant dollars.
Does the opportunity specifically mention Medicaid or third-party reimbursement?
Yes. The announcement indicates successful planning should help facilitate statewide or tribal-wide adoption of the SOC framework and increase Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement for the SOC spectrum of services and supports.
What laws or national frameworks are referenced for consistency or alignment?
The required plans must be consistent with Section 561 of the Public Health Service Act (as amended). The announcement also explicitly connects the work to Healthy People 2020 goals related to mental health and mental disorders.
Which SAMHSA strategic initiatives are mentioned as related to this opportunity?
The opportunity aligns with SAMHSA strategic initiatives related to Trauma and Justice and Health Reform, reflecting an emphasis on reducing community impact and addressing trauma-related behavioral health needs using a public health approach.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA number for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SM-11-008, and the CFDA number is 93.104.
How many awards and how much total funding were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated 46 awards with an estimated total funding level of $14,000,000.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is listed as $800,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. The opportunity states that cost sharing or matching is required.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited by statute to public entities. Eligible applicants include state governments; federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations (including certain legally established tribally controlled or community-elected organizations and eligible consortia); governmental units within political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns; and U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions.
Which territories and affiliated jurisdictions are specifically included?
The opportunity lists: the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands).
How does the program encourage broad geographic reach?
Priority is given to applications that can plan for the greatest geographic area and are positioned to drive wide-ranging policy and program transformation, especially statewide, territory-wide, or tribal-wide efforts.
Is there a limit on how many awards a jurisdiction can receive?
Yes. There is a strict limit of one award per State, Territory, Indian or Tribal Organization, or the District of Columbia.
What high-level documentation is required with the application?
The applicant must include a letter of support from the Governor (or designee) or the comparable tribal or territorial representative (or designee).
What must the Governor/tribal/territorial letter of support address?
The letter must spell out how expansion will occur at a broader level and how sustainability will be achieved. It must also demonstrate support for the system of care approach and a commitment to embedding SOC values and principles across the jurisdiction.
Why is the leadership letter requirement important in this program?
Based on the description, it ensures the planning effort is backed by leadership with authority to influence cross-agency collaboration, financing, and policy changes, which are typically necessary for systems of care to take hold and last.
When was this opportunity posted and when were applications due?
The posting date was April 6, 2011. The application closing date was June 2, 2011. The archive date was July 2, 2011, indicating this was a FY 2011 competitive cycle.
Where were official details and historical materials referenced?
The announcement referenced the SAMHSA grant page at http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2011/sm11008.aspx and noted that a SAMHSA grants management contact was provided for access issues.
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