Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 15 002
Apply for SM 15 002
- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Statewide Consumer Network Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesProjects of Regional and National Significance.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 2, 2014 and posted on Dec 2, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 2, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $665,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $95,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- SAMHSA is limiting eligibility for this program to mental health consumer controlled organizations only that are domestic public and private nonprofit entities, tribal and urban indian organizations, and/or community and faith based organizations. A primary goal of the program is to strengthen the capacity of consumers to act as agents of transformation in influencing the type and amount of services, so they must be an integral part of an organization that supports individuals with a serious mental illness or who have received public mental health services, and ensures that their mental health care is consumer driven with access to recovery support services. Therefore, only organizations controlled and managed by mental health consumers are eligible to apply. Consumer controlled organizations must meet the following requirements An applicant organization must complete the Certificate of Eligibility (see Appendix K of the RFA) indicating that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements. In order to strengthen and expand the impact of this program across the nation and ensure broad geographic distribution, SAMHSA will make only one award per state, territory, or tribe and is limiting eligibility to applicants in states, territories, and tribes that do not have a currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. See Appendix L of the RFA for a listing of states, territories, and tribes with a currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. Organizations located in these jurisdictions are not eligible to apply. Tribes, regardless of location, are eligible to apply providing they do not have a currently funded grant.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Statewide Consumer Network Program (Funding Opportunity Number SM-15-002) is a SAMHSA discretionary grant designed to strengthen how mental health services are delivered to people living with serious mental illnesses by building up statewide, consumer-run and consumer-controlled organizations. The core idea is that people with lived experience of serious mental illness should not just be recipients of services, but leaders and decision-makers shaping the mental health system. The program focuses on expanding the capacity and infrastructure of consumer organizations so they can drive systems change that is consumer-driven, recovery-focused, and resiliency-oriented.
The program lays out three main goals. First, it aims to increase consumer participation, voice, and empowerment across an entire state, territory, or tribal community, meaning more opportunities for consumers to influence policy, planning, and service design. Second, it prioritizes developing consumer leadership both inside these organizations and out in the broader community, so that leadership roles are held by people with lived experience and those leaders are supported to grow their skills and impact. Third, it supports practical recovery-related activities such as building partnerships, expanding peer support, addressing service needs related to gender, delivering training and skills development, promoting trauma-informed peer support, integrating care and wellness approaches, and helping consumers navigate or benefit from health reform as part of recovery.
A major emphasis of the opportunity is reaching underserved and underrepresented groups. The grant is explicitly intended to help consumer networks better serve people from ethnic, racial, and cultural minority groups; veterans; individuals with histories of chronic homelessness; people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders; young adults; sexual orientation and gender identity minority individuals; and people who have been involved in the criminal justice system. In practice, that means applicants are expected to build capacity and programming that is responsive to these communities, reduces barriers to participation and leadership, and reflects culturally appropriate and equity-focused approaches.
This funding aligns with SAMHSA's broader position that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention and treatment work, and that recovery is real and achievable. The program particularly aligns with SAMHSA's Recovery Support Strategic Initiative and connects with national efforts like the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS), which promotes adoption of recovery concepts nationwide and helps spread information about health care reform changes associated with the Affordable Care Act. The grant authority comes from Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act (as amended), and the announcement is tied to the Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area.
On the funding side, SAMHSA expected to make 7 awards under this opportunity, with an estimated total funding amount of $665,000 and an award ceiling of $95,000 per grant. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted December 2, 2014, and the application deadline was February 2, 2015 (this notice was later archived March 4, 2015).
Eligibility is narrow and specific: only mental health consumer-controlled organizations may apply, and they must be domestic public or private nonprofit entities, tribal or urban Indian organizations, and/or community- and faith-based organizations that are genuinely controlled and managed by mental health consumers. The program requires that consumers are integral to the organization and that the organization supports people with serious mental illness or people who have received public mental health services, with a clear commitment to consumer-driven care and access to recovery support services. Applicants also had to complete a Certificate of Eligibility (referenced as Appendix K in the RFA) to document that they met the consumer-control requirements.
There is also a geographic limitation intended to spread awards broadly: SAMHSA planned to make only one award per state, territory, or tribe, and eligibility was restricted to jurisdictions that did not already have an active, currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. Applicants in states, territories, or tribes with an existing funded network grant were not eligible, although tribes could still apply regardless of location as long as they did not already have a currently funded grant. For official questions or access issues, the listed agency contact was Gwendolyn Simpson in SAMHSA's Division of Grants Management.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Statewide Consumer Network Program (SM-15-002)
What is the Statewide Consumer Network Program (Funding Opportunity Number SM-15-002)?
The Statewide Consumer Network Program (SM-15-002) is a SAMHSA discretionary grant designed to strengthen how mental health services are delivered to people living with serious mental illnesses. It does this by building the capacity and infrastructure of statewide, consumer-run and consumer-controlled organizations so they can lead systems change that is consumer-driven, recovery-focused, and resiliency-oriented.
What is the core purpose of this grant?
The core idea is that people with lived experience of serious mental illness should not only receive services, but also serve as leaders and decision-makers who help shape mental health policy, planning, and service design across a state, territory, or tribal community.
What are the main goals of the program?
The program describes three main goals:
- Increase consumer participation, voice, and empowerment statewide by expanding opportunities for consumers to influence policy, planning, and service design.
- Develop consumer leadership within consumer-run organizations and across the broader community, ensuring leadership roles are held by people with lived experience and that leaders are supported to grow skills and impact.
- Support recovery-related activities that help advance recovery and resiliency through practical strategies and partnerships.
What kinds of activities does the program support under the recovery-related goal?
The notice highlights practical recovery-related activities such as:
- Building partnerships
- Expanding peer support
- Addressing service needs related to gender
- Delivering training and skills development
- Promoting trauma-informed peer support
- Integrating care and wellness approaches
- Helping consumers navigate or benefit from health reform as part of recovery
Who is this program intended to benefit?
The program is intended to benefit people living with serious mental illnesses by strengthening consumer-run and consumer-controlled organizations that can influence and improve mental health systems and recovery supports across a jurisdiction.
Does the program place special emphasis on underserved or underrepresented groups?
Yes. A major emphasis is reaching underserved and underrepresented groups. The grant is explicitly intended to help consumer networks better serve and engage communities that may face barriers to participation, leadership, and culturally responsive supports.
Which underserved and underrepresented populations are specifically named in the opportunity?
The opportunity explicitly references improving reach and responsiveness for:
- Ethnic, racial, and cultural minority groups
- Veterans
- Individuals with histories of chronic homelessness
- People with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders
- Young adults
- Sexual orientation and gender identity minority individuals
- People who have been involved in the criminal justice system
What does SAMHSA mean by “consumer-run†and “consumer-controlled†in this program?
Based on the notice, eligible organizations must be genuinely controlled and managed by mental health consumers, with consumers integral to the organization. The organization must support people with serious mental illness or people who have received public mental health services, and it must demonstrate a clear commitment to consumer-driven care and access to recovery support services.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to mental health consumer-controlled organizations that are domestic public or private nonprofit entities. The notice also includes tribal or urban Indian organizations and community- and faith-based organizations, as long as they are genuinely controlled and managed by mental health consumers and meet the program’s consumer-control requirements.
Are for-profit organizations eligible to apply?
No. The opportunity specifies domestic public or private nonprofit entities (and specified organizational types such as tribal or urban Indian organizations and community- and faith-based organizations), provided they meet consumer-control requirements.
What documentation is required to prove the organization meets the consumer-control requirements?
Applicants were required to complete a Certificate of Eligibility (referenced as Appendix K in the RFA) to document that they met the consumer-control requirements.
How many awards did SAMHSA expect to make under this opportunity?
SAMHSA expected to make 7 awards under this funding opportunity.
What was the estimated total funding amount for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding amount was $665,000.
What was the maximum award amount (award ceiling) per grant?
The award ceiling was $95,000 per grant.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
When was this funding opportunity posted and when was the application deadline?
The opportunity was posted on December 2, 2014. The application deadline was February 2, 2015. The notice was later archived on March 4, 2015.
Is there a limit on how awards are distributed geographically?
Yes. SAMHSA planned to make only one award per state, territory, or tribe, as part of an effort to spread awards broadly.
Can an organization apply if its state, territory, or tribe already has an active Statewide Consumer Network grant?
No. Eligibility was restricted to jurisdictions that did not already have an active, currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. If a state, territory, or tribe had an existing funded network grant, applicants from that jurisdiction were not eligible.
Are tribes eligible even if they are located in a state that already has a funded network grant?
Yes, tribes could still apply regardless of location as long as they did not already have a currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant.
What larger SAMHSA priorities does this program align with?
The program aligns with SAMHSA’s position that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention and treatment work, and that recovery is real and achievable. It particularly aligns with SAMHSA’s Recovery Support Strategic Initiative.
Does the opportunity connect to any national technical assistance efforts?
Yes. The notice connects the program to national efforts like the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS), which promotes adoption of recovery concepts nationwide and helps spread information about health care reform changes associated with the Affordable Care Act.
What is the legal authority cited for this grant?
The grant authority comes from Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act (as amended).
Is the opportunity tied to any national public health framework?
Yes. The announcement is tied to the Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area.
Who was the listed agency contact for official questions or access issues?
The listed agency contact was Gwendolyn Simpson in SAMHSA’s Division of Grants Management.
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