Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 16 002
Apply for SM 16 002
- The HHS-SAMHS 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.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 16, 2015 and posted on Nov 16, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 20, 2016. (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 $95,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Statewide Consumer Network (SCN) Program is a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant opportunity (FY 2016) designed to strengthen and expand the capacity of statewide, consumer-run and consumer-controlled mental health organizations. The central aim is to improve the quality and responsiveness of mental health services for people living with serious mental illness by building a stronger statewide infrastructure that is led by consumers and grounded in recovery. The program emphasizes approaches that are consumer-driven, recovery-focused, trauma-informed, culturally relevant, holistic, and resiliency-oriented, with the idea that systems improve when the people most affected have meaningful power in shaping policies, services, and priorities.
The grant outlines several core goals. It seeks to increase consumer participation, voice, leadership, and empowerment across the state in ways that lead to system-level change and better services. It also aims to expand access to evidence-based and promising practices by involving consumers in how those practices are selected, adapted, and delivered. Another major goal is to build the knowledge and skills of mental health service providers and peer support providers, particularly around recovery principles and trauma-informed approaches. In addition, the program prioritizes developing consumer leadership both inside consumer organizations and out in the broader community, including through partnerships with allied stakeholders. Finally, it promotes partnership-building with families, young adults, and peers in addiction recovery, while also reinforcing peer support values and standards and advancing trauma-informed peer support.
To reach these goals, SCN supports a range of activities that strengthen both individuals and systems. Examples include training and leadership development, skill-building for peers, and promoting trauma-informed and gender-responsive peer support. The program encourages development or reinforcement of peer certification standards and expects consumers to be actively involved in the design and delivery of evidence-based or promising practices, not simply as participants but as leaders and decision-makers. It also highlights the importance of peer roles in crisis planning, early intervention, and crisis response, along with an ongoing focus on diversity and cultural responsiveness. Partnership development is a recurring theme, as is integration with broader health and wellness efforts, reflecting a whole-person view of recovery.
A significant part of the opportunity is its focus on underserved and under-represented communities. The program explicitly calls attention to improving support and engagement for people from ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups; sexual orientation and gender minority individuals; people who have experienced chronic homelessness; individuals involved with the criminal justice system; and those living with co-occurring mental health, trauma-related, and/or substance use disorders. Beyond identifying these populations, the grant frames equity as a measurable priority, encouraging applicants to implement strategies that reduce behavioral health disparities, particularly disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority groups in access to care, service utilization, and outcomes.
This opportunity also sits within SAMHSA's broader national strategy, reflecting the agency stance that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention is effective, treatment works, and recovery is real and attainable. SCN aligns especially closely with SAMHSA Strategic Initiatives focused on Recovery Support and Trauma and Justice, and it connects to Healthy People 2020 priorities in the Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area. The program is authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act.
Key funding details from the announcement include a discretionary grant mechanism under CFDA 93.243, with an award ceiling of $95,000 and an expected total of 8 awards. The funding opportunity number is SM-16-002, and the application closing date listed is January 20, 2016. Eligibility is categorized broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility specifics referenced in the full announcement text.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Statewide Consumer Network (SCN) Program (SAMHSA/CMHS, FY 2016)
1) What is the Statewide Consumer Network (SCN) Program?
The Statewide Consumer Network (SCN) Program is a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) grant opportunity (FY 2016) designed to strengthen and expand the capacity of statewide, consumer-run and consumer-controlled mental health organizations.
2) What is the central aim of the SCN grant?
The central aim is to improve the quality and responsiveness of mental health services for people living with serious mental illness by building a stronger statewide infrastructure that is led by consumers and grounded in recovery.
3) What does the program mean by "consumer-run" and "consumer-controlled"?
Based on the opportunity description, the program is focused on organizations that are led by consumers and where consumers have meaningful power in shaping policies, services, and priorities, rather than serving only as participants.
4) Who is the SCN program ultimately intended to benefit?
The program is intended to benefit people living with serious mental illness, with an emphasis on improving mental health services and systems through consumer leadership and statewide infrastructure development.
5) What approaches does SCN emphasize?
The program emphasizes approaches that are consumer-driven, recovery-focused, trauma-informed, culturally relevant, holistic, and resiliency-oriented.
6) What are the core goals of the SCN program?
The grant outlines several core goals, including:
- Increasing consumer participation, voice, leadership, and empowerment statewide to drive system-level change and improve services.
- Expanding access to evidence-based and promising practices by involving consumers in how those practices are selected, adapted, and delivered.
- Building the knowledge and skills of mental health service providers and peer support providers, especially around recovery principles and trauma-informed approaches.
- Developing consumer leadership within consumer organizations and in the broader community, including through partnerships with allied stakeholders.
- Promoting partnership-building with families, young adults, and peers in addiction recovery, while reinforcing peer support values and standards and advancing trauma-informed peer support.
7) What types of activities can SCN funding support?
The opportunity describes a range of supported activities, such as training and leadership development, skill-building for peers, promoting trauma-informed and gender-responsive peer support, strengthening peer roles in crisis planning/early intervention/crisis response, partnership development, and integration with broader health and wellness efforts.
8) What is expected regarding evidence-based and promising practices?
The program aims to expand access to evidence-based and promising practices and expects consumers to be actively involved in the design and delivery of these practices. The description emphasizes consumer leadership and decision-making (not participation-only) in selecting, adapting, and delivering practices.
9) Does SCN focus on provider training as well as peer training?
Yes. One of the stated goals is to build the knowledge and skills of mental health service providers and peer support providers, particularly around recovery principles and trauma-informed approaches.
10) How does SCN address peer support values and standards?
The opportunity highlights reinforcing peer support values and standards, advancing trauma-informed peer support, and encouraging the development or reinforcement of peer certification standards.
11) Is trauma-informed work a required emphasis in this program?
Trauma-informed approaches are repeatedly emphasized throughout the description, including trauma-informed systems, trauma-informed peer support, and training that builds trauma-informed knowledge and skills.
12) What does "culturally relevant" and "cultural responsiveness" mean in the context of SCN?
Based on the provided text, SCN places an ongoing focus on diversity and cultural responsiveness and calls attention to improving engagement and support for underserved and under-represented communities. The grant frames equity as a measurable priority, including strategies to reduce behavioral health disparities.
13) Which underserved and under-represented populations are specifically highlighted?
The opportunity explicitly highlights improving support and engagement for:
- People from ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups
- Sexual orientation and gender minority individuals
- People who have experienced chronic homelessness
- Individuals involved with the criminal justice system
- Those living with co-occurring mental health, trauma-related, and/or substance use disorders
14) How does SCN define equity and disparities work?
The grant frames equity as a measurable priority and encourages applicants to implement strategies that reduce behavioral health disparities, particularly disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority groups in access to care, service utilization, and outcomes.
15) Does the program encourage partnerships?
Yes. Partnership development is described as a recurring theme, including partnerships with allied stakeholders as well as partnership-building with families, young adults, and peers in addiction recovery.
16) How does the SCN program relate to crisis services?
The opportunity highlights the importance of peer roles in crisis planning, early intervention, and crisis response as part of the broader work of strengthening individuals and systems.
17) Is the SCN program tied to broader health and wellness efforts?
Yes. The description notes integration with broader health and wellness efforts, reflecting a whole-person view of recovery.
18) What SAMHSA priorities and national strategies does SCN align with?
SCN reflects SAMHSA's broader national strategy that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention is effective, treatment works, and recovery is real and attainable. It aligns closely with SAMHSA Strategic Initiatives focused on Recovery Support and Trauma and Justice, and it connects to Healthy People 2020 priorities in the Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area.
19) What is the legal authorization for this program?
The program is authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act.
20) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 93.243.
21) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is SM-16-002.
22) What is the grant mechanism and award type?
The announcement describes this as a discretionary grant mechanism.
23) How much funding is available per award?
The award ceiling is $95,000.
24) How many awards are expected?
The announcement indicates an expected total of 8 awards.
25) What was the application closing date listed in the announcement?
The listed application closing date is January 20, 2016.
26) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is categorized broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility specifics referenced in the full announcement text.
27) Is the program statewide in scope?
Yes. The opportunity is focused on strengthening and expanding capacity of statewide consumer-run and consumer-controlled mental health organizations and building a stronger statewide infrastructure led by consumers.
28) What kinds of system changes is SCN trying to achieve?
Based on the description, SCN seeks system-level change by increasing consumer participation, voice, leadership, and empowerment across the state in ways that improve mental health services and how priorities and policies are shaped.
29) Does SCN include work related to justice involvement?
Yes. The opportunity specifically highlights individuals involved with the criminal justice system as an under-represented population and notes alignment with SAMHSA initiatives connected to Trauma and Justice.
30) Does SCN address co-occurring disorders?
Yes. The description explicitly mentions individuals living with co-occurring mental health, trauma-related, and/or substance use disorders as a priority population for improved support and engagement.
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