WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will make more than $281 million available through 15 grant programs to expand behavioral health services nationwide, directing federal funding toward opioid treatment, school mental health programs, overdose prevention, suicide prevention and recovery services under the Trump administration’s Great American Recovery Initiative.
The funding opportunities, announced by the agency, span programs supporting substance use disorder treatment, trauma-informed care, integrated behavioral health, workforce development, recovery support and education on federal behavioral health privacy laws.
The largest allocation, $68.2 million, will fund Medication-Assisted Treatment–Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction grants aimed at expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder while reducing opioid misuse and overdose.
Another $55.7 million will support Project AWARE grants to help schools build sustainable mental health services. An additional $40.6 million will establish or expand community treatment centers through the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative to improve access to trauma care for children and adolescents.
SAMHSA also designated $34.7 million for First Responders–Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act grants to train emergency personnel and communities in administering FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal medications.
Other major funding opportunities include:
- $22 million for Mental Health Awareness Training grants.
- $13.7 million for Promoting Integration of Primary Behavioral Healthcare grants.
- $11 million for Preventing Drug Overdoses: Community Prevention and Response grants.
- $10.5 million for Treatment, Recovery and Workforce Support grants.
- $8.8 million for Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention grants.
- $6 million for Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids programs.
- $4.2 million for Assertive Community Treatment grants serving individuals with serious mental illness.
- $1.8 million for Statewide Family Network grants.
- $1.5 million for Recovery Community Services grants.
- $1.5 million for Recovery Community Services Program–Statewide Network grants.
- $1 million for a Center of Excellence focused on behavioral health privacy education.
“President Trump’s Great American Recovery Initiative is putting recovery into action,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated. “We are investing more than $281 million through 15 grant programs to expand treatment, strengthen recovery services, prevent overdose, and equip communities with the tools they need to save lives, restore families, and Make America Healthy Again.”
SAMHSA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher D. Carroll characterized the funding as an investment across “the full continuum of behavioral health needs,” citing prevention, treatment, overdose response, recovery services and community partnerships as priorities.
The Great American Recovery Initiative, co-chaired by Kennedy and White House Senior Advisor Kathryn Burgum, is intended to coordinate federal agencies, health care providers, faith organizations and private-sector partners in addressing addiction and behavioral health, according to the administration.
Individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis can call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. Treatment resources are also available through FindTreatment.gov.
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