Block grants for community mental health services

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $430,483 to the American Samoa Department of Health on October 1, 2025, under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The award funds community-based mental health centers, peer support services, and case management through September 30, 2027. Performance occurs across American Samoa's inhabited islands with administrative operations in Pago Pago, Eastern District. The block grant enables the territory to provide comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance. Up to 5 percent of grant funds may be used for grant administration; the remainder must support services through qualified community mental health centers, child mental health programs, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, peer support programs, and consumer-directed programs. Funds may not finance inpatient services, cash payments to service recipients, facility construction or permanent improvement, major medical equipment purchases, or financial assistance to for-profit entities. The recipient must maintain records consistent with territorial law and expend not less than the amount expended in fiscal year 1994. The award is assistance type Block Grant.