Block grants for community mental health services

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health $6.073 million on October 1, 2025, under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958).

The award funds comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance throughout Delaware. Eligible services include community mental health centers, child mental-health programs, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, mental health peer-support programs, and mental-health primary consumer-directed programs. Up to 5 percent of grant funds may be used for program administration. The State must set aside 10 percent of its allocation for programs demonstrating strong evidence of effectiveness targeting individuals with early serious mental illness including psychotic disorders. Funds may not support inpatient services, cash payments to service recipients, land or facility purchases or construction, major medical equipment purchases, or financial assistance to for-profit entities.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in New Castle, Delaware. The recipient distributes sub-award funding to local governments, community organizations, nonprofit service providers, and specialized healthcare providers across the state. Each annual allotment is available for obligation and expenditure during the fiscal year it was allotted through the end of the subsequent fiscal year.