Block grants for community mental health services

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare $13.269 million on October 1, 2025, under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) to support delivery of comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance through September 30, 2027.

Idaho's state mental health plan directs the use of these block grant funds across community mental health centers, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, mental health peer-support programs, and consumer-directed programs throughout the state. Up to 5 percent of the allocation may support grant administration. The state is required to maintain prior-year spending levels for children's services and must set aside 10 percent for evidence-based programs targeting individuals with early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders. Funds may not support inpatient services, cash payments to beneficiaries, capital improvements, or assistance to for-profit entities.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, the state's primary administrator of health and human services programs, pass-through portions of this grant to county governments, local health departments, community-based nonprofits, tribal health entities, and regional health districts. A sub-award of $1 (award date June 26, 2026) supports the Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline operated by Jannus, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Boise. Place of performance is Boise, Idaho.