Block Grant B09SM090727

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration $42.925 million under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, with performance taking place statewide across Indiana.

The funding supports comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance, delivered through community mental health centers, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, mental health peer-support programs, and mental-health primary consumer-directed programs. Indiana's designated state agency, the Family and Social Services Administration, distributes sub-award funding to Area Agencies on Aging, community mental health centers, and nonprofit service providers including Centerstone, VOA Fresh Start, and others. Up to five percent of grant funds may be used for administration. The state is required to set aside ten 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 acquisition or construction, or financial assistance to entities other than public or nonprofit organizations. Indiana must expend not less than the amount obligated in fiscal year 1994 and maintain integrated service systems for children with serious emotional disturbance.