Block grants for community mental health services

Active Block Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
B09SM090732
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$9,810,782

Award facts

Completion date 54% complete
Funding agency
SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Place of performance
Augusta, ME 04330, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

About this award

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $9.81 million to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services 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 across Maine through September 30, 2027, with administrative oversight and place of performance in Augusta, Maine.

Maine DHHS distributes funding to multiple sub-recipients delivering specialized services statewide. Mainehealth expands early identification programs and evidence-based treatment for young people experiencing First Episode Psychosis and Early Serious Mental Illness symptoms. Aroostook Mental Health Center provides crisis intervention mobile response services, crisis residential services, and consumer transportation to support treatment plan participation in educational, employment, social, and recreational opportunities. Peer recovery centers operated by Commonspace, Sweetser, Motivational Services Inc., Healthy Acadia, Community Concepts Incorporated, and Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness offer structured peer support and recovery services for adults with serious mental illness. Kennebec Behavioral Health delivers family peer support services to families and primary caregivers of children and youth with serious emotional disturbance or serious mental illness. Aroostook County Action Program provides Triple P parenting interventions to Maine caregivers, primarily those with children experiencing serious emotional disturbance. Community Care operates a Youth Peer Support Statewide Network providing youth-guided, trauma-informed peer support services to youth with serious emotional disturbance and serious mental illness.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $34,341
Amendment $2,800,231
Amendment $2,800,231
Amendment $1,391,993
Amendment $1,391,993
Original award $1,391,993

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Community Health And Counseling Services The purpose of this Contract is to provide Crisis Residential Unit (CRU) Services for Minors. $30,013
Sweetser The purpose of this Contract is to provide Crisis Residential Unit (CRU) Services for Adults and Minors. $71,893
Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. $71,893
Community Concepts, Incorporated $35,946
Mainehealth The purpose of this Contract is to reduce the impact of serious mental illness in Maine by supporting continued expansion of early identification programs and… $1,051,761
Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. The purpose of this Contract is to fulfill certain requirements of the Bates v. DHHS Consent Decree by providing transportation services for consumers, who meet… $27,238
Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. There are two (2) distinct services provided in this Agreement, Crisis Intervention Mobile Response Services (Mobile Services) and Crisis Residential. The… $11,912
Aroostook County Action Program The purpose of this Contract is to provide select Triple P Level 2 and Level 3 interventions to Maine Caregivers, primarily those who identify as having a child… $60,000
Kennebec Mental Health Association The purpose of this Contract is to provide FPSSN services to Families/Primary Caregivers of Children and Youth with a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) or… $262,500
Commonspace The purpose of this Agreement is to provide and manage a Peer Recovery Center. $256,250
Sweetser $201,004
Motivational Services Inc. $168,347
Healthy Acadia $107,268
Community Concepts, Incorporated $145,858
Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness NPC The purpose of this Agreement is to provide and manage a Peer Recovery Center. The Center shall be inclusive of a welcoming philosophy and environment that… $100,000
Community Care The purpose of this Contract is to provide a Youth Peer Support Statewide Network (YPSSN) of Peer Support services that will provide eligible Youth with an… $372,416
Community Care $279,312
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Quick answers

Who received award B09SM090732?

B09SM090732 was awarded to Maine Department Of Health And Human Services by SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) on October 1, 2025.

How much is award B09SM090732 worth?

$9,810,782 has been obligated on B09SM090732.

Which agency awarded B09SM090732?

SAMHSA Division of Grants Management (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) awarded B09SM090732, with funding from SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).

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