Block grants for community mental health services

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $28.313 million to Administracion De Servicios De Salud Mental Y Contra La Adiccion (Assmca) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) on October 1, 2025.

The award funds comprehensive community mental health services delivered to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance across Puerto Rico. Assmca, Puerto Rico's designated state-level behavioral health authority headquartered in Arecibo, serves as the recipient and direct service provider. Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with all work performed in Puerto Rico.

Up to five percent of grant funds may support program administration. Funds support services delivered through qualified community mental health centers, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, mental health peer-support programs, and consumer-directed mental health programs. Services exclude inpatient care, cash payments to beneficiaries, land or facility acquisition or major construction, and financial assistance to non-public or non-nonprofit entities. States and territories must maintain expenditure levels not less than amounts obligated in fiscal year 1994 and set aside ten percent of allocation for evidence-based programs targeting individuals with early serious mental illness including psychotic disorders.