Cooperative Agreement SM062046

Rhode Island's Psychologists for Caregiving Youth Initiative The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RI DESE) received a $3.0 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. This initiative supports the development and expansion of school-based mental health services in Rhode Island,...

This $255,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) will fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

Federal Project Grant Summary Rhode Island Hospital, a division of Lifespan Corporation and an academic medical center affiliated with Brown University, received a $1.59 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) effective August 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030. The grant supports research to improve depression treatment outcomes among youth with HIV (YWH), a population experiencing depression...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded a $547,452 block grant to the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the state's provision of comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances, as outlined in Rhode Island's plan under the Block...

Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Cranston Police Department received a $200,000 Project Grant award effective October 1, 2025, through the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) program (CFDA 16.070), administered by the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. In partnership with the Rhode Island Behavioral Health Medical Reserve Corps and the Training, Innovation & Leadership Institute, the Cranston Police Department will establish a...

The Rhode Island Parent Information Network Inc. will receive $673,035 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living. The funding supports a pilot program from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2025 to deliver and sustain Chronic Disease Self-Management Education programs through Medicaid billing under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs...

The Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) received a Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services award totaling $4,267,702 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. Under CFDA 93.958, this block grant funds comprehensive community-based mental health services delivered through qualified community programs,...

The Providence Center, Inc. was awarded a $516,813 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The grant will support co-response teams consisting of a behavioral health clinician from The Providence Center and an officer from the Providence Police Department to provide crisis response services to individuals experiencing mental health incidents in Providence,...

The Town of Middletown has been awarded $750,000 through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The award, effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2030, funds the Middletown Prevention Coalition Partnership for Success initiative, which delivers community-based substance use...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Newport County Community Mental Health Center, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), effective July 1, 2025 through April 30, 2027. The award supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives designed to expand access to job training and employment opportunities in Rhode Island....