Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $632,033 to Protection & Advocacy System, Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program (CFDA 93.138), a formula grant funding structure.

Protection & Advocacy System, Inc., headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, pursues administrative, legal, and other remedies to address complaints of abuse, neglect, and rights violations affecting adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance. The organization investigates and provides advocacy services to individuals residing in care or treatment facilities, with service priority to those at risk for abuse, neglect, or civil rights violations. The organization also serves individuals with serious mental illness in community settings and those in the process of facility admission, in transport, or involuntarily confined in municipal detention facilities, jails, or prisons.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. Work is performed in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The obligated amount is $632,033. Each allotment under the PAIMI program remains available for obligation over a 24-month period and is distributed to the eligible system established in each state to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities.