Project Grant H79FG001223

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Vermont Agency of Human Services $975.268 million on December 29, 2025, under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798), with performance through October 30, 2030. This cooperative agreement funds Vermont's statewide transformation of rural health care delivery systems across five core initiatives: regionalization and innovative care strategies; workforce strengthening; access expansion across rural communities; innovative...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services $750,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to operationalize a magistrate-to-988-mobile crisis team (MCT) pathway in Judicial District 7, covering Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton counties. NC DHHS will formalize a connection between magistrates...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded United Way of Connecticut, Inc. $250,000 on September 30, 2026, under the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R) to establish the Crisis Aftercare Linkage and Monitoring (CALM) Care Network. CALM Care will provide timely, person-centered follow-up by phone or text to individuals who contact 988 or are referred after behavioral health, suicide, overdose, or...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Vermont Agency of Human Services $8 million on September 30, 2025, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to reduce alcohol and cannabis use among youth and young adults in Vermont through expanded prevention capacity in underserved communities. The Vermont Department of Health will establish a data-driven, statewide approach to substance...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded The Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc., doing business as Vibrant Emotional Health, $254,582,876 on May 15, 2026, under the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R) to operate and expand the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline infrastructure nationwide. Vibrant Emotional Health, as the founding administrator of the 988 Lifeline since its 2022 national launch, will sustain...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Compass Health, Inc. (doing business as Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare) $250,000 on September 30, 2026, under the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R). The award funds a three-year initiative to expand and strengthen coordination between Missouri's 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and local public safety answering points (PSAPs) across a 26-county...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Aware Inc. $250,000 on September 30, 2026, under the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R) to strengthen the Western Montana 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Aware Inc., the 988 provider for seven counties in western Montana (Missoula, Flathead, Ravalli, Lincoln, Lake, Mineral, and Sanders), will use the funding to strengthen systematic follow-up care and...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Inc. $1.5 million on September 30, 2025, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to implement the HEALTHWORKS Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program in Windham County, Vermont. The award funds an integrated care model delivering onsite substance use treatment, mental health services, medical care, peer...

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Contact Care Line $239,003 through the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R) on September 30, 2026. Contact Care Line will strengthen its Connections Follow-Up Program to reduce repeat crisis contacts among individuals served through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in its 15-county East Tennessee service area. The three-year project, running through...

Summary of BSCA Center for Mental Health Block Grants Award The Human Services Vermont Agency Of received a Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services award (CFDA 93.958) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the amount of $140,136.00, effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2027. This two-year block grant enables Vermont to provide comprehensive community-based mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children...