The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $15,687,675 Block Grant to the Vermont Agency of Human Services through the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The grant period runs from September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Through various sub-awards, the funding supports residential substance use treatment services, school-based prevention programs, substance use...
This federal Block Grant award of $1,882,184.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program supports the Human Services Vermont Agency Of in delivering a comprehensive range of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services across the state of Vermont. The two-year grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, enables the agency to design...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Vermont Agency of Human Services. This grant, titled the "Vermont First Responder Emergency Opioid Response Project", aims to enhance the ability of first responders and key community sectors in Vermont to...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,335,401.00 was made on November 12, 2024 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982). The grant aims to provide supplemental emergency mental health services, including crisis counseling, outreach, case management, and mental health worker training, to individuals affected by major disasters in Vermont. The primary awardee, the Vermont...
This $374,922 federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program is funding the "FUTURE VT (Families Uniting to Understand & Resolve Substance Effects in Vermont)" initiative. The goal of the initiative is to reduce youth cannabis and alcohol use in central Vermont by implementing evidence-based,...
The federal Block Grant award of $277,312.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The funding will support the Vermont Agency of Human Services in delivering a comprehensive array of community-based mental health services over a 2-year period from September 2023 to September 2025. Key services to be provided include outpatient counseling, substance abuse treatment,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $140,136 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) to the Human Services Vermont Agency Of. This two-year grant, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2026, will enable the agency to provide comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances across...
The Human Services Vermont Agency Of was awarded a $2,405,510.00 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant, allocated under CFDA Program 93.958, will support the agency's provision of comprehensive community mental health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances in Vermont. The...
The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded $375,000 under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958) to the Vermont Agency of Human Services. This block grant award will provide funding from September 2021 through September 2025 to enable the state of Vermont to deliver comprehensive community mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,552,000 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). The funding will support the integration of mental health clinicians into the Support and Services at Home (SASH) affordable housing sites across Vermont, providing expedited mental health support to up to 2,000 older adults and adults with disabilities. The grant will employ the equivalent of ten full-time...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is providing a $19,983,072 Project Grant to the Vermont Agency of Human Services. The award will fund a comprehensive set of evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health initiatives across Vermont over a 3-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027.
Key products and services to be delivered through this grant include:
Expanding access to opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder treatment, including medication-assisted treatment
Increasing regional capacity to implement community-specific opioid strategies through education, referral services, and recovery supports
Decreasing opioid-related deaths through overdose prevention, safe medication disposal, and integrated treatment and recovery services
The grant will support a network of sub-recipients, including non-profit organizations, recovery centers, and service providers, to deliver a range of prevention, treatment, and recovery services throughout Vermont communities.