RI Dept. Of Behavioral Healthcare Devel

The Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH), operating as Substance Abuse Treatment And Prevention Services, is a state government entity that acts as a prime recipient of federal grant funding and holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Food and Drug Administration for tobacco retailer compliance inspections. BHDDH is a child agency of the State of Rhode Island and does not compete under SBA set-asides; its federal work spans behavioral health service delivery, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and regulatory enforcement across Rhode Island.

BHDDH's federal funding portfolio is overwhelmingly grant-dominated, anchored by SAMHSA block grants and project grants. The Department holds recurring Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) and Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grants (CFDA 93.959) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), with recent awards including $4.27 million (FY2025–2027) for community mental health services and $5.84 million (FY2025–2027) for substance abuse prevention and treatment. BHDDH also receives formula grant funding under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program (CFDA 93.150), most recently $311 thousand (FY2025–2027) for housing assistance and mental health services targeting individuals experiencing homelessness. Project grants include opioid and stimulant response initiatives (approximately $1 million over three years), crisis counseling capacity building, and LGBTQ-focused substance abuse prevention among youth and young adults. On the contract side, BHDDH holds a $4.54 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with FDA (awarded September 2024, running through September 2029) for compliance and enforcement tobacco retailer inspections statewide, with three task orders placed to date totaling $1.5 million in combined potential value. The most recent FDA delivery order (May 2026) carries a $552.8 thousand ceiling for inspections in Kingston, Rhode Island through May 2027.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of Health and Human Services, which funds 92% of awards across its SAMHSA components, the FDA (8 awards, $11.2 million combined potential value), and the Administration for Children and Families. SAMHSA funds span three distinct grant streams — the Centers for Mental Health Services, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention — with recurring formula and block grant awards to the Department as the designated state agency recipient. BHDDH acts as a pass-through entity, sub-awarding portions of block grant and project grant funding to local governments, nonprofit organizations, community mental health centers, and specialized service providers throughout Rhode Island. The recent award portfolio shows six sub-awards issued by BHDDH as a sub-recipient from the Rhode Island Department of Human Services and State Department of Health, addressing homelessness services, behavioral healthcare delivery, and social services provision.

Activity has remained flat to modest — five to eleven awards per fiscal year over the past five years — with nine awards (combined potential value $553 thousand) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. Service Contract Inventory data captures modest federal services activity: $944 thousand in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue across FY2023 and FY2024 (combined approximately 3.8 FTEs in each year), with government-paid median rates around $60.51/hr. BHDDH does not use subcontractors on its SCI-reportable prime contracts; all delivery is performed by in-house staff. The Department's capability portfolio centers on state-level behavioral health administration, community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment service delivery, crisis intervention and suicide prevention support (the 988 Lifeline), housing and homelessness services coordination, and tobacco retailer regulatory compliance. Work is performed statewide across Rhode Island with administrative oversight at BHDDH's Cranston, Rhode Island headquarters.