Oklahoma Department Of Mental Health And Substance Abuse Services

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Oklahoma City, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering behavioral health, substance abuse prevention and treatment, crisis response, and reentry services across Oklahoma. ODMHSAS acts as the state's designated mental health and substance abuse authority, administering federal grants and distributing funds to local nonprofits and community mental health centers; the entity is not a federal contractor and does not pursue federal contracts as a prime.

ODMHSAS' federal grant footprint is concentrated heavily within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which funds 92 block grants and project grants covering prevention, treatment, recovery, and crisis services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development provides 38 awards under the Continuum of Care Program for homelessness prevention and housing services. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance funds 19 awards, primarily treatment court enhancements and reentry initiatives for justice-involved individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

Recent grant awards illustrate ODMHSAS' operational scope. A $54 million Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.959) awarded October 1, 2025, supports prevention, treatment, and recovery services distributed to 14 sub-recipients including Grand Lake Mental Health Center, Oxford House, Drug Recovery Inc., and school-based prevention programs. A $25.884 million Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) awarded October 1, 2025, funds comprehensive services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance, distributed to 16 sub-recipients including Evolution Foundation, Oklahoma Family Network, and Mental Health Association Oklahoma. A $2 million Center for Substance Abuse Prevention project grant (CFDA 93.492) awarded September 30, 2026, implements the Oklahoma Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership for Success over five years, targeting opioid and cannabis prevention in high-burden rural communities and reaching an estimated 1.25 million Oklahomans annually. A $986,031 Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program award (CFDA 16.585) from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, effective October 1, 2024, expands state-based training and technical assistance for drug courts serving approximately 8,000 high-risk participants over four years. ODMHSAS also administers PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) formula grants totaling $595,773 to $939,776 annually, serving individuals experiencing serious mental illness and homelessness.

Award activity shows decline from 33 awards in 2023 to 7 in 2025 and 3 in 2026, reflecting the grant lifecycle rather than loss of customer relationships—many core SAMHSA block grants and formula programs recur annually but appear as single multi-year awards in the source. Fourteen awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete or renewal opportunities across block grant and project grant programs. ODMHSAS receives sub-contract technical assistance work from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, most recently for Coalition and Transformation Transfer Initiative support (January 2025, December 2023).

As a state government mental health authority, ODMHSAS does not compete in federal procurement markets but serves as a pass-through funder and administrator of behavioral health infrastructure and services, operating within federal grant programs across SAMHSA, HUD, DOJ, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Administration on Children Youth and Families.