Short Title:
CCBHC Expansion Grants
Modified Announcement
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Modifications made to Evidence of Experience and Credentials (III.3) and Appendix C – Statement of Assurance.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
NOFO Number: SM-18-019
Posted on Grants.gov: Thursday, May 10, 2018
Application Due Date: Monday, July 09, 2018
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.829
Intergovernmental Review (E.O. 12372): Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their state(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) / Single State Agency Coordination: Applicants must send the PHSIS to appropriate State and local health agencies by application deadline. Comments from Single State Agency are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
Description
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Expansion Grants (Short Title: CCBHC Expansion Grants). The purpose of this program is to increase access to and improve the quality of community behavioral health services through the expansion of CCBHCs. CCBHCs provide person- and family-centered services and are available in the 24 states that participated in the FY 2016 Planning Grants for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (SM-16-001). The CCBHC Expansion grant program must provide access to services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid disorders; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD). SAMHSA expects that this program will improve the behavioral health of individuals across the nation by providing comprehensive community-based mental and substance use disorder services; treatment of co-occurring disorders; advance the integration of behavioral health with physical health care; assimilate and utilize evidence-based practices on a more consistent basis, and promote improved access to high quality care.
CCBHCs provide a comprehensive collection of services that create access, stabilize people in crisis, and provide the needed treatment and recovery support services for those with the most serious and complex mental and substance use disorders. CCBHCs integrate additional services to ensure an approach to health care that emphasizes recovery, wellness, trauma-informed care, and physical-behavioral health integration. CCBHCs provide services to any individual, regardless of their ability to pay or their place of residence.
The 21st Century Cures Act established the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC). In December 2017, the ISMICC issued a Report to Congress1 that outlined five major areas of focus and recommendations intended to support a mental health system that successfully addresses the needs of all individuals with SMI or SED and their families and caregivers. Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Expansion Grants align with the following recommendations:
- 2.1. Establish standardized assessments for level of care and monitoring of consumer progress.
- 2.7. Use telehealth and other technologies to increase access to care.
- 2.8. Maximize the capacity of the behavioral health workforce.
- 3.1. Provide a comprehensive continuum of care for people with SMI and SED.
- 3.9. Make integrated services readily available to people with co-occurring mental illnesses and substance use disorders, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders and other substance use disorders.
- 3.10. Develop national and state capacity to disseminate and support implementation of the national standards for a comprehensive continuum of effective care for people with SMI and SED.
- 5.2. Adequately fund the full range of services needed by people with SMI and SED.
- 5.8. Expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program.
States were funded to develop CCBHCs in FY2016 through Planning Grants for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (SM-16-001) This CCBHC expansion announcement creates opportunities to support the expansion of the CCBHC model in those states which participated in the 2016 Planning Grant program. This funding opportunity also addresses Healthy People 2020 Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area HP 2020-MHMD and Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA.
1The ISMICC Report to Congress can be found at https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/ismicc
Eligibility
Eligibility is limited to certified community behavioral health clinics or community-based behavioral health clinics who may not yet be certified but meet the certification criteria and can be certified within 4 months of award in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, and VA.
Award Information
Funding Mechanism: Grant
Anticipated Total Available Funding: $47,951,359
Anticipated Number of Awards: Up to 25
Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $2,000,000 annually
Length of Project: Up to 2 years
Cost Sharing/Match Required?: No
Proposed budgets cannot exceed $2,000,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Funding estimates for this announcement are based on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, recipient progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.
Contact Information
Program Issues
David de Voursney
Chief, Community Support Programs Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
David.DeVoursney@samhsa.hhs.gov
(240) 276-2332
Grants Management and Budget Issues
Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Financial Resources
Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
FOACMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov
(240) 276-1408