The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), for Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals program.
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/20/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to provide comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based treatment and services for individuals, including youth, and families with substance use disorders (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health conditions and SUDs (CODs) who are experiencing homelessness.
Funding Information
Up to $500,000 per year per award
Project Period
Up to 5 years
SAMHSA funds will support three primary types of activities:
- behavioral health outreach, treatment and recovery-oriented services;
- coordination of housing and services to support the implementation and/or enhance long-term sustainability of integrated community systems that provide permanent housing and supportive services; and
- efforts to engage and connect individuals with SUD or COD, who are experiencing homelessness to resources for health insurance, Medicaid, and mainstream benefits programs (e.g., Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), etc.).
Allowable Activities
Allowable activities are an allowable use of funds to support individuals with SUDs or CODs who are experiencing homelessness but are not required. Allowable activities may include:
- Provide training, screening, including laboratory screening and confirmatory testing, counseling, and treatment linkage as appropriate for Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections.
- Initiate steps to reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviors by clients. Steps include client screening and assessment, and/or direct provision of appropriate services or referral and coordination with other providers of appropriate services. For information on homelessness and HIV, viral hepatitis and other HIV/AIDS topics relevant to this program, reference the Health Resources and Services Administration
- Provide limited in-reach services, such as outreach and screening, to identify incarcerated individuals who may experience homelessness upon release from a jail or detention facility and provide a post-release housing and behavioral health services plan.
- Provide training in evidence-based practices (EBPs) for service providers, such as medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), motivational interviewing, intensive case management (ICM), community reinforcement approach (A-CRA), motivational interviewing or peer supports.
- Develop and implement tobacco cessation programs, activities, and/or strategies.
- Provide training on the National CLAS standards to service providers to increase awareness and acknowledgment of differences in language, age, culture, racial and ethnic disparities, socio-economic status, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, and life experiences in order to improve the inclusiveness of the service delivery environment and ultimately improve behavioral health outcomes.
- Provide activities that address behavioral health disparities and the social determinants of health.
- Implement efforts aligned to the award that may expand diversity equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- Use data to understand who is served and disproportionately served (e.g., overserved or underserved).
- Develop and implement outreach and referral pathways that engage all demographic groups representative of your community.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants are community-based public and private non-profit entities. The statutory authority for this program specifies that these awards must be made to community-based public and private non-profit entities.
Therefore, states are not eligible to apply. Recipients of the follow awards are not eligible:
- TI-17-009 (GBHI) – Awards funded in FY 2019
- TI-20-001(GBHI) – Awards funded FY 2020 and FY 2022
- M-18-014 (Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness) – Awards funded in FY 2019 and FY 2020
Applicants may apply for SM-23-006 (Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness) but will be eligible to receive only one award if both applications are in the fundable range.
All non-profit entities must submit documentation of their non-profit status in Attachment 8 of your application. are community-based public and private non-profit entities.
General Eligibility Information
There are many types of organizations generally eligible to apply for SAMHSA funding opportunities. However, eligibility is strictly tied to the statutory authority governing this award. Please be sure to double check the NOFO for eligibility. Eligibility for this NOFO may include the following:
Government Organizations
- State governments and territories
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- State-Recognized Tribes
Other Tribal Entities
- Tribal organizations
- Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations
- Urban Indian Organizations
Education Organizations
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Education agencies/authorities serving children and youth residing in federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes
Non-profit Organizations
- Non-profits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Non-profits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, including entities with 501(c)(4) status (civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees) and 501(c)(5) status (labor organizations).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
