The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is offering the Statewide Consumer Network Program Grant to support the development and expansion of peer support services, leadership, and engagement strategies statewide for adults with serious mental illness. This grant aims to increase access to quality mental health services, enhance consumer-operated organizations, and improve state capacity to support recovery. Applicants must focus on underserved populations such as ethnic minorities, veterans, homeless individuals, and those with co-occurring disorders. The grant seeks to empower consumer-operated organizations and promote consumer leadership within communities. Deadline for applications is April 23, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 298773
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SM-18-008 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Statewide Consumer Network Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 9 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.243 — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | May 23, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $855,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $95,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligibility is limited to domestic public and private non-profit entities, tribes, and Urban Indian organizations that are mental health consumer-operated organizations for at least two years and are not operating under the umbrella of another organization. To expand the impact of this program, SAMHSA will make only one award per state, territory, or tribe. SAMHSA is limiting eligibility to mental health consumer-operated organizations to strengthen the capacity of individuals with serious mental illness to improve efforts to address their needs, including enhancing access to and quality of mental health services. Only organizations that are operated and managed by mental health consumers are eligible applicants. Applicants must submit a Certificate of Eligibility and supporting documentation with the application. The Certificate of Eligibility attests that the organization meets the requirements of a consumer-operated organization. Recipients in states, tribes, or territories who received Statewide Consumer Network funding under SM-16-002 are not eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis |
| Description: | The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Statewide Consumer Network Program grants (Short Title: SCN). The purpose of this program is to improve efforts to address the needs of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) by developing and/or expanding peer support services, peer leadership, and peer engagement strategies statewide. The population of focus is adults with SMI, including those who are underserved and under-represented (e.g., consumers from ethnic, racial, and cultural minority groups); veterans; individuals who are chronically homeless; individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD) ; sexual orientation and gender identity minorities; and individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system. It is expected that this program will increase access to and quality of mental health services for adults with SMI; increase the sustainability of consumer-operated organizations; and enhance state capacity and infrastructure to support the recovery of adults with SMI and their families. The SCN grant program builds upon prior work of SAMHSA to establish recovery-oriented, consumer-driven services for adults with SMI. Although significant progress has been made, further support is needed to ensure the development of self-sufficient, empowered networks throughout a state. By developing appropriate training, education, resources, collaboration, and tools, statewide consumer networks are best poised to bring peer voice, guidance, and foresight into systems change. The goals of the SCN Program are: • Improve quality of and access to statewide peer support and recovery-oriented, integrated, and coordinated treatment, services, and supports. • Emphasize and build statewide consumer leadership within consumer-operated organizations and in the community. • Build capacity and sustainability of statewide consumer networks. • Work with policy makers, service providers, and other stakeholders to fully support the needs of adults with SMI and their families. 1) Consumer is defined as an individual 18 years of age or older with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or who has received services from the public mental health system as a result of a diagnosis of a mental disorder. See Appendix M: Glossary. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Statewide Consumer Network Program (Short Title: SCN) |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Gwendolyn Simpson
240-276-1408 Email:FOACMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Gwendolyn Simpson 240-276-1408 Email: FOACMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.243 | SM-18-008 | SCN | PKG00238480 | Feb 20, 2018 | May 07, 2018 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
298773 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
298773 SF424A-1.0.pdf
298773 HHS_CheckList_2_1-2.1.pdf
298773 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
298773 Project-1.1.pdf
298773 Budget-1.1.pdf
298773 SF424B-1.1.pdf
298773 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
298773 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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