Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 25 014
The National Women's Mental Health and Substance Use Technical Assistance Center (Funding Opportunity Number SM 25 014) is a SAMHSA discretionary grant designed to strengthen the national capacity of healthcare providers who serve women and girls, especially those who have mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or are at heightened risk for them. The program is built around the idea that women often interact with multiple parts of the healthcare system, so it focuses on supporting providers across several core specialties that commonly touch women's lives: mental health and substance use treatment, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, emergency departments, crisis services, and primary care. A major emphasis is ensuring providers can better recognize, respond to, and coordinate care for women whose behavioral health needs were intensified or made more complex by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
This opportunity will fund a single award (Expected Awards: 1) under a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means the federal agency will have an active partnership role in shaping and overseeing the work rather than simply issuing funds and receiving reports. The award ceiling is $2,500,000, and the program falls under the Health funding activity category with CFDA number 93.243. The overall intent is not just direct service delivery in one location, but broad technical assistance (TA) that can raise the quality and consistency of care nationwide. In practice, this kind of center usually provides training, consultation, toolkits, implementation supports, and guidance to help healthcare systems and frontline providers adopt evidence-informed approaches, improve screening and referral pathways, integrate behavioral health into medical settings, and address common barriers that women face when trying to access mental health and substance use care.
SAMHSA highlights a wide range of eligible applicants to ensure the TA center can be anchored in organizations with strong community and system connections. Eligible applicants include state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; tribal organizations; nonprofit community-based entities; and primary care and behavioral health organizations. The framing also signals a focus on real-world, community-anchored needs, specifically those worsened by the COVID-19 emergency, such as increases in anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, substance use, overdose risk, and disruptions to care, as well as compounding stressors like caregiving burdens, economic instability, and isolation. Because the TA is meant to support multiple settings (from OB/GYN clinics to crisis services), the center would be expected to help providers coordinate across systems so women do not fall through gaps when moving between medical care, behavioral health care, emergency care, and community supports.
Key logistics include the opportunity being created on 2024-12-20 with an original closing date of 2025-02-18. In summary, this grant funds a national technical assistance hub intended to improve how the healthcare workforce identifies and responds to women's mental health and substance use needs across the full continuum of care, with explicit attention to populations and communities disproportionately impacted during and after the COVID-19 period.Apply for SM 25 014
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Women’s Mental Health and Substance Use Technical Assistance Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-12-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the National Women's Mental Health and Substance Use Technical Assistance Center grant?
This is a SAMHSA discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SM 25 014) to establish a national technical assistance (TA) center focused on strengthening the capacity of healthcare providers who serve women and girls, especially those with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or heightened risk for them.
What is the primary purpose of this funding opportunity?
The primary purpose is to improve the quality, consistency, and coordination of care for women and girls by providing broad, nationwide technical assistance to healthcare providers and systems, rather than delivering direct clinical services in a single local area.
What kinds of needs is the program intended to address?
The program emphasizes helping providers better recognize, respond to, and coordinate care for women whose behavioral health needs were intensified or made more complex by the COVID-19 public health emergency, including issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, substance use, overdose risk, and disruptions to care.
Who is the program designed to help?
The program is designed to help healthcare providers and systems better serve women and girls, particularly those experiencing mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or elevated risk. The focus also includes populations and communities disproportionately impacted during and after the COVID-19 period.
Which healthcare settings and specialties are a focus for this technical assistance center?
The TA center is intended to support providers across multiple core specialties that commonly touch women's lives, including:
- Mental health and substance use treatment
- Obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN)
- Pediatrics
- Emergency departments
- Crisis services
- Primary care
Why does the opportunity emphasize multiple parts of the healthcare system?
The program is built around the idea that women often interact with multiple parts of the healthcare system. By supporting multiple settings, the TA center can help reduce gaps in care when women move between medical care, behavioral health care, emergency care, crisis services, and community supports.
What type of award is this?
This opportunity is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means SAMHSA will have an active partnership role in shaping and overseeing the work, rather than only issuing funds and receiving reports.
How many awards does SAMHSA expect to make?
SAMHSA expects to make a single award (Expected Awards: 1) under this opportunity.
What is the maximum funding amount available?
The award ceiling is $2,500,000.
What is the funding activity category and CFDA number?
The funding activity category is Health, and the CFDA number is 93.243.
Is this funding intended for direct service delivery?
The overall intent is broad technical assistance that can raise the quality and consistency of care nationwide. The emphasis is on training, consultation, tools, and implementation supports to help systems and providers improve care, rather than focusing on direct service delivery in one location.
What are examples of activities a national TA center might provide under this grant?
Based on the description provided, a center funded under this opportunity would typically provide supports such as training, consultation, toolkits, implementation supports, and guidance to help providers and healthcare systems:
- Adopt evidence-informed approaches
- Improve screening and referral pathways
- Integrate behavioral health into medical settings
- Address barriers women face when accessing mental health and substance use care
- Improve cross-system coordination so women do not fall through gaps in care
What kinds of COVID-19-related challenges are highlighted in this opportunity?
The opportunity highlights COVID-19-related and COVID-19-exacerbated challenges such as increased anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, substance use, overdose risk, and disruptions to care, along with compounding stressors like caregiving burdens, economic instability, and isolation.
Who is eligible to apply?
SAMHSA identifies a wide range of eligible applicants, including:
- State governments
- Local governments
- Tribal governments
- Territorial governments
- Tribal organizations
- Nonprofit community-based entities
- Primary care organizations
- Behavioral health organizations
Why does SAMHSA include such a broad list of eligible applicants?
The framing suggests SAMHSA wants the TA center to be anchored in organizations with strong community and system connections, and to remain grounded in real-world, community-anchored needs across multiple healthcare settings.
What is the expected geographic scope of the work?
The intent is national in scope, with a focus on strengthening capacity across the country through technical assistance that can improve provider practice and system performance nationwide.
What does "technical assistance" mean in this context?
In this context, technical assistance refers to capacity-building support provided to organizations and providers, such as training, consultation, toolkits, implementation supports, and guidance to help them improve screening, referral, care integration, and coordinated responses for women's mental health and substance use needs.
When was this funding opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on 2024-12-20.
What is the original closing date for applications?
The original closing date is 2025-02-18.
What is the central coordination goal for the TA center?
A central goal is to help providers coordinate across systems so women do not fall through gaps when moving between medical care, behavioral health care, emergency care, crisis services, and community supports.
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