Behavioral Health Funding Opportunities and Grant Information

In accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released supplemental funding to states through the Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment and Mental Health Block Grants to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for Americans with substance use disorders and mental illness. For more information about South Dakota’s ARPA Supplemental Funds.

SAPT and MH Block Grants are awarded to South Dakota and other states to provide funding for behavioral health services including prevention, treatment, recovery supports and other services.

In addition to the SAPT Block Grant, the Synar Report requires states to have laws prohibiting the sale and distribution of tobacco products to minors. Learn more about the Synar Report.

Current and past reports for Block Grants and Synar

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In accordance with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released supplemental funding to enable states to strengthen and enhance mental health emergency preparedness and crisis response efforts.

For more information about South Dakota’s BSCA Supplemental Funds.

The PATH Grant provides communities with funding to engage adults in services who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have a mental illness and/or co-occurring substance use disorder.

State Target Response (STR) to the Opioid Crisis Grant
The STR grant aims to address the opioid crisis by increasing access to treatment, reducing unmet treatment needs, and reducing opioid overdose related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD).

State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant
The SOR Grant aims to address the opioid crisis by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment using the three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder, reducing unmet treatment needs, and reducing opioid overdose deaths through the provisions of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Visit the Avoid Opioid website for more information.

The purpose of this grant is to improve state & territory response to 988 contacts (including calls, texts, & chats) originating in the state by recruiting, hiring & training behavioral health workforce to staff the Lifeline center to respond, intervene, and provide follow-up to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

More information about South Dakota's 988: Building Local Capacity.

Additional Resources

• 988 Planning Grant
• SD 988 Implementation Plan
• Implementation Planning for 988 - Call Center Hub
• 988 Planning Grant: About the Funding Opportunity
• The Promise of 988: Crisis Care for Everyone, Everywhere, Every Time
• Crisis Now

988 Planning Coalition

• 988 Planning Coalition Charter

The purpose of this is grant is to prepare and train others on how to respond to persons with a mental disorder appropriately and safely, providing education and linkages to appropriate community resources.

More information about South Dakota’s Mental Health Awareness Training Grant.