Week of April 24, 2026

⚡ URGENT — Closing Within 30 Days

FUNDER: National Institute of Justice — Community Reentry Settings Initiative
AMOUNT: $750,000
DEADLINE: May 4, 2026 — ⚡ URGENT
ELIGIBILITY: State governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and small businesses focused on community reentry programming.
SUMMARY: NIJ is funding development of structured evaluation frameworks to improve how incarcerated individuals are released and reintegrated. Behavioral health organizations providing mental health, substance use, or trauma-informed services in reentry contexts are a strong fit. This closes in 11 days — if you work at the intersection of justice and behavioral health, this one demands your attention this week.
APPLY: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361413

📋 THIS WEEK'S OPPORTUNITIES

Note: Grants 2–7 below are forecasted by SAMHSA for release in May 2026. They are not yet officially open as of this Friday, but the post dates are 8–22 days away. Use this window to get your SAM.gov registration current, pull your organizational data, and have your narrative ready. Federal windows typically run 45–60 days from posting.

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Planning, Development & Implementation Grant
AMOUNT: Up to $1,000,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 1, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Community-based behavioral health nonprofit organizations, local government behavioral health authorities, Indian Health Service-affiliated organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations.
SUMMARY: This program is forecasted for a May 1 release with $94 million in total funding across 94 expected awards. CCBHC grants fund the development and establishment of new Community Behavioral Health Clinics to close service gaps for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. This is the largest single mental health nonprofit grant opportunity in the federal pipeline right now — if your org has the infrastructure to pursue it, this is the one to prepare for immediately.
APPLY: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/35a65941-9093-4e9a-8aae-e424b8122074

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT)
AMOUNT: Up to ~$200,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 1, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits, community organizations, and health systems implementing mental health awareness and literacy training programs.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to facilitate the implementation of mental health awareness and literacy training, with $22,030,532 in total funding and 110 anticipated awards. With 110 awards expected, this has unusually strong odds — organizations running training programs for clinicians, community members, school personnel, or peer support workers should plan to apply.
APPLY: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants (search MHAT when posted)

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Treatment and Recovery Services for Youth, Young Adults, and Families
AMOUNT: Up to ~$545,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 15, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits and behavioral health organizations serving youth ages 12–17 and young adults ages 18–25 with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental health disorders.
SUMMARY: This program is designed to enhance comprehensive treatment and recovery services for youth and young adults with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and their families, with $6,540,000 in total funding and 12 anticipated awards. If your org serves adolescents or transition-age youth with co-occurring presentations, this is a direct fit.
APPLY: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants (search Treatment Recovery Youth when posted)

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Statewide Consumer Network
AMOUNT: Up to ~$154,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 15, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Statewide mental health peer-run nonprofit organizations.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of statewide mental health peer-run organizations, with $1,849,735 in total funding and 12 anticipated awards. This is a rare opportunity specifically designed for consumer-run and peer-led organizations. If your org is peer-operated at a statewide level, this is a strong match with good odds.
APPLY: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants (search Statewide Consumer Network when posted)

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Services Program for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
AMOUNT: Up to ~$525,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 15, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits and behavioral health providers delivering residential SUD treatment services to pregnant and postpartum women and their dependent children.
SUMMARY: This program funds comprehensive services for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders across the continuum of residential settings, with $5,250,000 in total funding and 10 anticipated awards. Organizations operating or partnering with residential treatment programs for perinatal populations should begin scoping this immediately — maternal mental health and SUD at this intersection is a SAMHSA priority this cycle.
APPLY: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants (search Pregnant Postpartum Women when posted)

FUNDER: SAMHSA — Preventing Drug Overdoses: Community Prevention and Response
AMOUNT: Up to ~$850,000 per award
DEADLINE: Opens ~May 15, 2026 — Monitor grants.gov
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits, community organizations, and public health agencies implementing community-wide drug overdose prevention programs.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to develop and implement a community-wide prevention program of drug overdose deaths by expanding access to FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal medications, with $11,050,000 in total funding and 13 anticipated awards. Behavioral health orgs with strong community partnerships and harm reduction programming are well-positioned here — particularly those that can demonstrate reach into high-need populations.
APPLY: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants (search Community Prevention Response when posted)

FUNDER: van Ameringen Foundation — November 2026 Grant Cycle
AMOUNT: $25,000–$250,000
DEADLINE: LOI Deadline July 17, 2026 (LOI portal opens June 1, 2026)
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations providing mental health services exclusively in the five boroughs of New York City and within the city limits of Philadelphia, as well as national advocacy organizations. Vanamfound
SUMMARY: Within its broad focus on mental health, the Foundation funds programs that increase accessibility of mental health services for underserved communities, offer preventive and early-intervention strategies, and advocate for systemic change. Vanamfound The November 2026 cycle LOI portal opens June 1 — New York City and Philadelphia-based orgs should begin drafting now. This is one of the most respected dedicated mental health funders in the region, and the process moves quickly once the portal opens.
APPLY: https://www.vanamfound.org/apply-for-a-grant

📊 ONE INSIGHT THIS WEEK

SAMHSA is releasing its largest spring funding wave of the year in the next three weeks, and the timing is not accidental. The federal behavioral health funding landscape under the current administration is consolidating around a specific set of priorities: peer-run services, co-occurring youth treatment, community-based clinics, and crisis response. The CCBHC grants alone represent $94 million going directly to nonprofit behavioral health organizations — but that money only reaches organizations that have active SAM.gov registrations, current organizational data on file, and staff or consultants ready to write. If your org's SAM.gov registration has lapsed or is due to expire, that is the single most urgent thing to fix this week before these windows open. The organizations that win these grants in June and July began preparing in April.

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— Cody, FundedCare | MFT-LP