Mental Health Awareness Training Grants (MHAT)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Funds mental health awareness and literacy training for school staff, emergency responders, law enforcement, veterans, service members and caregivers. Grantees report quarterly on numbers trained and numbers linked to services.
- Indicative award
- up to $200k per year (per year)NOFO SM-26-030 states up to $200,000 per year per award; annual budget cannot exceed $200,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year. Estimated total available funding $22,045,665 across an estimated 110 awards. Project period up to 3 years. No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · JulNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The FY 2026 deadline was July 27, 2026 and has passed. Expected award date September 1, 2026. Project period up to 3 years; MHAT has been recompeted in most recent fiscal years but SAMHSA does not guarantee an annual cycle.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and nonprofit private entities. Up to 3 of the awards are reserved for tribes or tribal organizations if application volume is sufficient.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- mental health literacy · crisis de-escalation training · first responder training · service linkage
- Apply at
- https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/grants/pdf/fy-2026-mhat-sm-26-030.pdf
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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