Family Pride Initiative

Family Pride Initiative is sponsored by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Family Pride Initiative supports mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth and provides training for parents, counselors, and other care providers of LGBTQ+ youth in Southern Arizona.

This page explains the federal funding sources DMH/DD/SUS uses to create grant opportunities and support programs that address mental health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disabilities. Learn how federal grants from agencies such as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) help us fund services and initiatives across North Carolina.

Federal grants are divided into the following: Apply for DMH/DD/SUS Grant Funding Learn about current grant opportunities and how to apply for funding from DMH/DD/SUS. Use the tables and accordions below to learn more about our Block Grants, Federal Discretionary Grants, and Formula Grants, including how they support our work and who they serve.

Block grants provide ongoing funding from the federal government to support a wide range of services across North Carolina. These flexible funds help ensure access to prevention, treatment, and recovery supports for mental health and substance use.

Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS) Funds prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery supports for people at risk for or with a substance use disorder. Current Priority Focus Areas Helping to plan, implement, and evaluate activities that prevent and treat substance use.

Federal: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Women; pregnant women; veterans; children and adolescents; transition-age youth; young adults; and adults. Grant is awarded in 2-year cycles; each award overlaps the previous award by 1 year. Grant runs from October 1 through September 30 for each grant period.

Current Priority Focus Areas 80% of the grant award is directed towards treatment and workforce development 20% is required for prevention activities and services.

SUPTRS encompasses all DMH/DD/SUS priorities, however the following two are particularly significant: Delay initial substance exposure or use and deter access to substances that can be misused by children and adolescents and use harm reduction strategies to prevent escalation and misuse in young adults. Increase timely access to SUD services, especially for geographies and populations with low penetration rates.

Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (CMHBG) Addresses the complex needs of children, youth, adults, families, and communities impacted by mental health issues. Current Priority Focus Areas Supports states in carrying out plans for providing comprehensive community mental health services. States can be flexible in the use of funds for both new and unique programs or to supplement their current activities.

Federal: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) ages 18 and older who have a diagnosable mental, or emotional condition and their condition substantially interferes with, or limits, one or more major life activities. Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED), ages 3 to 18, who have a diagnosable mental or emotional issue.

Grant is awarded in 2-year cycles; each award overlaps the previous award by 1 year. Grant runs from October 1 through September 30 for each grant period. Current Priority Focus Areas 10% of each grant award addresses early serious mental illness/first episode psychosis.

5% of each grant award is required to be directed towards crisis services and supports.

CMHBG encompasses all DMH/DD/SUS’s priorities, however the following three are particularly targeted: Increasing Access to Care Across the State Strengthen the Crisis System Amplify Recovery and Community-Based Services Federal Discretionary Grants Federal discretionary grants are competitive, time-limited awards that support specific projects or priorities.

Unlike block grants, which offer broad funding for ongoing services, these grants focus on targeted innovations, pilot programs, and emerging needs.

State Opioid Response Grant (SOR) Cooperative Agreements for 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up Programs Transformation Transfer Initiative: Crisis Workforce Wellness, and Resilience and Prevention of Burnout Crisis Counseling Program: Regular Services Program (CCP:RSP) Bureau of Justice Administration: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Bureau of Justice Administration: North Carolina Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (COAPS) Preventing Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO) North Carolina Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF-Rx) Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for States: North Carolina (SPF-PSS) NC Healthy Transitions for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Disorders Model Demonstration Project: Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) NC Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program Hurricane Helene Recovery Funding State Opioid Response Grant (SOR) Description Aims to help reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid-related overdose deaths by: Increasing access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD), such as naloxone Support the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and other concurrent substance use disorders Increase timely access to SUD services, especially for geographies and populations with low penetration rates.

Cooperative Agreements for 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up Programs Description Expanding efforts among Lifeline crisis centers to support individuals to provide continued support and linkages to decrease suicide risk by: Ensuring the systematic follow-up of suicidal person who contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Providing enhanced coordination of crisis stabilization, crisis respite, mobile crisis outreach response services and other services on the crisis continuum of care Reducing unnecessary police engagement Improving connections for high-risk populations Funding Source Federal: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Population Served Open to every North Carolinian regardless of insurance status Age Ranges All age ranges Grant Length Current grant: 09/30/2023 – 09/29/2026 Transformation Transfer Initiative: Crisis Workforce Wellness, and Resilience and Prevention of Burnout Description Aims to provide services and supports for those providing crisis services to individuals: Establishing a Suicide Prevention Advisory Board Organize and implement a statewide Suicide Prevention Conference Creation of a Community of Practice and Education Team Implement culturally inclusive suicide prevention training for non-clinical providers Funding Source Federal: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Population Served Providers of non-clinical services Age Ranges N/A Grant Length 8 months Crisis Counseling Program: Regular Services Program (CCP:RSP) Description Grant is for the individuals impacted by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.

The grant aims to assist individuals and communities in recovering from the effects of natural and human-caused disasters through the provision of community-based outreach and psychoeducational services.

This grant supports short-term interventions that involve assisting disaster survivors in understanding their current situation and reactions, mitigating stress, developing coping strategies, accessing sources of emotional support, and encouraging linkages with other individuals and agencies that help survivors in their recovery process.

Funding Source SAMHSA/FEMA Population Served All North Carolinians impacted by Hurricane Helene within the Emergency Declaration identified counties.

Age Ranges All ages Grant Length January 27, 2025 – October 26, 2025 Bureau of Justice Administration: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Description To reduce opioid overdose deaths of those involved in the justice system by 20% through a comprehensive, multi-sector strategy focused on improving the use of prescribed controlled substances.

Funding Source Federal: Bureau of Justice Administration Population Served The entire state Age Ranges All ages Grant Length 2 years (ends December 31, 2025) Bureau of Justice Administration: North Carolina Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (COAPS) Description To reduce opioid overdose deaths among North Carolinians involved in the local justice system through the implementation of pre-arrest diversion programs, jail-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and jail-based overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution upon release.

Funding Source Federal: Bureau of Justice Administration Population Served Those in jail/prison and those re-entering the community from jail/prison Age Ranges Adolescents and adults Grant Length 3 years (ends September 30, 2025) Preventing Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO) Description Reducing the number of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and adverse events among individuals 18 and older by training first responders and other key community sectors on the prevention of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and implementing secondary prevention strategies, including the purchase and distribution of naloxone to first responders.

Funding Source Federal: SAMHSA Population Served First Responders and Key Community Sectors Age Ranges N/A Grant Length 5 years: 08/31/2021 – 08/30/2026 North Carolina Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF-Rx) Description Grant targets the priority issue of prescription drug misuse.

Aims to raise awareness about the dangers of sharing medications and work with pharmaceutical and medical communities on the risks of overprescribing to young adults. Further aims to raise community awareness and bring prescription drug abuse prevention activities and education to schools, communities, parents, prescribers, and their patients.

Funding Source Federal: SAMHSA Population Served Medical and pharmaceutical communities, school, parents, prescribers Age Ranges N/A Grant Length 5 years: 9/30/2021 – 9/29/2026 Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for States: North Carolina (SPF-PSS) Description Aimed at preventing substance use initiation and reducing the progression of substance use and related problems.

Grant supports the development and implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies and strengthens prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community and state levels.

Funding Source Federal: SAMHSA Population Served Prevention providers and communities Age Ranges N/A Grant Length 5 years: 9/30/2023 – 9/29/2028 NC Healthy Transitions for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Disorders Description To improve and expand access to developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate services and supports for transition-aged youth and young adults who either have, or are at risk for developing, serious mental health conditions.

Funding Source Federal: SAMHSA Population Served Transition-aged youth and young adults Age Ranges 16 – 25 Grant Length 5 years: 09/30/2024 – 09/29/2029 Model Demonstration Project: Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) Description To establish Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) pilot projects that offer the complex services and supports needed to support those with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) enter, maintain, and enjoy CIE.

Funding Source Federal: U.S. Department of Education Population Served Individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities seeking competitive, integrated employment Age Ranges Adults Grant Length 5 years: 10/1/2022 – 9/30/2027 NC Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program Description Seeks to create and strengthen state and local systems of services and supports for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their families, improve access to coordinated services, and promote the sustainability of TBI projects through policy changes.

It also encourages systems change activities to evaluate and improve current structures and policies.

Funding Source Federal: Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services Population Served Those with TBI and their families Age Ranges All ages Grant Length 5 years: 08/01/2021 – 07/31/2026 Hurricane Helene Recovery Funding Description Funding provide short-term and longer term services and supports to those impacted by Hurricane Helene.

This funding provides disaster supplies, the ability for providers to develop and rebuild services and supports, and training and supports for first responders. Funding Source State: State Government Population Served All impacted by Hurricane Helene in the impacted counties as noted in the Emergency Declaration.

Age Ranges All ages Grant Length No end date Formula grants provide ongoing funding to states based on a set formula, such as population or need. These funds support specific programs and services as outlined by the grant’s requirements.

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Description: Formula grant that is a response to homelessness and includes services such as outreach; screening and diagnostic assessment; habilitation and rehabilitation; substance use disorder treatment; and referrals for primary health care, job training, educational services and housing.

Funding Source: Federal: SAMHSA Population Served: Homeless individuals Age Ranges: Adults Grant Length: PATH grant is issued annually. Grant length is for two year project periods. Main Office: 984-236-5000 Main Office Email: contactdmh@dhhs.

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