Feb 7, 2013
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 Statewide Family Network Program grants. The purpose of this program is to enhance state capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. These grants will provide information, referrals, and support to families who have a child with a serious emotional disturbance and create a mechanism for families to participate in state and local mental health services planning and policy development.
SAMHSA is limiting eligibility to family-controlled domestic public and private nonprofit organizations in states, territories, and tribes. A primary goal of this program is to strengthen the capacity of families with children who have a serious emotional disturbance to act as agents of transformation in influencing the type and amount of services provided to them and their children and to ensure their mental health care is family driven and youth guided. Therefore, only family controlled organizations are eligible to apply. Family-controlled organizations must meet the following requirements:
1. An applicant organization must be dedicated to and have the infrastructure to improve mental health services statewide; and
2. An applicant must complete the Certification of Eligibility (see Appendix J of this RFA of this document) indicating that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements and include necessary supporting documentation.