Assistance program
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)
$714.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 93.104
- What it does
- To implement community systems of care to provide comprehensive mental health services to children, youth, and young adults, birth through age 21, at risk for or with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) , and their families. Implementation of CMHI is guided by the Systems of Care (SOC) approach. The SOC approach strives to ensure that mental health services are family driven and youth guided, community based, and culturally and linguistically competent. Through CMHI, SAMHSA addresses the mental health needs of children, youth, young adults and their families by providing a comprehensive spectrum of mental health services.
- Who benefits
- Children under age 22 with a diagnosed serious emotional disturbance, serious behavioral disorder, or serious mental disorder.
- Who applies
- State (includes District of Columbia), political sub-divisions of s State, federally recognized Indian tribes, or Tribal Organization.
- Authorized by
- Public Health Services Act
- Program site
- http://www.samhsa.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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