Opportunity Information: Apply for FG 20 008
The Centers of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities (FG 20 008) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under CFDA 93.243. Released on July 20, 2020, with an original closing date of August 19, 2020, the program was designed to be awarded within the same fiscal year, which is why SAMHSA noted that the application timeline was shortened compared to many other federal funding opportunities.
The central goal of the program is to create three separate Centers of Excellence (CoEs) that will strengthen the behavioral health workforce by developing and sharing high-quality training and technical assistance (TTA) focused on reducing behavioral health disparities. These Centers are meant to support healthcare practitioners with practical knowledge, skills, and resources that help them better serve communities experiencing unequal access, outcomes, or quality in mental health and substance use care. In other words, the emphasis is not on providing direct clinical services as the main deliverable, but on building the capacity of practitioners and systems through structured training, tools, and ongoing technical support.
Each of the three funded Centers is expected to focus on one specific priority population where SAMHSA identified significant disparities in behavioral healthcare: African Americans, LGBTQ people, and the aging population. Rather than funding a single national center to cover all groups, SAMHSA planned to fund three awards total, with each awardee specializing in the needs, barriers, and culturally responsive approaches relevant to its assigned population. The expectation is that each Center will design and deliver training content and technical assistance activities that directly address the drivers of disparities for that group, such as stigma, discrimination, gaps in culturally competent care, unequal screening and referral patterns, and differences in how services are accessed and experienced.
The notice highlights a strict submission requirement: applications must be error-free by the deadline to be considered. SAMHSA states that applications may be returned to applicants to address errors, but it also makes clear that only applications that are corrected and fully submitted without errors by the due date and time will move forward for consideration. Applicants were explicitly directed to closely review Appendix A, particularly sections 5.1 and 5.2, for the detailed guidance behind these requirements, signaling that compliance and technical correctness were treated as a gating factor, not a minor administrative detail.
Funding details are straightforward: SAMHSA expected to make three awards, with an award ceiling of $700,000. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification to be found in the opportunity's additional eligibility information section (meaning applicants needed to read the full notice to confirm whether their organization type qualified). Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a capacity-building initiative intended to spread evidence-informed, culturally responsive workforce training and implementation support, with three specialized Centers working in parallel to improve behavioral health equity for African Americans, LGBTQ communities, and older adults.Apply for FG 20 008
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Centers of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 20, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 19, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $700,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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