Funding Opportunities

The Behavioral Health grant program aims to improve access to effective mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services and supports for Michigan residents. The four focus areas include: Implementation of innovative care delivery models; Multisector responses aimed at developing and strengthening local systems of care for mental health and SUD and supporting efficient entry to treatment; Use of innovative technology to improve access to care and/or quality of care; Implementation of team-based approaches to care, including integration at the point of care, sharing health information among providers, and increased provider consultation. A competitive proposal will focus on a specific target population and include local data to illustrate the need for the intervention. The Health Fund prioritizes projects that focus on expanding access to behavioral health services through evidence-informed interventions and support target populations, including children, older adults, and youth experiencing foster care. Enhancements to the behavioral health workforce and efforts toward integrating behavioral health services among care teams and into other settings are important themes that run through all four priority areas. Activities advancing these themes may strengthen a proposal.