Mental Health Block Grant Application
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD) Office of Mental Health’s federal fiscal year 2026-2027 Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application is now available for review.
Please note that this application serves as the Agency’s Community Mental Health Services Block Grant State Plan, required by Public Law 102-321, for providing comprehensive community mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) and to children with a serious emotional disturbance (SED). The Block Grant is a noncompetitive formula grant that is provided to BHDD Office of Mental Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). You can learn more about the Block Grant here: Substance Use and Mental Health Block Grants | SAMHSA
This block grant application also includes an application for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) third allotment of funding.
The application is posted for review here: FFY2026 Block Grant Application
Please send questions and comments to:
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- Liza Watson, Director of Grants Administration
- Phone: (803) 898-8457
- E-mail: liza.watson@scdmh.org
- Postal Mail: PO Box 485, Columbia, SC, 29202, Attn: Liza Watson
Comments on the application should be submitted by noon, Thursday, August 28, 2025.
