Adult Mental Health Division

Request for Public Comment
FY 2024-2025 Mental Health Block Grant Application

Overview

Mandated by the U.S. Congress, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) community mental health block grants (MHBG) are noncompetitive grants that provide funding to states for adult and children/youth mental health services.

The Hawaii FY 2024-2025 MHBG application includes a comprehensive report of our state’s mental health system and presents data and fiscal expenditures related to activities that align with MHBG priority funding areas.  A summary of SAMHSA’s MHBG application requirements are available through this link.

Reviewing the Draft Application

The draft Hawaii FY 2024-2025 MHBG application can be viewed and downloaded here.

Submitting Your Comments

The statutory deadline for submitting the Hawaii FY 2024-2025 MHBG application is September 1, 2023.

Public comments on the draft application will be accepted via this feedback form until Sunday, August 27, 2023.

If you experience problems accessing the draft document or issues submitting your comments through the online feedback form, please contact Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand, AMHD Planner, via e-mail at [email protected].

Mahalo for your consideration and comments!

Previous Hawaii Block Grant Applications / Implementation Reports

Community Mental Health Services Block Grants from previous fiscal years are available for viewing at: https://bgas.samhsa.gov

Select “View an Existing Application” > Select the link to the report (by year) that you would like to view or Select the print option to download