Mental Health Block Grant 2016-2017 Application Review

DBHDD would like to offer interested persons the opportunity to review its DRAFT Federal Fiscal Year 2016-2017 application for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Mental Health Block Grant Program (MHBG). This application is due to SAMHSA on September 1st. It is a non-competitive application process that occurs on a bi-annual basis. The MHBG funds are provided by the federal government to all states that submit an application successfully meeting the requirements as specified by SAMHSA. The MHBG application is now a web-based process and as such can be viewed at https://bgas.samhsa.gov. To review the current application, please take the following steps:

  1. Go to https://bgas.samhsa.gov.
  2. Enter the username and password (these are case sensitive): 
    • Username – citizenga
    • Password - citizen
  3. Select “View Existing Application”
  4. Select "2016-2017 MHBG Behavioral Health Assessment and Plan"
  5. Select “View Application”

The application contains four sections:

  1. State Information - contains state information and assurances
  2. Planning Steps - describes state system, unmet needs and plans to address needs
  3. Planning Tables – Priority Areas and Annual Performance Indicators; State Agency Expenditures; and Use of MHBG dollars
  4. Environmental Factors and Plan - Optional Narratives on topics of interest to SAMHSA; Information on State Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council

All are welcome to review the entire application or parts of the application as desired and provide comments to DBHDD.  Comments provided by 9/1 will be included with the application submission. Comments after 9/1 will be forwarded to SAMHSA per SAMHSA guidelines. Public comments can be e-mailed to Myrtis Smith at [email protected].