Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 20 003
The Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), specifically its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Released on October 11, 2019 under Funding Opportunity Number SM-20-003 (CFDA 93.243), the program was designed to support organizations that can strengthen the way primary care and behavioral health care work together in real-world clinical settings, with the overall aim of improving outcomes for people who often experience significant health disparities.
At its core, this opportunity focuses on building truly integrated care rather than simply coordinating services in parallel. The first major goal is to promote full integration and close collaboration in clinical practice between primary care providers and behavioral health providers. That means encouraging shared workflows, team-based care, communication pathways, and practical arrangements that make it easier for patients to receive whole-person care instead of being shuffled between disconnected systems.
The second major goal is to support the improvement of integrated care models that address both physical and behavioral health needs, with a particular focus on improving wellness and physical health outcomes for priority populations: adults living with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with serious emotional disturbance (SED). These groups are frequently at increased risk for chronic medical conditions, poorer access to preventive services, and avoidable complications. The program emphasizes models that can close those gaps by embedding physical health supports within behavioral health settings and/or ensuring behavioral health supports are readily available in primary care environments, depending on the applicant's service structure and community needs.
The third major goal is to expand and strengthen integrated care services that cover the full continuum of clinical needs, including screening, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Importantly, SAMHSA highlights integrated services for mental disorders and substance use disorders alongside co-occurring physical health conditions and chronic diseases. In practice, this often points to care approaches that routinely screen for behavioral health conditions in primary care, screen for physical health risks in behavioral health settings, and ensure treatment planning accounts for co-occurring conditions rather than treating them separately. The emphasis on chronic disease reflects recognition that many patients with SMI or SED are also dealing with long-term health conditions that require consistent monitoring, follow-up, and coordinated medication and lifestyle supports.
In terms of funding structure, the opportunity anticipated making 4 awards, with an award ceiling of $7,648,000. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is health. Eligibility is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," indicating that applicants needed to review SAMHSA's eligibility language in the full notice to confirm which types of organizations could apply and under what conditions. The original application closing date was December 10, 2019, positioning this as a FY 2020 competition intended to fund a small number of relatively large-scale projects capable of demonstrating robust integration and measurable improvements.
Overall, PIPBHC is aimed at helping clinics and community-based providers move beyond fragmented care by creating integrated service models that treat physical health, mental health, and substance use needs as interconnected. The program prioritizes practical clinical integration that leads to better screening and earlier identification of problems, improved access to treatment, better management of co-occurring chronic conditions, and ultimately stronger wellness and physical health outcomes for adults with SMI and children with SED.Apply for SM 20 003
- 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 "Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care" 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 Oct 11, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 10, 2019. (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 $7,648,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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