health · HHS-SAMHS-SAMHSA
Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-Based Treatment and Support
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis · SM-26-019
Award Range
$0 – $3.0M
Total Program Funding
$24.0M
Expected Awards
8
Deadline
July 17, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
SAMHSA is funding 8 grants (up to $3M each, $24M total) for the 'Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-Based Treatment and Support' (STREETS) program — comprehensive treatment programs for people involved in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders and/or mental health conditions. These are alternatives to incarceration: treatment courts, diversion programs, and reentry support.
Who Should Apply
State/local governments, courts, community behavioral health providers, and criminal justice partnerships implementing treatment alternatives to incarceration. Must work with justice-involved populations with behavioral health needs.
Who Should NOT Apply
Law enforcement agencies without treatment partnership, corrections departments proposing only security (not treatment), organizations without criminal justice connections, or residential treatment programs without justice system integration.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must provide evidence-based treatment for justice-involved individuals
- •Must integrate criminal justice and behavioral health systems
- •8 awards up to $3M each ($24M total)
- •Must offer alternatives to incarceration or support reentry
- •Must address substance use and/or mental health disorders
- •No cost-sharing required
💡 GrantQuick Tip
8 awards at $3M each for treatment-justice integration — one of the larger SAMHSA grants. Drug courts and mental health courts are the obvious applicants, but SAMHSA wants to see the FULL continuum: screening at arrest/booking → diversion to treatment → evidence-based care → recovery support → employment/housing. Partner with your local court system, jail, and public defender's office. Show data on how many people cycle through your jail with untreated SUD who would benefit from treatment alternatives.
Competitiveness: Moderate — 8 awards for justice-behavioral health partnerships. Communities with existing drug courts or diversion programs have strong advantages.
What This Grant Funds
The purpose of this program is to support comprehensive, street-based engagement, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals who are homeless and have serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
Who Can Apply
Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Maximum Award
- $3.0M
- Total Program Funding
- $24.0M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 8
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- cooperative_agreement
Key Dates
Agency Contact
Office of Financial Resources Division of Grants Management 240-276-1940
NOFOBudget.CMHS@samhsa.hhs.govReady to apply?
View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov