Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is seeking grant applications to develop or enhance infant and early childhood mental health promotion and intervention programs for young children. The program supports work to strengthen service capacity in this area, with eligibility statutorily limited to human services agencies or nonprofit institutions. Key context includes that this is a discretionary health grant with no matching requirement, and the expected awards are part of a broader federal funding opportunity for fiscal year 2026. The opportunity lists an estimated total program funding of $5,087,530 across 10 awards, with questions directed to InfantandEarlyChildhoodMentalHealth@samhsa.hhs.gov or Emily Lichvar at 240-276-1859.