Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program | SM 22 003

Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 22 003

The Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program (Funding Opportunity Number SM 22 003) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is designed to help states and tribal entities strengthen and expand youth suicide prevention and early intervention efforts across the places where young people most often interact with adults who can notice risk and connect them to help. The program focuses on building practical, system-level capacity in a range of child- and youth-serving settings, including K-12 schools, colleges and universities, juvenile justice systems, behavioral health and substance use programs, foster care and child welfare systems, and other organizations that regularly serve youth.

At its core, the opportunity aims to move communities beyond isolated awareness campaigns and toward coordinated prevention and response systems. The grant is meant to support strategies that improve how youth at risk for suicide are identified, how staff and providers respond when risk is recognized, and how young people are successfully connected to appropriate services and supports. A major theme is early intervention: helping organizations recognize warning signs sooner, take risk seriously, and make sure youth do not fall through the cracks during transitions between settings (for example, from school to community services, or from emergency care back to home and outpatient treatment).

The funding announcement describes three main outcomes the program expects to achieve. First, it seeks to increase the number of youth-serving organizations that can effectively identify and work with youth who may be at risk for suicide. In practice, this often involves putting consistent screening or referral pathways in place, training staff to recognize and respond to risk, and creating clear protocols so that concerns are handled in a timely, safe, and coordinated way. Second, the program aims to increase the capacity of clinical service providers to assess, manage, and treat youth at risk of suicide. This speaks to strengthening the clinical side of the system: ensuring that providers have up-to-date competencies in suicide risk assessment and evidence-informed care, and that services are available and responsive when referrals come in from schools, juvenile justice partners, or child welfare agencies. Third, it emphasizes improving continuity of care and follow-up for youth identified as at risk, including youth discharged from emergency departments and inpatient psychiatric units. This focus reflects a widely recognized gap in many systems, where the period after a crisis visit or hospitalization is a high-risk time and continuity breaks can lead to missed appointments, lack of safety planning, or insufficient family and community support. The grant is intended to help grantees build stronger handoffs, follow-up procedures, and coordinated care arrangements so young people remain connected to support during and after crises.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) in the health category (Funding Activity Category: Health) and is associated with CFDA number 93.243. The award ceiling listed is $4,410,000, and the announcement anticipated making about 6 awards. The opportunity was created on February 17, 2022, with an original application closing date of April 18, 2022. Eligibility is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which signals that the detailed eligibility rules are defined in the full notice rather than only in the summary field, and typically would specify which state and tribal entities, agencies, or designated organizations are allowed to apply and under what conditions.

Overall, this grant opportunity is structured to help states and tribes build coordinated, sustainable youth suicide prevention and early intervention infrastructure that spans multiple systems. Rather than focusing on a single program in a single setting, it supports efforts that link youth-serving organizations with clinical care and follow-up supports, with particular attention to improving identification, strengthening provider response capacity, and ensuring continuity of care for youth at elevated risk, including those transitioning out of emergency and inpatient psychiatric care.

• 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 "Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program" 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 Feb 17, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 18, 2022. (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 $4,410,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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