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Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)

Program Information

Popular name

(CMHS Child Mental Health Service Initiative)

Program Number

93.104

Program objective

To implement community systems of care to provide comprehensive mental health services to children, youth, and young adults, birth through age 21, at risk for or with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) , and their families. Implementation of CMHI is guided by the Systems of Care (SOC) approach. The SOC approach strives to ensure that mental health services are family driven and youth guided, community based, and culturally and linguistically competent. Through CMHI, SAMHSA addresses the mental health needs of children, youth, young adults and their families by providing a comprehensive spectrum of mental health services.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    it is estimated 32 awards will be made. 64 awards were made.

  2. 2017

    73 awards will be made.

  3. 2018

    84 awards made.

  4. 2020

    It is estimated 48 awards will be made.

  5. 2021

    It is estimated 56 awards will be made.

  6. 2022

    71 awards were made

  7. 2023

    79 awards were made

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

CFR 200/45 CFR Part 75 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS awards; also the HHS Grants Policy Statement.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Child (6-15)
  • Infant (0-5)
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Youth (16-21)

Additional resources