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Assisted Outpatient Treatment

Program Information

Popular name

Assisted Outpatient Treatment Grant Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (Short title: Assisted Outpatient Treatment [AOT])

Program Number

93.997

Program objective

In April of 2014, Congress passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA), which authorized a four year pilot program to award grants for Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) programs for individuals with serious mental illness. The goal of the pilot program is to improve the health and social outcomes for the individuals served in the program such as increasing healthcare utilization, improving behavioral health and other health outcomes, and reducing rates of homelessness and incarceration. The AOT program will prepare and execute evidence-based, recovery oriented, and person-centered treatment plans with consumer input, provide case management and evidence-based serves that support he individual and the treatment plan, ensure individuals are made aware of criteria for AOT completion, and ensure appropriate referrals to medical and social services providers based on the individual’s needs.

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

    16 awards were made.

  2. 2017

    There were 17 awards made.

  3. 2018

    20 awards made.

  4. 2019

    It is estimated 20 awards will be made.

  5. 2020

    It is estimated 18 awards will be made.

  6. 2021

    It is estimated 35 awards will be made.

  7. 2022

    23 awards were made

  8. 2023

    23 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.

45 CFR Part 75 and the HHS Grant Policy Statement, terms and conditions of award.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • State

Additional resources