Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 17 004
Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children s Health in American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities, U.S. Territories, and Pacific Jurisdictions Cooperative Agreements, commonly referred to as Indigenous Project LAUNCH, is a fiscal year 2017 discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). It was released on January 4, 2017, with an application deadline of March 1, 2017, under funding opportunity number SM-17-004 and CFDA 93.243. SAMHSA anticipated making about 13 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $550,000 per recipient.
The program is designed to strengthen early childhood wellness systems in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, as well as in U.S. Territories and Pacific Island jurisdictions. Its central focus is children from birth through age eight, a period when early experiences strongly shape long-term health and learning. Rather than targeting a single issue in isolation, Indigenous Project LAUNCH promotes whole-child development by supporting efforts that address physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development together. The underlying idea is that children do best when their families and communities have coordinated supports that prevent problems early, build resilience, and reinforce healthy development in ways that fit local culture and community strengths.
The overall goal of Project LAUNCH is for young children to thrive in safe, supportive environments and to enter school ready to learn and positioned to succeed. In practical terms, the grant supports prevention and promotion strategies and improvements to early childhood systems so that communities can identify needs earlier, connect families to appropriate supports, and create more consistent, culturally grounded services across settings where young children spend time. The opportunity explicitly builds on earlier rounds of Project LAUNCH funding, citing evidence from prior tribal and territorial grantees that early childhood resources are often insufficient in these communities and that targeted investments can produce meaningful, positive impacts for children and families when carried out in a culturally appropriate, strengths-based way.
This funding authority comes from Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and the program aligns with Healthy People 2020 priorities in the Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area (HP 2020-MHMD). While the eligibility category is listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification in the full eligibility text, the title and description make clear that the intended applicants and beneficiaries are tribal entities and organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native populations, along with organizations and governments operating in U.S. Territories and Pacific jurisdictions that are positioned to lead early childhood mental health promotion and related systems work.
In short, Indigenous Project LAUNCH is a SAMHSA CMHS grant initiative aimed at helping tribes, territories, and Pacific jurisdictions build and strengthen early childhood systems that support mental health and overall wellness from birth to age eight, using approaches that emphasize prevention, school readiness, culturally grounded practice, and coordinated community supports.Apply for SM 17 004
- 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 "Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health in American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities, U.S. Territories, and Pacific Jurisdictions Cooperative Agreements (Short Title: Indigenous – Project LAUNCH)" 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 Jan 04, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 01, 2017. (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 $550,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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