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

To provide comprehensive community mental health services to children, youth, and young adults, birth through age 21 with a serious emotional disturbance (SED), which may include efforts to identify and serve children at risk, and their families. Implementation of CMHI is guided by the systems of care (SOC) approach.? It is expected that the CMHI SOC must: Be established in a community(ies) selected by a public entity. - Consist of the community�s public agencies and nonprofit entities (i.e., cross system partners) needed to ensure that each of the required services is available to the child. - Be established through agreements between the public entity, public agencies, and nonprofit entities (i.e., cross system partnerships). - Coordinate the provision of all required services. - Establish a single point of access (i.e., a single office or place) that serves as the location through which children are provided access to the system of care.

State, any political subdivision of a State, and any Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in section 4(b) and section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act).

The following review criteria will be used in evaluating proposals: (1) Potential significance of the proposed project; (2) appropriateness of goals and objectives; (3) adequacy and appropriateness of the proposed approach and activities; (4) evidence of the applicant�s readiness and commitment to the proposed project; (5) commitment to family participation in system development and care of their children and adolescents; (6) capability and experience of project director, consultants, and other key staff; (7) adequacy of available resources; (8) reasonableness of the proposed budget; (9) cooperation in the evaluation activities; and (10) evidence of activities directed at developing continues funding support. Award criteria include: (1) quality of proposed project as determined by the review process; and (2) availability of funds.

This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Additional Information: A requirement contained in certain legislation, regulations, or administrative policies that a recipient must maintain a specified level of financial effort in the health area for which Federal funds will be provided in order to receive Federal grant funds. This requirement is usually given in terms of a previous base-year dollar amount.This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. A requirement contained in certain legislation, regulations, or administrative policies that a recipient must maintain a specified level of financial effort in the health area for which Federal funds will be provided in order to receive Federal grant funds. This requirement is usually given in terms of a previous base-year dollar amount.