HHS Expands CCBHCs to 10 New States and Announces $700 Million in Behavioral Health Grants

More communities gain comprehensive mental health and substance use care as core grant funding holds

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 2026): HHS added 10 states to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and West Virginia. The expansion, run by CMS and SAMHSA, uses Medicaid funding to broaden access to comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment.

The same month, HHS announced $700 million in grant funding for mental health, addiction, and homelessness, with applications due July 17. Key priorities held steady:

• $223.1 million for CCBHCs
• $238.6 million for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
• $80 million for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery
• $70 million for mental health services and supports

New this year is the $96 million STREETS program, which will award eight communities up to $3 million a year for four years to build coordinated care for unhoused people facing substance use disorders, serious mental illness, or both.

CCBHCs serve people regardless of ability to pay and offer crisis care, outpatient treatment, and care coordination in one place. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing leads the coalition’s CCBHC work, and partners’ steady engagement with SAMHSA and CMS has helped protect this funding for essential care.