SAMHSA CCBHC Winners and Award History

According to SAMHSA's CCBHC Expansion Grants page (opens in a new tab), HHS has supported CCBHC development through the SAMHSA CCBHC Expansion Grant Program, established in 2018. According to SAMHSA, the current expansion grant structure includes Planning, Development and Implementation grants for providers building new CCBHC clinics and Improvement and Advancement grants for existing CCBHCs. According to SAMHSA SM-22-012 (opens in a new tab), eligible CCBHC-IA applicants included existing CCBHC Medicaid demonstration sites, existing CCBHC-Expansion recipients, or state-certified CCBHCs. According to HHS TAGGS Assistance Listing 93.696 (opens in a new tab), public rows list recipient name, state, award number, award title, and action amount, while the listing page itself showed $1,693,227,389 in total assistance from FY2008 to present when checked.

Where official sources stop: SAMHSA explains the model and grant tracks. TAGGS lists public award actions. Neither source tells a clinic whether CCBHC status is the right operating model, whether the clinic can staff crisis services, or whether a state payment route exists. This guide adds the applicant decision screen.

CCBHC winner history can mislead clinics that only want a SAMHSA grant. The real question is whether the organization is ready for the CCBHC model. A clinic can win planning money and still be in trouble if it cannot meet access, crisis, care coordination, quality, and billing requirements.

2026 CCBHC Recipient Rows Visible In TAGGS

This table shows selected first-page TAGGS rows. It is a public sample, not the full export. According to USAspending.gov (opens in a new tab) award records, the four FY2026 rows are year-3 continuation actions on awards whose project period runs from April 30, 2024 to April 29, 2028; each award totals about $3.0 million to date. They show who is still funded, not who won a new FY2026 award.

The $0 rows are not useless. They are a warning. TAGGS action rows can include actions that do not add new money in that row. A clinic should not scrape a page, sum every row, and call that total grant funding. For CCBHC work, the source unit matters as much as the recipient name.

Next route: Pair this page with the CCBHC grants guide, SAMHSA grant programs guide, mental health grants guide, federal grants for nonprofits, and the nonprofit grant database.

What The Winner Pattern Means For Applicants

The bad fit is a clinic that treats CCBHC money as ordinary operating relief. The better fit is a provider that can show a credible path to CCBHC criteria, 24/7 crisis response, DCO agreements, data reporting, and a payment model beyond the grant.

For example, a hypothetical outpatient nonprofit with no mobile crisis capacity, no Medicaid cost-reporting discipline, and no state certification path should wait. A provider with crisis partnerships, state backing, billing depth, and a one-year criteria work plan would be much closer to a strong CCBHC application.

What SAMHSA CCBHC Winner Lists Don't Tell You

Grantsights data adds the public route screen: source unit, visible recipient pattern, $0 action caveat, track split, and apply, wait, or skip guidance.

6 Apply, Wait, Or Skip Checks

5 CCBHC Readiness Screens Before A Grant Draft

According to SAMHSA, CCBHC expansion grants include PDI and IA tracks. That split should be the first applicant screen, because a provider building toward CCBHC status has a different risk profile than a provider already certified as a CCBHC.

For example, a provider with crisis staffing, Medicaid billing experience, and a state certification trail looks different from a counseling nonprofit that wants a grant to hire more therapists. Both may serve real needs. Only the first may fit the CCBHC route without major redesign.

According to TAGGS, the visible FY2026 CCBHC continuation rows checked by Grantsights included action amounts near $1M. A $1M action can help a provider close a defined criteria gap, but it will not by itself make 24/7 crisis care, data reporting, and care coordination affordable after the grant period. Compare this page with the CCBHC grants guide and mental health grants guide before starting an IA or PDI draft.

4 Budget And Sustainability Warnings

According to SAMHSA's expansion-grant page, the program shifted in 2022 to tracks that can provide up to $1M per year. That amount can be large for a small nonprofit and still small for a full CCBHC operating change.

The first warning is crisis cost. A real mobile or 24/7 crisis path needs staffing, supervision, backup, technology, and coverage when staff are out. If the grant budget treats crisis work as one part-time position, the plan will likely fail after award.

The second warning is state payment. Some clinics can connect CCBHC status with Medicaid payment models. Others cannot. A provider in a state without a payment path may be building services that become hard to sustain after the SAMHSA period ends.

The third warning is partner proof. DCOs cannot be decorative. If the clinic relies on partners for required services, reviewers and post-award staff will expect roles, referrals, data sharing, and accountability to be real.

The fourth warning is grant substitution. CCBHC funding should not replace a narrower SAMHSA route when the need is only peer support, school services, crisis training, or SUD treatment expansion. Use the SAMHSA grant programs guide to compare the narrower path.

3 Real-World Recipient Reads From The TAGGS Sample

According to HHS TAGGS, Southern California Health & Rehabilitation Program had a visible FY2026 continuation row for a Crenshaw CCBHC project that began in 2024. Applicant read: urban access, behavioral health infrastructure, and clinic capacity can be part of the route, but the title alone does not prove total award value.

According to TAGGS, Aroostook Mental Health Services in Maine had a visible FY2026 continuation row for an Improvement and Advancement award that began in 2024. Applicant read: rural or less dense service areas can still appear in the award trail when the provider has the operating base for CCBHC work.

According to TAGGS, Berrien Mental Health Authority in Michigan had a visible action below $1M. Applicant read: public or quasi-public behavioral health authorities can be credible applicants, but the decision still turns on certification, crisis services, and sustainability.

How To Pull The Full Recipient List Yourself

This page gives the source method, visible TAGGS rows, grant-track caveats, and route interpretation. For the full list, export the TAGGS 93.696 rows and match each award number to its USAspending award record, which shows the project period start date. That separates new awards from continuations.

Use this page to decide whether CCBHC remains on the shortlist. If it does, check the free eligibility checker and the nonprofit grant database for narrower behavioral health routes before assigning grant staff.

Sources

• SAMHSA CCBHC Expansion Grants - samhsa.gov (opens in a new tab)
• SAMHSA CCBHC-IA SM-22-012 - samhsa.gov (opens in a new tab)
• SAMHSA CCBHC-PDI SM-22-002 - samhsa.gov (opens in a new tab)
• HHS TAGGS Assistance Listing 93.696 - taggs.hhs.gov (opens in a new tab)
• SAMHSA Grants Dashboard - samhsa.gov (opens in a new tab)

Related Guides

• CCBHC grants guide
• SAMHSA grant programs guide
• Grants for mental health programs
• Federal grants for nonprofits
• Nonprofit grants
• Head Start winners