NationGraph reports Missouri's mental-health funding includes state 988 capacity grants and NIH-backed research awards at Washington University in St. Louis.
Federal awards reported in Missouri
NationGraph reports that the Missouri Department of Mental Health received $7.3 million in grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA. The reported awards include funding connected to the state’s 988 Lifeline capacity, rural substance-abuse treatment, and criminal-justice diversion in the Ozarks.
988 capacity funding
According to NationGraph, $4.71 million of the Department of Mental Health’s SAMHSA funding is a cooperative agreement intended to build out Missouri’s 988 Lifeline capacity over three years. The source identifies this as the largest portion of the department’s reported SAMHSA grants.
NationGraph also reports that the department received smaller awards for rural substance-abuse treatment and for criminal-justice diversion efforts in the Ozarks. The source does not provide further details in the extract about the size or terms of those smaller awards.
Research grants at Washington University
NationGraph reports that Washington University in St. Louis received $47.9 million across 64 National Institutes of Health, or NIH, grants. Of that total, the source says roughly $12.4 million was associated with grants carrying explicitly National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, mental-health research titles.
The reported university awards are distinct from the SAMHSA grants received by the Missouri Department of Mental Health. NationGraph describes the state department funding as supporting service-related areas including 988 capacity, while the university funding is reported as NIH grant support that includes mental-health research titles.
Two types of mental-health funding
NationGraph characterizes the Missouri awards as two different groups of federal mental-health money: grants to a state agency and research grants to a university. The source reports $7.3 million in SAMHSA grants to the Department of Mental Health and $47.9 million across 64 NIH grants to Washington University in St. Louis.
Within those totals, NationGraph identifies a $4.71 million cooperative agreement for 988 Lifeline capacity and roughly $12.4 million in NIH grants with explicitly NIMH mental-health research titles.
What this means for Missouri patients
For people looking for treatment locally, the directory lists 71 published clinics in Missouri; these reported awards concern statewide service capacity and research funding, according to NationGraph.
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