Grant Writing

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Over $468 Million in Grant Awards for our Clients

As of the end of 2024, SAE BHC is proud to have assisted agencies in being awarded a combined total of $468,775,000 in federal funding to advance behavioral health services across the country. We credit our success to the expertise and team-led approach of our staff. Our Team-Led Approach to Grant Writing SAE develops highly competitive grant proposals by:

 

  • Identifying appropriate funding opportunities;
  • Aligning & vetting proposed goals with each agency’s capacity;
  • Designing innovative and evidence-based programs that match agencies to current funding priorities;
  • Recommending strategic partners to strengthen proposals’ competitiveness;
  • Supporting clients with personalized timelines and checklists to measure and drive efficient progress;
  • Ensuring full compliance with funders’ evaluation criteria and timeliness;
We structure our review to duplicate the high-stakes review process each application must surpass to gain funding. SAE has also adapted its approach to grant writing in response to the sharp curtailment of time to respond to the federal and state behavioral health NOFAs. SAE offers options to maximize an agency’s ability to craft competitive, high-quality proposals under tight deadlines. We separate you from “the pack.”

 

  • Option 1 – SAE can deploy a content expert to confirm the validity and relevance of an Al-generated response to the specific NOFA by you and your team.
  • Option 2 – SAE can deploy a grant reviewer to ensure that the Al product is “spot on” in meeting all the requirements of the behavioral health NOFA.
  • Option 3 – If the agency decides to respond quickly with its own narrative, SAE can deploy a grant reviewer and/or a content expert to ensure that the applicant agency receives the highest score possible.
  • Option 4 – SAE can also deploy a traditional grant writing team to develop and submit an agency proposal in a 10-day turnaround time.

Our approach to your agency’s needs

SAE offers a no-cost consultation to identify and support your goals and objectives, whether for an individual funding opportunity or in strategic readiness for a series of opportunities.

Testimonials

Steve has put together a first class consulting company for behavioral health with a great array of services leading the sector for the past 15 years.
Robert (Bob) Hettenbach
Healthcare Consultant, a former CEO of hospitals who also lead NY State efforts in Mental Health in NYC
“Interborough greatly values our ongoing consultation with SAE.  SAE has helped Interborough receive a SAMSHA CCBHC grant, which positions us to transform the way we provide care to the communities we serve.  I am impressed with SAE’s expertise in key areas of change in behavioral healthcare, as well as their focus on metrics important to government and payers.” 
Dr. Stephen Gersten
CEO of Interborough Developmental and Consultation Center

Recent Federal Grant Writing Achievements

Successful SAMHSA Applications Include:

    • CCBHC Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (IA and PDI)
    • CSAT’s Pregnant/Post-Partum Women’s Program (PPW)
    • CSAT’s Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities
    • CSAT’s Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV – (TCE-HIV)
    • CSAP’s Project AWARE
    • CMHS’s Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC)
    • CSAT’s Adult Treatment Drug Court Program
    • CSAT’s Adult Criminal Justice
    • CSAT’s Peer To Peer 
    • CMHS’s Children’s System of Care (SOC)
    • CMHS’s Community Mental Health Center (CMHC)
    • CSAT’s Youth and Family TREE
    • CSAT’s Grant for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (GBHI)
    • NCTSI National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, Category III
    • MAT-PDOA Medication Assisted Treatment
    • GLS Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program
    • ORP Offender Reentry Program
    • TIEH Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
    • Minority Aids Initiative – High Risk Populations
    • NITT-HT “Now Is The Time” Healthy Transitions
    • TCE-TAC Targeted Capacity Expansion – Technology Assisted Care
    • SAMHSA/BJA Joint Adult Drug Court Solicitation
    • CMS Navigator Support

Other successful Federal applications include:

    • FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Initiative
    • CDC’s HIV Grant
    • HRSA’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation
    • HRSA’s Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) Paraprofessional
    • HRSA’s Infrastucture Grant
    • DOJ’s Second Chance Act – Adult Substance Abuse and Mental Health
    • HUD Transitional Housing
    • HUD Permanent Housing
    • CMHS/HUD/VA HIV/AIDS ACT Team

Successful SAMHSA Applications Include:

    • CCBHC Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (IA and PDI)
    • CSAT’s Pregnant/Post-Partum Women’s Program (PPW)
    • CSAT’s Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities
    • CSAT’s Targeted Capacity Expansion HIV – (TCE-HIV)
    • CSAP’s Project AWARE
    • CMHS’s Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC)
    • CSAT’s Adult Treatment Drug Court Program
    • CSAT’s Adult Criminal Justice
    • CSAT’s Peer To Peer 
    • CMHS’s Children’s System of Care (SOC)
    • CMHS’s Community Mental Health Center (CMHC)
    • CSAT’s Youth and Family TREE
    • CSAT’s Grant for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (GBHI)
    • NCTSI National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, Category III
    • MAT-PDOA Medication Assisted Treatment
    • GLS Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program
    • ORP Offender Reentry Program
    • TIEH Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
    • Minority Aids Initiative – High Risk Populations
    • NITT-HT “Now Is The Time” Healthy Transitions
    • TCE-TAC Targeted Capacity Expansion – Technology Assisted Care
    • SAMHSA/BJA Joint Adult Drug Court Solicitation
    • CMS Navigator Support

Other successful Federal applications include:

    • FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Initiative
    • CDC’s HIV Grant
    • HRSA’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation
    • HRSA’s Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) Paraprofessional
    • HRSA’s Infrastucture Grant
    • DOJ’s Second Chance Act – Adult Substance Abuse and Mental Health
    • HUD Transitional Housing
    • HUD Permanent Housing
    • CMHS/HUD/VA HIV/AIDS ACT Team

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