Grant Writing & Funding Strategy
Helping agencies grow without relying solely on operating revenue.
SAE has an 85.7% success rate on federal grant applications — and since 2003, we’ve helped behavioral health agencies secure more than $468 million in federal funding. We don’t just write grants. We build competitive proposals that align your programs with funder priorities, strengthen your organizational story, and position you to win.
SAE’s team-led approach covers the full funding cycle: identifying the right opportunities, designing evidence-based programs, managing timelines, and ensuring every application meets the highest standards of compliance and quality.
In today’s environment — compressed deadlines, shifting federal priorities, and shrinking response windows — readiness is everything. SAE offers grant readiness assessments, rapid-turnaround options, and strategic guidance that keeps your agency ahead of the competition.
Core Capabilities
- Funding landscape analysis and opportunity identification
- Full proposal development, narrative and compliance review
- Grant readiness assessments
- Rapid-response options for compressed NOFA timelines
- Strategic partner recommendations
Recent Federal Grant Writing Achievements
Click here to see our recent federal writing awards.
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
