SAMHSA Drops Extra $350K on HBCU Wellness Training
Published Date: 9/18/2025
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Summary
SAMHSA is giving an extra $350,000 to support one HBCU grant from 2023, helping students explore behavioral health careers and boost wellness. This funding will create new programs, a special curriculum, and a national event to bring educators and pros together—all before the project ends in September 2026. It’s all about building strong partnerships and making sure HBCU students get great chances to succeed and stay healthy.
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One HBCU Grant Gets $350,000
SAMHSA is providing up to $350,000 as an administrative supplement to the single eligible FY2023 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence (HBCU-CFE) grant recipient. The supplement supports expanded behavioral health and student wellness activities that must be completed by the project end date of September 29, 2026.
New Career-Exploration Curriculum
The grant will fund creation of a behavioral health career exploration curriculum tailored to high school, community college, and early college students, with plans for national dissemination through local educational agencies. The curriculum is intended for national distribution before the project end date of September 29, 2026.
Peer-Led Campus Suicide Prevention
The program will co-develop peer-led, campus-based interventions focused on suicide and crisis prevention for HBCU campuses as part of the supplement-funded activities before September 29, 2026. These interventions aim to support student wellness and crisis prevention on campus.
Culturally Responsive 988 Awareness Campaign
The supplement will launch a culturally responsive 988 education and public awareness campaign tailored to HBCU communities to improve crisis line awareness and use among those communities before the project's September 29, 2026 end date.
National Convening and Professional Development
The supplement supports formation of a planning committee and a national convening of HBCU educators and behavioral health professionals to co-develop strategy, plus professional development opportunities aimed at building workforce pathways in behavioral health before September 29, 2026.
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