SAMHSA Streamlines Mental Health Grant Paperwork Hassle
Published Date: 4/13/2026
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Summary
SAMHSA is rolling out a new, simpler tool called SUPRT to help grant recipients report their progress on mental health and substance abuse programs. This change will cut down paperwork, improve data accuracy, and keep everything on track for federal reporting rules. The update affects organizations getting grants from SAMHSA’s mental health and substance abuse centers and aims to make reporting easier and more effective starting soon.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Reported annual paperwork hours and cost
SAMHSA estimates 2,831 SUPRT‑P respondents will submit 4 responses each for 11,324 total responses, with 10 hours per response and a total annual hour burden of 113,240 hours. At an hourly wage rate of $25.82, SAMHSA projects a total respondent cost of $2,923,856.80.
One reporting tool for SAMHSA grants
If you receive grants from SAMHSA centers (CMHS, CSAT, CSAP, or the 988 office), SAMHSA will replace multiple reporting forms with one tool called the SAMHSA Unified Performance Reporting Tool (SUPRT‑P). SAMHSA will use SUPRT‑P to collect grant‑level aggregate data for annual Government Performance Results Modernization Act (GPRMA) reporting, grantee monitoring, and program improvement.
Reduced client reporting and better data accuracy
SAMHSA says SUPRT‑P will reduce client reporting burden and enhance the accuracy of performance data by streamlining questions and combining mental health, substance use treatment/prevention, and 988 indicators in one tool. The tool also adds and removes questions compared to prior IPP indicators to better assess grant accountability and performance.
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