Cottage Health is now accepting applications for the 2023-25 Behavioral Health Initiative Community Partnership Grants.
The grant opportunity is open to organizations working to address behavioral health needs for children and youth and their families in south Santa Barbara County.
Using evidence-based interventions, grantees in the initiative will collaborate on community-based work to increase access and use of behavioral health services and to improve the health and quality of life of adolescents and their families.
Guided by community comments collected during Cottage Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment and Listening Tour, the grants program offers a multi-year funding opportunity to grow sustained collaboration and quality outcomes across organizations.
Grant recipients will work collaboratively with Cottage Center for Population Health in a new model for behavioral health care that provides:
1. Navigation support to address barriers and make finding and using behavioral health services easier for families.
2. Local resources for psychiatry/psychology, buffering supports, and community based behavioral health services.
A grant application workshop will be held virtually, 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3 to provide more information and support in the grant writing process. RSVP to Alexis Rodarte at arodarte@sbch.org to receive a link to the meeting.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 26. To learn more about the grants and how to apply, visit cottagehealth.org/BHI.