Recipient of federal assistance · RICHMOND, VA

DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES received $120.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 44 actions, +93% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $765.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($107.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$120.6M
New awards
3
Actions
44
Since FY2021
$765.7M
UEI
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Location
RICHMOND, VA
State and local governments
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 241MFY2021
  2. 100.4MFY2022
  3. 121.8MFY2023
  4. 119.4MFY2024
  5. 62.5MFY2025
  6. 120.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$120.6M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse$47M39%
  2. 93.788 · Opioid Str$27.6M23%
  3. 93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services$20.7M17%
  4. 84.181 · Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families$13.3M11%
  5. 93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs$9.9M8.2%
  6. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$1.5M1.2%
  7. 93.150 · Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH)$1.5M1.2%
  8. 93.982 · Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health-$966.6K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$107.3M89%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$13.3M11%

Largest awards

  1. DBHDS SOR 4 APPLICATION - THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES (DBHDS) IS APPLYING ON BEHALF OF THE…$82.3M
    93.788 · Opioid Str· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· H79TI087780
  2. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$48.3M
    93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 28, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· B08TI088501
  3. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$46.3M
    93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Feb 20, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· B08TI087070
  4. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$24.2M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 27, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· B09SM090719
  5. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$22.2M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 19, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· B09SM089614
  6. FY 2023 MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF 988 LOCAL CAPACITY IN VIRGINIA - VIRGINIA AIMS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ITS CRISIS SERVICES AND…$14M
    93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 27, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· H79FG001218

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $76.7M (214 subawards)

114 sub-recipients

  1. RICHMOND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY$4.7M6.2%
    RICHMOND, VA · 4 subawards
  2. FAIRFAX COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD$4.5M5.8%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 3 subawards
  3. HOPELINK BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4M5.2%
    OAKTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. VA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH$3.3M4.3%
    RICHMOND, VA · 9 subawards
  5. CITY OF NORFOLK$2.7M3.6%
    NORFOLK, VA · 5 subawards
  6. HAMPTON NEWPORT NEWS COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD$2.7M3.5%
    HAMPTON, VA · 4 subawards
  7. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH$2.3M2.9%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 4 subawards
  8. BLUE RIDGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, INC.$2.1M2.7%
    ROANOKE, VA · 2 subawards
  9. NEW RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES$1.9M2.5%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 4 subawards
  10. HORIZON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$1.8M2.3%
    LYNCHBURG, VA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $20.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $22.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $38.6M paid out · $656.9K received
  • FY2025: $29M paid out · $319.9K received
  • FY2026: $76.7M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.