Recipient of federal assistance · NASHVILLE, TN

MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF

MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF received $107.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 52 actions, +34% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $687.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($107.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$107.9M
New awards
8
Actions
52
Since FY2021
$687.5M
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Location
NASHVILLE, TN
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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. 196.3MFY2021
  2. 101.3MFY2022
  3. 103.5MFY2023
  4. 98MFY2024
  5. 80.4MFY2025
  6. 107.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$107.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse$36.4M34%
  2. 93.788 · Opioid Str$31.6M29%
  3. 93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services$19.1M18%
  4. 93.982 · Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health$5.9M5.4%
  5. 93.532 · Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$4M3.7%
  6. 93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs$3.6M3.3%
  7. 93.104 · Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)$3M2.8%
  8. 93.490 · Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance$1.6M1.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$107.5M99.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Administration for Children and Families$599.5K0.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. TN SOR IV: CHANGING BEHAVIOR, COORDINATING CARE, AND RESTORING LIVES - TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES…$95.1M
    93.788 · Opioid Str· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2024 – Jul 13, 2026· H79TI087822
  2. TN SOR III: CHANGING BEHAVIOR, COORDINATING CARE, AND RESTORING LIVES - TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES…$62M
    93.788 · Opioid Str· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 23, 2022 – Jun 22, 2026· H79TI085738
  3. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$36.4M
    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· B08TI088497
  4. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$35.9M
    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· B08TI087066
  5. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$20.9M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 19, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· B09SM089609
  6. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$19.2M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 27, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· B09SM090714

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: $106.5M (376 subawards)

133 sub-recipients

  1. HELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER, INC.$9.2M8.6%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 13 subawards
  2. TENNESSEE VOICES FOR CHILDREN, INC$8M7.5%
    GOODLETTSVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  3. VOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM$7.7M7.3%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 14 subawards
  4. BUFFALO VALLEY INC$5.8M5.4%
    HOHENWALD, TN · 5 subawards
  5. SAMARITAN RECOVERY COMMUNITY INC$3.6M3.4%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 4 subawards
  6. COCAINE AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAM, INC. C.A.A.P.$3.5M3.3%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 5 subawards
  7. SERENITY RECOVERY CENTERS, INC$2.8M2.6%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 5 subawards
  8. EAST TENNESSEE HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC$2.7M2.5%
    GRAY, TN · 2 subawards
  9. CEDAR RECOVERY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, LLC$2.7M2.5%
    MOUNT JULIET, TN · 2 subawards
  10. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE$2.5M2.3%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $409.1K (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$409.1K100%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $82.7M paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2022: $49.1M paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2023: $84.2M paid out · $986.9K received
  • FY2024: $145.4M paid out · $831.6K received
  • FY2025: $126M paid out · $377.4K received
  • FY2026: $106.5M paid out · $409.1K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.