Enhancing Behavioral Health Care Access for Older Adults Grant

The City of Boston is offering a grant of $450,000 to enhance behavioral health care access for older adults (55+). This initiative aims to support organizations providing mental health services, training, and capacity building. Eligible applicants include community-based organizations and health providers focused on culturally appropriate care. The goal is to improve mental health services for underserved populations, ensuring comprehensive support for the behavioral health needs of Boston's senior residents.

Through grantmaking, the City of Boston is able to support community organizations to better serve the people of Boston.
Behavioral health is part of overall human health. Assessing, addressing, and treating behavioral health issues is as important as treating physical health issues. Part of enhancing and enriching the lives of older residents is providing proper resources to those who provide specific behavioral health services.
Through this grant opportunity, the City of Boston's Age Strong Commission seeks to fund organizations, entities, or licensed professionals that provide direct services, trainings, and/or capacity to increase mental and/or behavioral health supports to Boston's older adults (55+) including supporting the needs of mental/behavioral health programs and clinical providers to better serve both underserved and marginalized communities.
Funding
$450,000 available for the grant program. (If additional funding becomes available, Age Strong may increase the total grant pool to expand the number or size of awards.)
There is no maximum award amount per grant. Awards may vary in size; Age Strong may award full funding, partial funding, or no funding. In the event that partial funding is awarded, Age Strong will require the grantee to submit an updated budget.

Eligibility

This grant opportunity is open to, but not limited to, community-based organizations, behavioral health and mental health providers, organizations providing mental health training, community health centers, Behavioral Health Outreach for Aging Populations (BHOAPS), and hospitals serving older Boston residents, and can include, but is not limited to, the following program activities:Delivering clinical services to Boston older adults which address their mental health and/or behavioral health needs.Work focused on culturally appropriate mental health, behavioral health and wellness of older adults, whether in their homes, in a community setting, and/or via telehealth technology. Implementing/conducting/providing clinical and/or related services that aim to support consumers with Hoarding Disorder.Training of clinicians, community leaders, and stakeholders in tools and techniques to support the mental health, behavioral health and wellness of older adults.Additionally, grant applicants must:be in good financial standingbe in good standing with current or previous Age Strong grant reporting requirements