INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction is providing new funding to help build and support projects in Indiana to improve mental health services.
The largest investment is in Community Catalyst Grants, which were awarded to 37 recipients. The $54.8 million provided includes $22.3 million of local and grantee match dollars and $32.5 million in federal funds. The goal is to enhance the quality, integration, and access of mental health prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services across the state. More details are available here.
Also, this Saturday, the new national three-digit dialing code, 9-8-8, to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will go live in Indiana and around the U.S. Hoosiers experiencing mental health-related distress may call 9-8-8 to connect to a trained crisis specialist. In the coming years, that service will be expanded to include a response team and locations where people can go for help. More information about Indiana’s work to implement 9-8-8 can be found here.