“The mission of the Mental Health Division is to promote recovery and safety.”

Mental Health Block Grant Plan

Welcome to the Mental Health Division’s sub-site for the Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG)! We hope that this page provides you with all the information you are seeking. If not, please contact the Mental Health Division’s Mental Health Block Grant Administrator/Planner, Judy Gosney, at Gosneja@dshs.wa.gov.

To learn about the MHBG, which is sometimes referred to as the Federal Block Grant, please click on MHBG Overview. This document will give you a complete overview of the MHBG including answers to the following frequently asked questions:

• What is the Statutory Authority?
• MHBG & State Plans: What federal goals tie these together?
• How does the MHBG fit with the Transformation Grant?
• What is the role of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council?
• How does the MHBG Plan get developed?
• How is the MHBG dispersed?
• What are the spending limitations?
• Who may we serve?
• How does MHD decide what will be funded?
• Upon what activities is MHD focusing its portion of the 2006 MHBG?
• Other Changes and Process Improvements

The MHBG is overseen by the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council (MHPAC). The Washington State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council (also referred to as "the Council") and its subcommittees operate under Public Law 102-321, and are responsible to perform various MHPAC duties.

More information can be found by viewing the Mental Health Block Grant slide show. This slide show was originally created for the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council’s (MHPAC) All Stakeholders Meeting held in September and will be updated as needed. Regional Support Networks (RSN's) were advised to share this with their RSN Advisory Boards.

The MHBG Plan is due to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) September 1st each year. For the first time, States are required to submit the application/plan electronically.

Questions? Ask The Expert

Judy Gosney
Mental Health Block Grant Administrator
1-360-902-0827

Block Grant Related Links

Documents & Presentations
Year	Name	File Type
2008	MHBG Plan	pdf Viewer
2007	MHBG Plan	pdf Viewer
2007	MHBG Modifications	pdf Viewer
2006	MHBG Plan	pdf Viewer
2006	MHBG Independant PEER Review	pdf Viewer
2006	Modifications to the ADULT Plan	pdf Viewer
2006	MHBG Promoting Recovery & Resiliency for Mental Health Consumers (slide show)	pdf Viewer
2006	Mental Health Block Grant & Transformation (slide show)	pdf Viewer
2005	MHBG Overview	pdf Viewer
2004	MHBG Plan	pdf Viewer
2006	MHBG Implementation Report	pdf Viewer
2006	MHBG Implementation Report	pdf Viewer
2004	MHBG Implementation Report	Word Viewer
2003	MHBG Implementation Report	pdf Viewer
FORMS
2006	MHBG Progress Report Form	Word Viewer
2006	MHBG Amendment Request Form	Word Viewer
2006	MHBG Implementation Report Form	Word Viewer
2006	MHBG Initial Contract Proposal Form	Word Viewer
2006	MHPAC Application	Word Viewer
2006	MHPAC Membership Requirements	pdf Viewer
2006	MHPAC Subcommittee Appointment Application	Word Viewer

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files and you can download it for free. If you do not have an application that can display Microsoft Word documents (.doc), you can download a free Word Viewer.

For more ways to get in touch with the Department of Mental Health Services, go to the DSHS Contact Information Web page. Mental Health Related Questions Contact: