Behavioral Health and Community Safety Partnerships
Supports domestic public entities and private nonprofit entities to reduce behavioral health impacts of crime, violence, and disorder while strengthening community safety and outcomes for affected youth, families, and others.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV · NONPROFITS
⚑ Statutorily limited to domestic public entities and private nonprofit entities.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is central; funds service delivery, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The purpose of Behavioral Health and Community Safety Partnerships is to support communities in reducing the behavioral health impacts of crime, violence, and disorder; strengthening community safety; and improving outcomes for youth, families, and other individuals affected by crime, violence, and disorder.
Eligibility
Eligibility is statutorily limited to domestic public entities and private non-profit entities.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Gina Evans Content <NOFOBudget.CMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov>
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
55/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a community-safety and behavioral-health grant with a strong prevention/response and outcomes-improvement emphasis, which aligns moderately well with IPPRA’s public-health crisis response and threat/safety perception interests. However, it appears to fund community programs more than research, so IPPRA would most plausibly serve as an evaluation or survey partner rather than a lead research performer. Public universities are eligible as domestic public entities, but the service-oriented nature keeps it in the partial-fit range.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 55 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a community-safety and behavioral-health grant with a strong prevention/response and outcomes-improvement emphasis, which aligns moderately well with IPPRA’s public-health crisis response and threat/safety perception interests. However, it appears to fund community programs more than research, so IPPRA would most plausibly serve as an evaluation or survey partner rather than a lead research performer. Public universities are eligible as domestic public entities, but the service-oriented nature keeps it in the partial-fit range. |
| 2026-07-06 | 78 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a strong fit for IPPRA’s public health/crisis-response portfolio because it focuses on behavioral health impacts, community safety, and outcomes for youth and families affected by crime and disorder. While not a classic technical-systems topic, it has a clear policy and community-intervention angle where IPPRA could contribute through evaluation, behavioral research, and community-based methods. Public universities are eligible as domestic public entities, so there is no eligibility barrier. |