Southeast MN Adult Mental Health Initiative to Offer 2026 Grant Funding to Increase Adult Mental Health Services Region Wide
Southeast, Minn. – The Southeast Adult Mental Health Initiative (SE AMHI) will be accepting applications for grant funding from mental health and related service providers starting October 3, 2025, from the following counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona Counties. Grants are available for mental health services for adults only. The SE AMHI Community Grant Fund supports adults with serious and persistent mental illness and is charged with providing an expanded array of services from which clients can choose services appropriate to their needs.
Applicants may request awards from $5,000 to $45,000. A total amount of $390,000 is available to be awarded for 2026. The deadline for applications is close of business Friday, November 3, 2025 and grant recipients will be announced in January 2026 with contracts being completed for award recipients in February 2026. Applications are available via the SE AMHI website at www.seamhi.org or by contacting Laura Sutherland at laura.sutherland@olmstedcounty.gov or call at 507-328-6495.
The SE AMHI invites grant applications from agencies whose proposed projects address a minimum of one of the following priorities:
- Mental Health Services Supported by Individuals with Lived Experience as evidenced by local advisory councils, organizations staffed by individuals with lived experience, peer support specialists, board members with lived experience or other similar experience.
- Mental Health Services that Address Disparities in Mental Health and Target Underserved Populations
- Rural Mental Health Access
- Mental Health Services that Address Those Most In Need As Determined by Social Determinants of Health
- Housing with Supports
Click on this link to view the Grant Application for further requirements.
Click on this link to review the Scoring Criteria that will be use to evaluate grant requests.
About the Southeast MN Adult Mental Health Initiative
The Southeast Adult Mental Health Initiative is a collaborative of 10 counties, community members, organizations such as NAMI SE and Wellness in the Woods and multiple providers all striving to ensure that a range of accessible adult mental health services are available to community members. The region provides a wide range of services including: drop-in centers, permanent and supportive housing providers, intensive residential treatment services programs, a regional crisis center, support groups, trained mental health first aid instructors, and local advisory councils in addition to many providers offering a range of services. For more information, visit www.seamhi.org.