To date, SAMHSA has made grants to 54 institutions of higher education under the Campus Suicide Prevention grant program. First authorized in 2004 and first funded from the fiscal year 2005 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, SAMHSA has made grants of up to $75,000 to colleges and universities for their centers on campus that provide mental and behavioral health services. These funds must be used for educational seminars, operation of hotlines, preparation of informational material, preparation of educational materials for families of students to increase awareness of potential mental and behavioral health issues of students enrolled at the institution of higher education, training programs for students and campus personnel to respond effectively to students with mental and behavioral health problems that can lead to school failure, such as depression, substance abuse and suicide attempts, or the creation of a networking infrastructure to link colleges and universities that do not have mental health services with health care providers who can treat mental and behavioral health problems. A new RFA will be announced on October 31, 2007.

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