Community Partnership Grants
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Learn more about the 2026-2028 Behavioral Health Initiative.
Announcement
Behavioral Health Initiative
For more than 30 years, Cottage Health has been providing grants to community-based organizations, totaling more than $20 million in funding to improve the health of our community.
The Community Partnership Grants program funds efforts that address community needs through evidence-based interventions. Guided by community input collected during Cottage Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment and Listening Tour, the Behavioral Health Initiative provides grants and support to organizations focused on increasing access to and use of behavioral health services.
Since 2017, the Community Partnership Grants have taken an initiative-level focus on behavioral health. Designed to lead toward a collective impact approach, the initiative fosters deeper collaboration among community organizations and creates alignment of efforts toward addressing shared goals and outcomes.
2026-2028 Behavioral Health Initiative Grants
The Behavioral Health Initiative – Mind Thrive is currently accepting applications. This grant opportunity is open to organizations working to address behavioral health needs for children and youth and their families in south Santa Barbara County. Grant recipients will work collaboratively with Cottage Center for Population Health in a new model for behavioral health care that provides:
- Behavioral health navigation support to create ease of access and address barriers and
- Direct access to psychiatry/psychology, buffering supports, and community based-behavioral health services.
To learn more about the grants and how to apply, download the full Funding Announcement and application.
Technical Assistance
Technical assistance for evaluation planning is available to applicants through Friday, November 7, 2025. To sign-up, e-mail Alexis Rodarte at arodarte@sbch.org with a list of the times when you are available for a 30-minute virtual meeting. Please plan to include program staff on the call.
Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10, 2025.
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