About Us
- About Us
  Established in 1994, Saint Louis MHB is an independent government taxing authority administering two special property taxes: the Community Mental Health Fund and the Community Children’s Services Fund. Tax dollars are granted to non-profit organizations that provide high quality services that benefit City residents.
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Funding
- Funding
  MHB improves the quality of life for City residents by investing in a coordinated system of behavioral health services aligned with community priorities. There are several ways funding is given: competitive grants, investment managers, funding partnerships, permanent supportive housing and strategic initiatives.
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- - Sources of MHB Funds
  - Investment Options
Partnerships
- Partnerships
  MHB supports over 45 non-profit service providers so that more high quality, accessible services are available to City residents. MHB subscribes to the vision of a future in which provider-funder relationships reflect strong partnerships that lead to meaningful, long-lasting, positive change for the St. Louis region.
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- - Who We Fund / Our Partners
  - Funded Partner Experience

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Open Funding Opportunities

Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is defined as “a cost-effective combination of permanent, affordable housing with services that help people live more stable, productive lives.” For more information about PSH in St. Louis, download the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s “Report to the St. Louis Partnership for Mental Health and Housing Transformation Grant”.

PSH works well for people who face the most complex challenges – individuals and families who are not only homeless, but who also have very low incomes and serious, persistent issues that may include substance use, mental illness and HIV/AIDS.

In conjunction with the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s report, St. Louis set the goal of providing 1,227 units of PSH, of which 882 were to be specifically set aside for populations with serious mental illness who are homeless or who may be at risk of homelessness.

Since FY11, Saint Louis MHB has supported this goal through the offering of funds, usually in the form of 10-year forgivable loans, to support the development of PSH through either renovating existing infrastructure or through construction of new sites that provide behavioral health services in conjunction with PSH.

Consideration for PSH funding is a two-step process. At present there are no hard deadlines. Letters of Intent and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Click here to apply

Funder Fridays

Funder Fridays are open to any community organization, regardless of funding status, who are interested in the opportunity to connect with us outside of the grantmaking process.

More specifically, it is an opportunity to ask questions and receive technical assistance year-round about a variety of topics such as:

Program logic models (with evaluation plans)
Assessment tools and data collection
Program enhancements/ideas
Community resources – access/connections
Community trends/opportunities
Program implementation barriers/challenges
Application writing/evaluation
Other (you tell us how we can help you)

However, Funder Fridays are not…

Mandatory or required
An opportunity to seek funding or request increased funding
Compliance-related
A training

To register for a session click HERE