Substance Abuse/Mental Health Grant Writer

**Job Summary** **Central Valley Mental Health** is seeking an experienced and mission\-driven **Grant Writer** to secure federal, state, foundation, and private funding that supports behavioral health, substance use disorder (SUD), and integrated healthcare services. The Grant Writer will lead the development, preparation, submission, and management of competitive grant applications, with a primary focus on funding opportunities from the **Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)**, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), HRSA, CDC, DOJ, and private foundations. This position plays a critical role in expanding access to evidence\-based mental health, addiction treatment, crisis stabilization, residential treatment, co\-occurring disorder services, prevention, recovery support, and community outreach programs. The successful candidate will collaborate with executive leadership, clinical staff, finance, quality improvement, and program directors to develop high\-quality proposals that align with organizational goals and funding priorities. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Research, identify, and evaluate federal, state, local, and private grant opportunities that support behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, crisis services, integrated care, housing, and recovery programs. * Lead the development and submission of competitive grant proposals to SAMHSA, DHCS, HRSA, DOJ, CDC, foundations, and other funding agencies. * Prepare compelling narratives that demonstrate organizational capacity, community need, evidence\-based practices, measurable outcomes, and program sustainability. * Coordinate proposal development with clinical leadership, finance, quality improvement, compliance, and executive management. * Develop detailed grant budgets, budget justifications, work plans, logic models, implementation timelines, and evaluation plans. * Ensure compliance with all Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Request for Applications (RFA), and grant submission requirements. * Manage the complete grant lifecycle from opportunity identification through application, award, implementation, reporting, and closeout. * Monitor grant performance, reporting deadlines, deliverables, and compliance with federal regulations including 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance) when applicable. * Prepare programmatic and financial reports required by funding agencies. * Maintain organized records of grant applications, awards, contracts, reporting schedules, and supporting documentation. * Track funding opportunities through Grants.gov, SAM.gov, eCivis, Foundation Directory, and other grant management platforms. * Assist leadership with strategic funding initiatives and long\-term organizational sustainability planning. * Collaborate with external partners, healthcare providers, county agencies, educational institutions, and community organizations on collaborative grant applications. * Review, edit, and proofread