ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 89/100
North Dakota Behavioral Health School Grant Funding — 2026–2027
North Dakota HHS behavioral health funding for eligible school districts and Special Education Units that billed Medicaid for School-Based services in the prior school year. Applications are due March 31, 2027.
FundingThe current 2026-2027 HHS eligibility table totals $5,035,214.24 across listed eligible school districts and Special Education Units. Each eligible unit has its own published maximum based on the prior school year's Medicaid Match; this is not a single competitive per-applicant ceiling.
DeadlineMarch 31, 2027; North Dakota HHS does not state a clock-time cutoff on the current public program page.
Last verifiedAugust 30, 2026
Required next actionConfirm the school district or Special Education Unit billed Medicaid for School-Based services during the previous school year and verify its published 2026-2027 eligibility amount; request the current application, reporting and reimbursement forms from North Dakota HHS; build a budget around allowable non-duplicative behavioral-health services, coverage-gap supports, transportation, approved prevention/early-intervention activities or non-reimbursable screenings and assessments; exclude services reimbursable by another payer and experimental/non-evidence-based services; and submit by March 31, 2027.
Broad Eligibility
North Dakota school districts and Special Education Units that billed Medicaid for School-Based services during the previous school year are eligible to apply. Each unit's maximum eligibility is based on the previous school year's Medicaid Match received by the Department of Public Instruction and is published by HHS in the current eligibility table.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100. This is a strong school behavioral-health funding pathway with a long application runway and a current published eligibility table totaling approximately $5.04 million. Allowable examples include clinical behavioral-health services for students without insurance, services or supports that fill insurance coverage gaps, transportation needed to access services, approved prevention and early-intervention supports, and early-intervention screenings and assessments when not reimbursable elsewhere. Funds cannot pay for services reimbursable by another payer or experimental/non-evidence-based services. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 45/100 because the current published guidance does not expressly establish N9+ hardware, telehealth equipment or platform licensing as an allowable cost; any technology role requires program-specific confirmation and a defensible connection to an allowable student behavioral-health service.
North Dakota Health and Human Services has opened the 2026–2027 Behavioral Health School Grant application period for eligible school districts and Special Education Units.
Eligibility is tied to prior-year Medicaid School-Based Services billing. Award eligibility amounts are based on the previous school year’s Medicaid Match received by the Department of Public Instruction. The current HHS eligibility table lists approximately $5.04 million across eligible units.
Allowable examples include clinical behavioral health services for students without coverage, services and supports that fill coverage gaps, transportation when needed to access services, prevention and early-intervention supports, and early-intervention screenings and assessments when not reimbursable elsewhere. Funds cannot pay for services reimbursable by another payer or for experimental/non-evidence-based services.
Deadline: March 31, 2027
Atlas Opportunity Score: 89/100
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 45/100. This is primarily an applicant-led school behavioral-health funding opportunity. Current published guidance does not establish N9+ equipment, telehealth hardware, or platform costs as explicitly allowable, so Atlas is not treating N9+ as a direct procurement path without further program confirmation.
Official source: North Dakota HHS Behavioral Health School Grant Funding
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Source verificationOfficial government source · www.hhs.nd.govAtlas last verified this record August 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
