Opportunity Overview
The Tennessee Department of Health has posted RFA 34347-39627, Perinatal Behavioral Health Workforce Development Project. TDH identifies this as a Request for Applications and provides the controlling RFA, Competitive Requirements form, Grant Budget template, grant-contract forms, and an online application-submission link.
Deadline
Applications are due September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time.
Verified Program and Eligibility Controls
The controlling TDH RFA verifies up to two grants totaling $70,000 for a 10-month project beginning December 1, 2026; it does not state a fixed per-award ceiling, and award amounts depend on the number and budgets of responsive applications. The RFA also verifies the 100-point evaluation framework and the Competitive Requirements/Application plus Excel Grant Budget submission materials. The linked official sample grant contract now verifies additional program controls: the grantee must be physically based in Tennessee, remain in good standing with applicable Tennessee licensing and regulatory bodies, demonstrate an existing commitment to developing emerging clinicians, and demonstrate specialized perinatal mental-health competency. The project is structured around qualified clinical supervision for pre-licensed clinicians, accelerated licensure readiness, specialty perinatal behavioral-health training, clinician retention, and increased service capacity for pregnant and postpartum Tennesseans. The full RFA and Competitive Requirements package remains controlling for final eligibility, funding, match, allowable costs, scoring, and submission requirements.
N9+ / QC Healthcare Relevance
N9+ Fit: 5/100. The controlling RFA and sample contract confirm this is a workforce-development grant centered on qualified clinical supervision, licensure readiness, specialized perinatal behavioral-health training, clinician retention, and service-capacity expansion. The contract permits grantees to describe telehealth expansion where applicable, but the reviewed materials do not establish clinical equipment or Nonagon N9+ acquisition as an allowable project cost. QC Healthcare relevance is therefore limited to legitimate workforce, implementation, or clinical-support functions that an eligible applicant can lawfully include under the RFA.
Next Steps
Eligible Tennessee community-based behavioral health agencies should confirm at least two years of behavioral-health service experience and active perinatal service delivery; identify qualified supervisors and pre-licensed clinicians; document perinatal mental-health competency, referral partnerships, and service gaps in rural, underserved, or high-need communities; budget qualified supervision and allowable specialized training, including the required PSI 2-Day Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care training for funded supervisors and supervisees; complete the Competitive Requirements/Application and Excel Grant Budget; complete Edison supplier registration before award; and submit through the TDH application portal by September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time. Atlas does not recommend advancing Nonagon N9+ equipment costs under this RFA unless the State expressly confirms allowability.