Better mental wellbeing for Nursing Home residents
starts here.
The necessity to enhance the care of nursing facility residents with mental health and substance use issues is becoming increasingly apparent.
Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Grant Ending September 2025
The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) was a 3-year initiative developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Alliant Health Solutions administered the program through a cooperative agreement with SAMHSA. The COE-NF provided mental health and substance use training, customized technical assistance, and resources to CMS certified nursing facilities that care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions. The COE-NF program ended in September 2025.
Resources and training content, developed by COE-NF, will continue to be available on this website for one year (through September 2026), courtesy of Alliant Health Solutions.
For additional information about the grant-end, please CLICK HERE or contact the COE-NF team at coeinfo@allianthealth.org.
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COE-NF In-Action Consultation Summaries
Our COE-NF In-Action Summaries demonstrate how we provide critical mental health and substance use supports to nursing facilities. Explore the summaries for ideas and ways you too can transform your nursing facility’s approach to providing high quality behavioral health care to residents.
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A vice president of recreation and life enrichment consulted the COE-NF to help improve the quality of care in 40 skilled nursing facilities across three states. The facilities’ representative recognized…
