The Department of Mental Health may, when funds are available for such purposes, make grants to assist counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions or any combinations thereof, or any nonprofit corporation, in the establishment and operation of local mental health programs to provide the following services:

(1) Collaborative and cooperative services with public health, education, welfare and other groups for programs of prevention of mental illness, intellectual disability and other psychiatric disabilities;

(2) Informational and educational services to the general public and lay and professional groups;

(3) Consultative services to schools, courts and health and welfare agencies, both public and private;

(4) Diagnostic and treatment services; and

(5) After care services for patients suffering from mental or emotional disorders, intellectual disability and other psychiatric conditions, particularly those who have received prior treatment in an in-patient facility.