HMP Global September 26, 2022
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced on Friday that it is awarding more than $1.6 billion in investments to address the addiction and overdose crisis.
Grants will be awarded through 4 funding vehicles:
SAMHSA’s State Opioid Response (SOR), which provides formula funding to states and territories for increasing access to FDA-approved medications to treat opioid use disorder, and supports prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorder (SUD). SOR grants totaling $1.439 billion will be awarded to 58 states and territories, with funding set aside for states with the highest OUD-related mortality rates in the nation.
SAMHSA’s...