The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration unveiled $40 million in funding opportunities across eight grant programs, supporting President Donald Trump’s Great Recovery Initiative, according to a June 11 news release from HHS.
The initiative is a coordinated federal effort to address addiction in the U.S. with aims to streamline government programs, integrate evidence-based care and improve access for the 48.4 million Americans living with substance use disorder.
Here are five things to know:
- The largest funding opportunity is $9.2 million for Behavioral Health and Community Safety Partnerships Grants, which support communities addressing the behavioral health impacts of crime, violence and disorder.
- SAMHSA is allocating $9 million for the Tribal Behavioral Health Substance Use Prevention program, which serves American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults through age 24 by building community-driven prevention systems.
- Two programs will receive $8 million each for the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment program and the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress—Category I.
- Two programs will receive $1.9 million each for the Adult Suicide Prevention program, which serves adults 18 years of age or older, and the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, which will provide nation training and technical assistance to healthcare providers on screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment.
- The remaining funding includes $1.8 million for the Statewide Consumer Network Program to strengthen capacity and sustainability of state mental health peer-run organizations, and $600,000 for the Providers Clinical Support System—Universities program, which prepares graduate-level health professional students to understand substance use disorder.
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