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SAMHSA awards $970 million in grants for US opioid crisis
The Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration recently announced $970 million in new funding for the prescription opioid and heroin crisis in the U.S.
Funding, made available through the State Targeted Response to Opioid Crisis Grants, will be provided to states and territories over the next 2 years, beginning in fiscal year 2017.
“This funding holds the promise of saving and restoring thousands of lives throughout our nation,” Kana Enomoto, MA, deputy assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at SAMHSA, said in a press release. “These grants will allow communities, particularly those most devastated by the opioid crisis, to provide services that can promote prevention and deliver treatment and recovery to people needing help.”
The grants are intended to help states increase treatment access, reduce unmet treatment needs and reduce opioid-related overdose deaths.
Funds will be awarded through a formula based on unmet need for opioid use disorder treatment and drug poisoning deaths.
The grants are one of the latest elements of a series of initiatives from the Obama Administration to combat the opioid crisis. Further, the funding promotes the evidence-based public health approach addressed in the Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health.
Applications are due from states and territories by Feb. 17, 2017.
For more information :
To apply for the grant, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/ti-17-014.