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Today, HRSA announced nearly
$400 million in awards to health centers, academic institutions, and
rural organizations to combat the
opioid crisis in communities across the U.S.
Health Center Program investments include:
- Expanding
Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services (SUD-MH)
awards: $352 million in funding will expand access to substance use disorder
and mental health services at 1,232 community health centers across the nation.
SUD-MH will expand access to integrated services by increasing personnel and
enhancing infrastructure. Learn more about SUD-MH awards.
- Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training
(BHWET) and Enhancing Behavioral Health Workforce (EBHW) awards: $18 million in
funding supports partnerships between 21 academic institutions and 54
HRSA-funded health centers. Together, these award recipients will increase the
number of professionals and paraprofessionals who are trained to deliver
integrated behavioral health and primary care services as part of health care
teams in HRSA-supported health centers.
Send inquiries regarding BHWET to bphcsupplement@hrsa.gov.
For
additional information on how HRSA is addressing the opioid crisis, visit
HRSA’s opioid
crisis webpage, which includes a link to our
special edition on opioids.
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