SAMHSA awards grants for certified community behavioral health clinics
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday awarded $450 million in , including $250 million in emergency COVID-19 funding, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services through certified community behavioral health clinics.
鈥淐CBHCs already perform a vital role of addressing in one location the complex needs of people with mental and substance use disorders,鈥 said Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D. 鈥淭he coronavirus pandemic substantially increases the need for these comprehensive services.鈥 Congress last year extended the AHA-supported CCBHC demonstration program through Sept. 13.
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