HHS awards $25M to combat rural opioid crisis
Eighty organizations in 36 states and two territories, including some hospitals and health systems, will receive close to $25 million in grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, the Department of Health and Human Services .
According to HHS, nearly $15 million will go to 30 recipients to reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome by improving care, family supports and factors related to social determinants of health; each will receive $500,000 over three years through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
In addition, $10 million will go to 50 recipients to strengthen and expand substance use and opioid use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services, funded through Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning.