HHS and HRSA Invest $80 Million in Awards to Help Rural Communities Respond to Opioid Overdose Risks

Posted by Miles Dietz-Castel on September 6th, 2023 Posted in: Blog

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced more than $80 million in awards to rural communities in 39 states to support key strategies to respond to the overdose risk from fentanyl and other opioids. These awards help advance President Biden’s commitment to beat the opioid epidemic as part of his Unity Agenda for the nation. Read more.

Below are the award initiatives and recipients in Region 6.

FY 2023 Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Awards

• Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (Des Moines, IA)
• Four County Comprehensive Mental Health Center Inc. (Logansport, IN)

FY 2023 Overdose Response Awards

• Community Action Commission of Fayette County (Washington Court House, OH)
• Signature Health (Mentor, OH)
• Marshfield Clinic (Marshfield, WI)

FY 2023 Medication Assisted Treatment Access Program Awards

• Indiana Rural Health Association (Washington, IN)
• Allegan County Community Mental Health Services (Allegan, MI)
• Workit Health, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Munson Healthcare Grayling (Grayling, MI)

FY 2023 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awards

• Arukah Institute of Healing Inc. (Princeton, IL)
• Luce Mackinac Health Department (Newberry, MI)
• Children’s Dental Services (Minneapolis, MN)
• Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis, MN)
• Hopewell Health Centers Inc. (Chillicothe, OH)
• Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc. (Marshfield, WI)
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (Keshena, WI)

RCORP Evaluation Awards

RCORP Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders Awards