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With Pandemic Worsening the Mental Illness and Addiction Crisis, Biden Administration to Provide Nearly $2.5 Billion to States, Territories for Treatment, Prevention Aid
March 12, 2021
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funding to Support Comprehensive Community Prevention, Treatment, Recovery and Health Services
The Biden Administration will provide nearly $2.5 billion in funding to states and territories to address the nation’s mental illness and addiction crisis, which has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will direct $1.65 billion in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funding and $825 million in Community Mental Health Services Block Grant funding to states and territories.
Center For Mental Health secures $4M expansion grant
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By: Tim McGonigal
and last updated 2021-03-05 10:49:36-05
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Center For Mental Health will be expanding thanks to a four-million-dollar grant; it is based in Great Falls and operates in 13 counties in North Central and Western Montana.
The federal government awarded the two-year grant to support the centerâs transition into one of Montanaâs first Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. Leaders say the government decided to expand the numbers of CCBHCâs in states in response to an expected high demand for behavioral and mental health services.
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Mental health experts say more funding is needed to address pandemic-related stresses
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
The pandemic has stressed the nation’s behavioral health infrastructure at a time when the country has seen increases in overdose deaths, suicides, and reports of anxiety and depression.Advance Local Graphic Artist
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By Sandhya Raman, CQ-Roll Call
WASHINGTON – Growing behavioral health needs and existing workforce inadequacies are amplifying calls for Congress to provide additional resources to address a national mental health crisis exacerbated by COVID-19, the economic recession, and social isolation.
The pandemic has stressed the nation’s behavioral health infrastructure at a time when the country has seen increases in overdose deaths, suicides, and reports of anxiety and depression.