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<p><span>President Biden has made clear since Day One that advancing racial equity is not just a moral priority for our country&mdash;it is also critical to our economic success. Taking steps to unlock the unrealized potential of underserved communities makes our economy stronger and benefits all Americans. This is one reason why the Department of the Treasury is focused on advancing racial equity. This informed our decision to create a dedicated Office of Recovery Programs and has flowed through the policy and operational decisions we&rsquo;ve made to implement the histori...

Member. and can you imagine you suddenly come upon a family member who is dying of an overdose, and you call 911. you do all those things. but this organization also empowers them to do something about that, to potentially save lives. and as you heard from joanne, 200 times now they've reversed overdoses. >> wow. >> it's a pretty incredible organization. >> you're a doctor. you work in a hospital. but even being a doctor, are you surprised by the rise in overdose numbers even during the pandemic? >> well, i was initially, but, you know, there's obviously the social isolation, the economic inst...

Overdose, you call 911, you do all those things, but this organization also empowers them to do something about that, to potentially save lives. as you heard from joann, 200 times now they've reversed overdoses. a pretty incredible organization. >> i have to ask, you work in a hospital, but even being a doctor, were you surprised by the overdose numbers even during the pandemic? >> i was initially but there's also the social isolation, the economic instability, all the disruption to our daily life. but also, don, what i was really struck for was recovery programs and counseling programs and pr...

Preindustrial levels. very close to>> reporter: any m world will not be able to evade change. how do you drive that home to leaders who are dealing with trying to bring their countries out of the pandemic that has damaged their economy? >> country, especially developed world, are spending trillions of dollars in their recovery programs. and the recovery can be green or can be brown. that's the choice. >> reporter: so, poor countries can choose green, renewables, over fossil fuels. guterres wants rich nations to, finally, follow through on a long-promised, $100 billion in climate financing. it ...

Baltimore is in the process of building a 10-member Office of Recovery Programs to review applications.