.samhsagov announced that grants have been awarded to expand community-based behavioral health services and strengthen the COVID19 response. Read more:
The Fiscal Year 2020 CCBHC Expansion Grants include $200 million in annually appropriated funding and $250 million in emergency COVID-19 funding.
“New funding secured from Congress by President Trump will help certified community behavioral health clinics continue to treat Americans with substance use disorders and mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “The community clinics supported by SAMHSA have an established track record of connecting Americans with serious mental illness to the treatment they need.
“Expanding community-based hubs for behavioral health care could not be more crucial for the United States,” said Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, the head of SAMHSA. “CCBHCs already perform a vital role of addressing in one location the complex needs of people with mental and substance use disorders. The coronavirus pandemic substantially increases the need for these comprehensive services.
CCBHCs provide person- and family-centered, integrated services. The CCBHC Expansion grant program must provide community access to services – including 24/7 crisis intervention services for people who have serious mental illness or SUDs, including opioid use disorders; for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance ; and for people who have co-occurring mental and substance disorders .
“The Trump administration is moving quickly to respond to the needs of America’s vulnerable populations during this time,” said Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz. “The nation’s behavioral health crises were not replaced by the pandemic. They persist and could worsen. We’re doing everything we can to meet our loved ones’ needs.”
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