HHS announces $10 million grant for rural areas to combat opioid crisis

HHS has announced the availability of $10 million in substance misuse grant funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
The disclosure of additional funding, announced in an HHS press release, builds on the $15 million announced last week for rural communities to address psychostimulant misuse and related overdose deaths.
According to the release, drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose 376% from 3,442 in 1999 to 16,416 in 2020. While overall drug overdose deaths are currently higher in urban than rural

HHS has announced the availability of $10 million in substance misuse grant funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
The disclosure of additional funding, announced in an HHS press release, builds on the $15 million announced last week for rural communities to address psychostimulant misuse and related overdose deaths.
According to the release, drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose 376% from 3,442 in 1999 to 16,416 in 2020. While overall drug overdose deaths are currently higher in urban than rural