HHS Awards More Than $380 Million to Strengthen America’s Behavioral Health System on 988 Services

This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new awards for a variety of programs administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

These include capacity building for 988 suicide crisis services, rural emergency medical services training, rural opioid technical assistance centers, Tribal opioid response, and residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.