HHS Announces Additional $200 Million in Funding for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Funding for states, territories, and tribes will help build local capacity. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced more than $200 million in new funding for states, territories, and tribes to build local capacity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and related

  Overcoming, Achieving and Soaring: Celebrating 50 Years of the Minority Fellowship Program Please join the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for Overcoming, Achieving and Soaring: Celebrating 50 Years of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). This hybrid event will be held June 8, 2023! The in-person component will be held at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Rockville Maryland, and the virtual component will be held via Zoom. The

HRSA Celebrates National Maternal Mental Health Hotline’s First Anniversary; Introduces Updated Number: 1-833-TLC-MAMA Almost 12,000 people have received support from the Hotline’s professional counselors during the first year, “You’ve made me feel heard and that there’s hope for me.” Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) celebrates the first anniversary of the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline.  Since its launch on Mother’s

Register Now for the CMS Health Equity Conference The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, will host the inaugural CMS Health Equity Conference on June 7 – 8, 2023. Your last chance to register as a virtual attendee is May 19th, 2023. If you haven’t already registered, be encouraged to do so before the deadline by visiting the website: https://cmshealthequityconference.com. Join to be a part of CMS’s first-ever Health

SAMHSA Distributes Additional Grant Funding for Programs That Combat Overdose and Substance Use on Multiple Fronts The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing awards in four grant programs devoted to combating the overdose epidemic on multiple fronts. The grant awards total nearly $11.3 million in additional funding to programs and support the President’s Unity Agenda focus on beating the nation’s opioid and overdose epidemic. The grant awards

The Center for Rural Health Development Hosts Annual Appalachian Health Leadership Forum Hurricane, WV (May 9, 2023) — Rural health leaders, community members, and organizations, along with public health board and executive leaders met at Stonewall Resort & Conference Center in Roanoke, WV on April 28th and 29th, 2023 for the annual Appalachian Health Leadership Forum hosted by the Center for Rural Health Development to discuss how to improve the