This week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded more than $123 million in funding through six grant programs to provide multifaceted support to communities and health care providers to combat the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic. The funding will be allocated across the following grant programs: Medication Assisted Treatment for Prescription Drug…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced nearly $350 million in awards to states to support safe pregnancies and healthy babies. The funding will expand home visiting services to families most in need, increase access to doulas, address health disparities in infant deaths, and improve data reporting on maternal mortality. The…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded over $48 million to 271 HRSA-supported health centers across 26 states to expand HIV prevention and treatment services, including preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), outreach, and care coordination. California health centers are set to receive just shy…
Read More »The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) recently released its 18th annual State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America report, finding that social and economic factors linked to obesity were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. TFAH reports that in 2020, 16 states had adult obesity rates at or above 35 percent, up from 12…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of over $25 billion in new funding available for ethe health care providers affected by the COID-19 pandemic. The funding includes $8.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for providers serving rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or…
Read More »AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and national service, has launched the Public Health AmeriCorps. The new program is a partnership between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the recruitment training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders. The program is supported by a $400 million investment…
Read More »Through a combination of actions, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. this week laid a six-point plan for a comprehensive, national strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The president’s plan includes: Vaccinating the Unvaccinated Further Protecting the Unvaccinated Keeping Schools Safely Open Increasing Testing & Requiring Masking Protecting Our Economic Recovery Improving Care for those with…
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a new updated pandemic preparedness plan that seeks to authorize $65 billion for pandemic preparedness activities. The full plan lays out five key areas necessary to prevent the U.S. from biological threats. The Administration’s plan includes the following: Transforming Medical Defenses Ensuring Situational Awareness Strengthening Public Health Systems Building…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday issued a COVID-19 toolkit with communication resources to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their caregivers protect themselves against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. CDC hosted multiple discussions with adults with IDD and their caregivers in forming the guidance. The toolkit contains social…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded more than $116 million in the first year of a three-year, $348 million program to support community health worker (CHW) services related to COVID-19 prevention and control. The CDC also awarded more than $6 million of a four-year $32 million program for training, technical assistance,…
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