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HHS awards $96 million to 8 communities for homelessness, addiction and mental health treatment
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced Oct. 2 in Houston that the new STREETS program will provide $96 million over four years to help people who are homeless and living with serious mental illness or addiction.
Why it matters
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced in Houston, Texas on Oct. 2 that the new STREETS program will provide $96 million over four years to eight communities to build coordinated systems of care for people who are homeless and have serious mental illness, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders.
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STREETS — Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support — is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Each of the eight selected communities will receive $3 million a year for four years.
The recipients are: the ADAMHS Board for Montgomery County (OH), the Cherokee Nation (OK), the City of Detroit Health Department (MI), the City of Houston Health Department's Human Services Division (TX), the City of Huntington (WV), Miami-Dade County (FL), Robeson County (NC), and the Tangipahoa Parish Government (LA).
"STREETS takes treatment directly to Americans living on our streets and connects them to the care and support they need to recover," Kennedy said. Grantees must assemble local government, behavioral health and health care providers, housing partners, law enforcement, courts, first responders, and community organizations into one coordinated network, emphasizing rapid street-based outreach and sustained engagement.
HHS says the program advances President Trump's executive order on Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets and the Great American Recovery initiative, co-chaired by Kennedy and White House Senior Advisor for Addiction Recovery Kathryn Burgum.
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