WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced on 988 Day that the agency has awarded $383.4 million in grants to strengthen behavioral health treatment, prevention, and crisis response nationwide. Of that funding, $252 million will support the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, suicide prevention, and mobile crisis services."We are investing more than $380 million to strengthen America's behavioral health system and help people get effective care when they need it," said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "That includes $252 million ...