WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following press release:
Today, the Trump Administration announced more than $17 million in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding to expand mental health and substance use disorder services for North Carolina's rural residents. The funding will support new behavioral health clinics, opioid treatment access, crisis response, early intervention, and perinatal behavioral healthcare across rural communities.
This transformational funding will deliver $4 million for three new mental health clinics; $3 million to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder through stationary medication units in five counties; and $4 million to send mobile crisis ...