Funding will help expand treatment and recovery services to pregnant and postpartum women who are struggling with substance abuse.
The Trump administration on Friday announced that the Health and Human Services Department has awarded $144.1 in grant funding for opioid abuse prevention and treatment around the nation.
That grants are being administered through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
“Those supporting prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in our local communities are heroes in our nation’s battle against the opioid crisis,” Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said in a statement. “These grants will help expand treatment and recovery services to pregnant and postpartum women who are struggling with substance abuse, train our first responders to effectively use overdose reversing drugs, improve access to medication-assisted treatment, and increase long term recovery services.”