Houston’s city health department is one of eight recipients named for a federal program bringing addiction and mental health care to people living on the street. Each recipient will get $3 million a year for four years, making the STREETS program’s total $96 million.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the recipients in Houston on Oct. 2. The list also includes Detroit’s city health department, Miami-Dade County and an addiction and mental health services board in Montgomery County, Ohio. Other recipients are Huntington, West Virginia; Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation; North Carolina’s Robeson County; and Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration runs STREETS for people experiencing homelessness who have serious mental illness, substance use disorders or both. Recipients are expected to work with health and housing providers, local governments, courts and emergency responders. HHS says it aims to help people remain in treatment while reducing repeated homelessness and involvement with crisis services.
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