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Nebraska Gets Additional $10.9 Million for Opioid Prevention
USAgNet - 10/17/2018

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been awarded several federal grants that will expand the Department's opioid prevention and treatment programs.

"As a state, we are committed to working together to prevent opioid abuse from reaching crisis level, as it has in many other states across the nation," said Governor Pete Ricketts. "With this funding from President Trump's administration, we will be able to provide more resources and services to Nebraskans related to opioid education, prevention, treatment, and recovery."

The Division of Behavioral Health (BH) has been awarded an $8 million State Opioid Response Grant - $4 million per year for two years - by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

In addition to sustaining existing BH prevention, treatment and recovery efforts such as naloxone kit distribution, funding for Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), and training clinicians through Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, a distance learning initiative), BH also plans to fund supported housing for those with substance use disorders.

"Through the employment of three full-time outreach workers, we will have the opportunity to add 12 to 15 Oxford Houses [supported housing for those in recovery from substance use disorders] in high-burden areas across Nebraska," said Sheri Dawson, director of the Division of Behavioral Health. "We will also be able to offer grand rounds-style mentoring for newly certified prescribers of buprenorphine and its use in MAT."

The Division of Public Health has been awarded a one year, $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, totaling $750,000. The funding will be used to scale-up prevention and response activities and enhance Nebraska's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.


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