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California to receive $210 Million for State Opioid Response over 2 Years
On August 27th the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the Distribution of funds for the first year of the FY 2020 State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program. California will receive...
Naloxone Distribution Project credited with overdose reversals in Santa Barbara
A local Santa Barbara news outlet reported that naloxone, from the Naloxone Distribution Project (NDP), was administered by the Santa Barbara Police Department to reverse an opioid overdose for a man who was reported unconscious. According to the article, the Santa...
DHCS Announces Behavioral Health Pilot Project Awardees
The California Department of Health Care Services has announced that it is awarding grant funds to 212 general acute hospitals through the Behavioral Health Pilot Project (BHPP). The BHPP will support nearly two-thirds of California’s hospitals with hiring and...
Visit the DHCS News Releases page to view past news releases from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on the DHCS Opioid Response.
Visit the Newsletters page to view past DHCS Opioid Response newsletters.