North Carolina Awards Opioid Treatment Funds To 20 Sites

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services awarded funding from the multi-state opioid settlement with McKinsey & Company; the funds will be used to expand access to addiction treatment for people with opioid use disorder. The funding, $16 million, was awarded to 20 provider organizations structured as health care centers, treatment clinics and community-based provider organizations. They will use the funding to expand evidence-based treatment services, as well as employment, housing and transportation supports through innovative pilot programs to better help treat individuals and support them in their recovery. These grants are made available as . . .