SAMHSA Releases $1.5 Billion In State & Tribal Opioid Response Grants

On August 28, 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) began distributing the first-year funds of its two-year State Opioid Response (SOR) and Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grant programs. The two programs ultimately will award nearly $3 billion over two years to help states and tribes provide community-level resources for people in need of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. The awards ranged in sized from $4,001,239 for South Dakota to $105,864,578 for California.

Through these existing funding streams, states, and tribes have been able to develop and utilize integral . . .