text: The White House released the latest National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Federal Implementation Plan the week of August 22, 2022. More federal departments and agencies participated in the national HIV response than in the past, which demonstrates federal agencies’ commitments to meet the Strategy’s goals. The plan introduces five new NHAS indicators of progress focused on quality […]
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  SAMHSA Letter to Treatment Providers
  Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2020 at 2:50 pm.
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  Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 at 1:45 pm.
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  ONDCP Releases 2020 National Drug Control Strategy and Rural Toolkit
  Posted on Friday, February 7th, 2020 at 3:32 pm.
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  Posted on Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at 3:53 pm.
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  Posted on Friday, October 12th, 2018 at 3:34 pm.
  From USA Today NIH director: US needs more treatments for opioid addiction, chronic pain by Ken Alltucker The head of the National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that science can help the nation find newer and smarter ways out of an epidemic that resulted in more than 49,000 opioid overdose deaths last year. NIH Director Francis […]
  #IAmHHS Jean Bennett
  Posted on Thursday, January 18th, 2018 at 4:54 pm.
  Our Region 3 Administrator, Jean Bennett, says one of her main jobs is to make sure every conversation about health includes behavioral health #IAmHHS As the Region III administrator for SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, I have the privilege of working with and serving the people of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, […]