September 27, 2018                             SAMHSA Headlines—Your one-stop source for the latest from SAMHSA.             Funding     SAMHSA  Awards More Than $930 Million as Part of Health and Human Services More than $1  Billion to Combat Opioid Crisis   SAMHSA recently awarded more than $930 million in State Opioid Response  grants to expand access to treatment and recovery support  services. The HHS-wide $1 billion in opioid-specific grants support a  comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic.     S AMHSA Awards $61.1 Million in Suicide Prevention Funding   SAMHSA awarded up to $61.1 million  in grants to be disbursed over several years for suicide prevention programs.  The grant programs included in this effort are: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Disaster Distress Helpline  and The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide  Prevention Grant.   HHS Announces $6.2 Million in New Grants in Fairbanks,  AK, Focusing on O...