US Health Department announces over $700 million to combat mental health, addiction, homelessness

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces more than $700 million in new funding to address mental illness, addiction and homelessness.
A new $96 million STREETS grant will fund eight communities (up to $3 million/year for four years) to build coordinated care for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorders or serious mental illness.
Additional boosts include funding for community behavioral health clinics and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and the package is tied to the administration’s "Great American Recovery Initiative."