US Health Department announces over $700 million to combat mental health, addiction, homelessness [View all]
Source: Reuters
June 17, 2026 1:39 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced more than $700 million in new funding opportunities aimed at tackling mental illness, addiction and homelessness.
The package includes a new $96 million grant program, Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support, or STREETS, which will award funding to eight communities, the Department of Health and Human Services said. Each community will be eligible for up to $3 million a year over four years.
The program is intended to help local governments build coordinated care systems for people experiencing homelessness who have substance use disorders, serious mental illness, or both.
HHS said the effort will bring together local governments, healthcare and housing providers, law enforcement agencies and courts. Kennedy announced the funding during a visit to an Easterseals Michigan behavioral health clinic in Clinton Township, Michigan.
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