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Awards from SAMHSA: Treatment for people with SUDs at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS

October 12, 2022 by Alison Knopf

On September 29, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced $45.1 million in grants to help patients at risk for contracting, or currently living with, HIV or AIDS.

Priorities for the grants include linking people with substance use disorders (SUDs) or mental illness who have HIV or AIDS to behavioral health care.

“SAMHSA programs such as these are representative of our commitment to helping America’s communities reduce disease transmission,” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., who leads SAMHSA. “They also help equip communities to facilitate people’s access to appropriate treatments and recovery supports for their mental health and substance use disorders.”

The $45.1 million grant funding comprises:

  • Minority AIDS Initiative: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS (MAI – High-Risk Populations) – This grant program works to increase engagement in care for racially and ethnically underrepresented individuals who have substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (COD) who also are at risk of contracting or who are living with HIV/AIDS and receive HIV/AIDS services or treatment: $30.4 million. Read about the recipients awarded this grant.
  • Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Cooperative Agreement (Prevention Navigator) – This grant program seeks to provide substance misuse and HIV prevention services to racial or ethnic minority males at risk for HIV/AIDS. The program places an emphasis on males who have sex with other males, including transgender individuals, as well as those who identify as LGBTQ+ who are not in stable housing and reside in communities with high incidence rates of HIV: $5.5 million. Read about the recipients awarded this grant.
  • Minority AIDS Initiative – Service Integration – The purpose of this program is to provide resources to help reduce the co-occurring epidemics of HIV, hepatitis, and mental health disorders through accessible, evidence-based, culturally appropriate mental and co-occurring disorder treatment that is integrated with HIV primary care and prevention services: $9.2 million. Read about the recipients awarded this grant.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the end of 2019, an estimated 1,189,700 people aged 13 and older had HIV in the United States, including an estimated 158,500 (13 percent) people whose infections had not been diagnosed.

Filed Under: 2022, Newsletter

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