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HHS Awards Funding to Build Out the Biden-Harris Administration’s Crisis Care 988 Lifeline, with Two Texas Organizations Awarded

May 25, 2023
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On May 25, 2023, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded 13 grants to communities to create new and enhance existing mobile crisis response teams. Of the 13 grants awarded, two of them were given to Texas organizations: The Texoma Community Center and Tropical Texas Behavioral Health.

These new awards help advance President Biden’s strategy to address our national mental health crisis by building on mobile crisis grants awarded last year and other efforts to support crisis care tied to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The expansion of mobile crisis response across the country is a big part of the nation's efforts to achieve comprehensive, responsive crisis care services, with teams to respond to mental health and substance use crises in high-need areas, in coordination with local law enforcement.

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