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State opioid‑settlement board approves roughly $14.7 million for treatment and prevention programs
Summary
The Kansas Fight Addiction Grant Review Board approved approximately $14.7 million in grants for treatment, prevention and first-responder supports; the grants include funding for residential beds, naloxone distribution and recovery supports, the board’s deputy told the BSRB.
Jason Hess, who serves as the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board’s designee to the Kansas Fight Addiction Grant Review Board, told the BSRB that the review board has completed its second round of awards and approved about $14.7 million for treatment and prevention activities to begin in February.
Hess, introduced at the BSRB meeting as the board’s deputy to the grant review board, said the first wave of grants (approved in 2023) funded roughly $6 million in treatment activities and just over $4 million for prevention, distributed across dozens of organizations. "Our previous round of…
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