/tags/health-resources-and-services-administration Health Resources and Services Administration en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:43:43 GMT /local-news/2023-08-23/santa-fe-center-to-boost-opioid-treatment-options-in-mckinley-county Access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is limited in New Mexico, but particularly in rural communities. The Santa Fe Recovery Center is hoping to change that in northwest New Mexico’s McKinley County with the help of a sizable federal grant. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:43:43 GMT /local-news/2023-08-23/santa-fe-center-to-boost-opioid-treatment-options-in-mckinley-county Nash Jones /local-news/2018-07-12/feds-de-prioritize-list-of-mostly-white-counties-for-anti-opioid-dollars Congress is spending billions more than it ever has to fight the opioid epidemic affecting the nation. Some of that money is going to rural areas, and… Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:01:53 GMT /local-news/2018-07-12/feds-de-prioritize-list-of-mostly-white-counties-for-anti-opioid-dollars Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-05-31/feds-say-list-of-white-counties-wont-be-prioritized-for-opioid-funding New Mexico’s been fighting the opioid epidemic for decades, but it wasn’t until last year that the federal government declared it a public health… Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:54:10 GMT /local-news/2018-05-31/feds-say-list-of-white-counties-wont-be-prioritized-for-opioid-funding Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-05-24/rio-arriba-county-commission-protests-federal-opioid-grant-program-focus Rio Arriba County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, May 24, protesting federal public health grants that are supposed to focus on… Thu, 24 May 2018 23:39:53 GMT /local-news/2018-05-24/rio-arriba-county-commission-protests-federal-opioid-grant-program-focus Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2018-05-17/rural-opioid-grants-target-mostly-white-counties-none-in-new-mexico Congress boosted the budget for the battle against the opioid epidemic this year, and a chunk of it—$100 million—is slated for treatment and prevention in… Fri, 18 May 2018 01:06:00 GMT /local-news/2018-05-17/rural-opioid-grants-target-mostly-white-counties-none-in-new-mexico Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-05-14/rio-arriba-not-on-feds-priority-list-for-opioid-funding The federal government is distributing grant money to counties to fight opioid addiction. But Española and the surrounding area might not get any of it,… Tue, 15 May 2018 00:04:37 GMT /local-news/2018-05-14/rio-arriba-not-on-feds-priority-list-for-opioid-funding Marisa Demarco