New Mexico awarded $9.6 million in behavioral health grants | $6 million for substance abuse and | $3.6 million for homeless/justice involved impacted by COVID-19

10/21/2020

SANTA FE – New Mexico has been awarded two federal grants: $6 million from the Department of Justice to support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants and other drugs of abuse and, $3.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address the growing behavioral health needs of the homeless and justice-involved population impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Human Services Department announced today.