Headlines: Join SAMHSA’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Challenge

Headlines: Join SAMHSA’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Challenge

Join SAMHSA's Opioid Overdose Prevention Challenge

SAMHSA invites developers to create an innovative, software-based solution that helps people understand what to do if a family member or friend overdoses on heroin or opioid pain medications.

Participate in SAMHSA's Offender Reintegration Toolkit Challenge

SAMHSA is hosting a technology-based contest that provides developers and public health professionals the opportunity to develop a technology-based Offender Reintegration Toolkit.

SAMHSA Appoints Kim Brown as New SAMHSA Regional Administrator for Region 7

SAMHSA's 10 Regional Administrators provide expertise on behavioral health and information on SAMHSA's programs to federal, state, and other behavioral health service providers within their regions. Region 7 includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Ms. Brown will be based in Kansas City, Missouri.

4.3 Million Americans Working Full Time Had an Anxiety Disorder in the Past Year

A new SAMHSA report indicates about 3.7 percent of America's full-time adult workers age 18 or older (4.3 million Americans) had one or more anxiety disorders in the past year.

Up to $24.6 Million Available for States To Help Implement Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

This program will support states in certifying community behavioral health clinics. It will also establish prospective payment systems for Medicaid reimbursable services at the clinics.