Wasco County to Receive $2.1 million for drug treatment, behavioral health
From Oregon Health Authority with edits and additions by Tom Peterson:
State policymakers agreed to fund $2.1 million in drug treatment and behavioral health resources in Wasco County, according to an Oregon Health Authority news release issued today.
Statewide, the new approvals represent an investment of more than $19.8 million over the past two weeks, bringing the behavioral health resource funding to more than $93.9 million.
The policy and money allocations were born out of voter-approved Measure 110, which to date, has allocated approximately $134 million and includes Access to Care (ATC) grant funding.
Click to enlarge to see which Wasco County agencies are approved to provide services to people actively using substances or diagnosed with a substance use disorder..
In 2020, Oregon voters passed Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020, which became effective Dec. 4, 2020, to better serve people actively using substances or diagnosed with a substance use disorder. In July 2021, the legislature passed SB 755, which amended the act and gave direction on how to implement it.
People who provide drug treatment and recovery services and advocates for criminal justice reform wrote Measure 110 in response to the high rate of drug addiction and overdoses in Oregon, and the disproportionate impact of those outcomes on Oregon’s communities of color.
Their goal was to establish a more equitable and effective approach to substance use disorder.
It is the first-in-the-nation health-based approach to substance use and overdose prevention system, which is more helpful, caring and cost-effective than punishing and criminalizing people who need help, according to the Health Authority news release.
OHA has developed a statewide map visualization that shows the behavioral Health Resource networks that have been approved for funding; (in orange) along with those that have been selected by the OAC (in blue) and are in negotiations for funding approval.
See OHA’s robust new dashboard showing the BHRN approval and funding progress to date. OHA will continue to provide frequent updates on the funding process.
Hood River County
State policymakers agreed to fund $1.3 million in drug treatment and behavioral health resources in Hood River County, according to an Oregon Health Authority news release issued today.
Click to enlarge to see which Hood River agencies are approved to provide services to people actively using substances or diagnosed with a substance use disorder..
Other M110 funds to be disbursed
A three-month extension was offered to ATC grantees through Sept. 30, 2022.
Twenty-eight of the original 66 recipients received first-round extensions for a total of $5,725,054.93. Fifty-four of the original 66 recipients requested second-round extensions, of those, 41 were found eligible for additional funds, totaling $4,356,343.
The additional funds are in the process of being disbursed, bringing the total ATC funds to be disbursed to approximately $41.6million.
These funds will prevent a lapse of funding or interruption of service for grantees while the OAC continues to review and approve applications.
ATC grantees comprise 70 substance use treatment programs that provide treatment, housing, vocational training and other life-changing support services.
