CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Gov. Chris Sununu has written to congressional leaders asking for continued funding of the State Opioid Response Grant program, which helped New Hampshire create a new “hub and spoke” caregiver system.
New Hampshire used its $45.8 million share of funding to set up its Doorway program of nine regional recovery centers.
Sununu, in his letter Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said the program served over 7,300 people in 2019 and provided more than 3,200 clinical evaluations to identify needed services.
Of that group, over 2,400 people had opioid-related needs, and over 5,000 referrals were made to medication-assisted treatment, outpatient, residential and peer recovery services.
“The Doorways have succeeded in emerging as a centralized community resource for those struggling with a substance abuse disorder, providing a safe place to go for people in crisis,” Sununu wrote.
He added, “If these positive results are to continue, and our efforts to curb New Hampshire’s addiction crisis are to be sustained, it is essential that the 2021 budget includes a continuation of SOR funding.”
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