Missouri to Receive $34.8 Million in Grants to Combat Opioids, Funded By Blunt-Led Bill

WASHINGTON –  Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), announced that Missouri will receive $34.8 million in grant funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help communities throughout Missouri combat the opioid epidemic.

“More than 1,500 Missourians lost their lives to an opioid-related overdose last year,” said Blunt. “It is a public health crisis that is devastating families and communities. These grants will help expand access to opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery programs across the state – especially in areas that need it the most. Our subcommittee has worked in a bipartisan way to support life-saving programs to combat the opioid epidemic, and we need to continue making it a priority as we move forward.”

Blunt secured a total of $4.28 billion, an increase of $299 million, for opioid programs in the FY2022 Labor/HHS appropriations bill. Under Blunt’s leadership, funding for health-related opioid programs has increased by $4 billion.

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