New Hampshire receives $28m for Opioid Response Program

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has received an award notification for the second phase of the State Opioid Response Program. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will provide the first year of funding as part of a two-year, $56 million award to New Hampshire to continue the successes achieved during the State’s first two years of SOR funding, which launched the Doorway system and increased rural access to care. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led efforts, working with Sen.Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), to secure this funding.

New Hampshire received more than $55 million during the initial phase of SOR funding. Over the past two years, New Hampshire has rapidly deployed SOR funding to establish a sustainable access and delivery system to ensure better outcomes for residents with an opioid or substance use disorder. The Doorways-NH launched on Jan. 1, 2019, to provide comprehensive, 24/7 statewide access to services and ensure that no one in New Hampshire has to travel more than 60 minutes to begin the process toward recovery.