HARTFORD – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today applauded news that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $2.5 million for seven community health centers across Connecticut to expand medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse. 

“This is a big deal in our fight to curb the devastation of addiction. Community health centers are on the front lines of the opioid abuse epidemic, serving people who often have no other place to turn. As the opioid abuse epidemic continues to spiral across Connecticut and nationwide, access to community-based substance use treatment programs has been far too limited. This funding will help provide substance abuse treatment and education for both patients and medical professionals at centers in Middletown, Hartford, New Haven, East Hartford, Waterbury and Bridgeport—helping to meet a dire, urgent need. Today’s funding is an important down payment— a small yet critical step toward combatting this growing epidemic. We will continue to fight to ensure that Connecticut receives the funding and support it needs to end this crisis,” Murphy amd Blumenthal said. 

Additional information on the grants as well as details regarding Connecticut’s awards can be found here.