Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin This team from HHS has spent five years taking on the rural crisis of opioid use

This team from HHS has spent five years taking on the rural crisis of opioid use

Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 11:24 a.m.

b"The opioid scourge is as much a rural as an urban problem. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of Health and Human Services, has spent five years and hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to rural health services providers to help battle a nearly overwhelming problem. For its work, the HRSA team leading the effort has been named a finalist in the Service to America Medals program. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with two members in-studio: HRSA's Rural Strategic Initiatives Director, Megan Meacham and Team Lead Sarah O'Donnell. (Deputy director Allison Hutchings is the third member).\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"