HHS announces $700 million for addiction and homelessness

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a series of funding opportunities totaling more than $700 million for programs addressing substance abuse, mental health, and homelessness during a visit to Michigan on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. The announcement was made at an Easterseals behavioral health clinic in Clinton Township.

The centerpiece of the package is a new $96 million grant program called Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support, or STREETS. The program will award eight communities up to $3 million annually for four years to build coordinated care systems for people experiencing homelessness who have substance use disorders or serious mental illness. The effort is intended to involve local governments, healthcare and housing providers, law enforcement, and courts.

The broader funding package includes $223.1 million for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, $238.6 million to strengthen the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, $80 million for substance use prevention and recovery programs, and over $70 million for other mental health services and supports. Kennedy framed the investments as part of...