Communities

Manchin announces $3.2M for healthcare

CHARLESTON -- Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,262,663 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services throughout West Virginia.

The funding will specifically support bolstering statewide efforts to respond to and prevent infectious disease outbreaks and expanding access to substance use disorder treatment services through the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and Marshall University.

"I'm pleased HHS is investing more than $3.2 million to help improve the health and well-being of West Virginians across our great state," said Manchin. The funding announced today will strengthen statewide efforts to prevent, control and respond to infectious disease outbreaks, as well as expand access to substance use disorder treatment services through Marshall University and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg.

Individual awards include:

• $1,262,663 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources: Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases

• $1,000,000 - West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, Medication Assisted Treatment Access

• $1,000,000 - Marshall University Research Corporation: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, Medication Assisted Treatment Access