Could move of Drug-Free Communities grants to HHS help providers?

Modern Healthcare:  The White House once again appears poised to diminish the role of the Office of National Drug Control Policy by taking away some of its funding, according to reports.But moving grants for the Drug-Free Communities program from ONDCP, which leads and coordinates the development, implementation, and assessment of the nation's drug policy, to the authority of HHS could actually buoy a program that often benefits providers.A story that first appeared in Politico on Thursday reported that the Trump administration also wants to shift the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas grant program from ONDCP to the Department of Justice.The DFC program was created in 1998 and is led by ONDCP in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

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