Bullhook to receive grant to fight opioid abuse

Havre’s Bullhook Community Center will hire more workers and get added resources to fight opioid use disorders thanks to a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.

In a press release issued by HRSA last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced funding of $758,334 to support two Montana health centers. Bullhook CEO Cindy Smith said Bullhook gets half of that recurring grant. Bighorn Valley Health Center gets the other half.

The grant is part of a national campaign meant to address the prescription opioid and heroin crisis, the press release...