RFK Jr. touts $700M in new funding for programs to tackle addiction, mental health

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced over $700 million in new funds for programs tackling substance abuse, mental health challenges and homelessness during an event in Clinton Township on Monday.

Kennedy visited the nonprofit Easterseals MORC's certified community behavioral health clinic in Clinton Township, where he participated in a roundtable with employees. He then held a press conference, where he told reporters and others that drug-related deaths have claimed more than 1 million American lives since 2000, and he noted that more than 770,000 Americans are experiencing homelessness. He said these challenges are "deeply connected."

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