DLT grants - substance use disorder - educational

This federal Project Grant award of $120,348.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), supports the Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc. (STHCS) in delivering substance use disorder-related educational services to rural communities in New York. The funding will enable STHCS, a non-profit organization, to utilize telecommunications technologies to remotely provide substance use disorder treatment and prevention education, as well as workforce training, to populations in the rural Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua counties. STHCS has previously received multiple federal grants under the DLT program and other federal initiatives to expand access to health education, job training, and telemedicine services in its rural service area, aligning with its mission to strengthen rural communities through improved services.