National Health Emergency (NHE) Grants: Case Studies

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency on October 26, 2017 and has continued to renew the declaration every 90 days thereafter. Since 2018, the Department of Labor has issued three grant opportunities addressing the workforce impacts of opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.

To share lessons learned and successful strategies from these innovative projects, the Department created video interviews with several grantees from the first two funding opportunities – National Health Emergency Demonstration Grants (Phase I) and National Health Emergency Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grants (Phase II). Under these programs, grantees provide reemployment services for individuals impacted by the crisis; train individuals to transition into professions that can impact the crisis, such as mental health and addiction treatment; and create temporary employment opportunities that have a direct impact on the crisis.

NHE Disaster Recovery DWG (Phase II) funding continues to be available, per Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 4-18, and these grants are reviewed on a rolling basis. States and eligible applicants can continue to apply for NHE grants at www.grants.gov.

For more information about the role of the workforce system in addressing the opioid crisis, visit Training and Employment Notice 2-21.

NHE Grant Videos:

National Health Emergency (NHE) - Opioid Grants: Supporting Individuals Impacted by Substance Use Disorders: featuring the grant experiences of