The Trump Administration is delivering a $13 million federal investment to South Dakota to expand behavioral health services and create a 24/7 mobile crisis response service, the administration announced today.
The funding includes 12 modernization and infrastructure grants to providers participating in South Dakota's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) initiative, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The grants will help providers move toward a model designed to connect residents experiencing mental or substance use challenges with timely care.
The investment builds on $120 million in funding the administration previously announced for South Dakota to support IT modernization, cybersecurity improvements, and care coordination.
The funding was made possible through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. "We are putting resources directly into rural communities to strengthen the health workforce, modernize infrastructure, expand access, and bring care closer to home," said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a statement.
South Dakota's broader strategy focuses on strengthening rural healthcare access and supporting sustainable care across the state. Key initiatives include expanding behavioral, maternal, emergency, preventive, and chronic disease services; building the rural healthcare workforce through recruitment and training; and modernizing rural care delivery through electronic health records and telehealth expansion, according to CMS.