Arkansas awards grants to help with mental health crisis [Video]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas officials are working to bridge the gap and provide support for those in need to combat the ongoing mental health crisis within the state.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, at least 1 in 20 US adults experience serious mental illness each year. That’s why state leaders are joining those talks and efforts to create conversations surrounding mental health.

On Friday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Department of Human Services (DHS) awarded 15 million dollars in grants to a handful of organizations to support mental health initiatives.

“We wanted to be able to give funding to our providers to use to build the programs and renovate the programs that we desperately need,” DHS Director of Medicaid Specialty …