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This bill, the Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2021, aims to establish a grant program for family community organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with substance use disorder and their families. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining "family community organization" as an independent nonprofit organization that mobilizes resources to provide a support network, education, and evidence-informed tools for families and loved ones of individuals struggling with substance use disorders. 2. Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to these family community organizations to develop, expand, and enhance evidence-informed family support services. 3. Allowing the grant funds to be used for building connections between family support networks, reducing stigma associated with families of individuals with substance use disorders, conducting outreach and education, and connecting families to evidence-informed peer support programs. 4. Requiring grant recipients to report data on the programs and activities funded by the grant, as well as health outcomes of the population served, to the Secretary. 5. Authorizing $5 million in appropriations for each fiscal year from 2022 to 2026 to carry out the provisions of the bill.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/433/all-info