Addressing Addiction Through the Great American Recovery Initiative

This executive order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Senior Advisor for Addiction Recovery, with an Executive Director reporting to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. The Initiative, composed of the Attorney General and numerous other agency heads, is directed to coordinate the federal response to the addiction crisis, increase awareness of addiction, advise agency heads on integrating prevention, treatment, and recovery programs and directing grants to support addiction recovery, and consult with states, tribal nations, local jurisdictions, and community, faith-based, private-sector, and philanthropic entities on treatment strategies.

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