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and prevent overdose mortality.79 Specifically, eligible uses of funds include programs to expand access to evidence -based treatment like medications to treat opioid use disorder (e.g., direct costs or incentives for emergency departments, prisons, jails, and outpatient providers to offer medications and low -barrier treatment), naloxone distribution, syringe service programs, outreach to individuals in active use, post -overdose follow up programs, programs for diversion from the criminal justice system, and contingency management interventions. Finally, for clarity, Treasury has addressed the eligibility standard for capital expenditures, or investments in property, facilities, or equipment, in one section of this Supplementary Information; see section Capital Expenditures in General Provisions: Other. Examples of capital expenditures related to behavioral health that Treasury recognizes as eligible include behavioral health facilities and equipment (e.g., inpatient or outpatient mental health or substance use treatment facilities, crisis centers, diversion centers), as long as they adhere to the standards detailed in the Capital Expenditures section. d. PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE Background: The interim final rule highlighted that some types of violence had increased during the pandemic and that the ability of victims to access services had decreased, noting as an example the challenges that individuals affected by domestic violence face in accessing services. Accordingly, the interim final rule enumerated as an eligible use, in disproportionately impacted communities, evidence -based community violence intervention programs. Following the release of the interim final rule, Treasury received several recipient questions regarding whether and 79 In line with the Department of Health and Human Services, Overdose Prevention Strategy, https://www.hhs.gov/overdose-prevention/, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Administration's Statement on Drug Policy Priorities for Year One (April 1, 2021), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- content/uploads/2021 /03/BidenHarris-Statement-of-Drug-Policy-Priorities-April-1.pdf. 69