BOOM!Health has received $1.2 million from public and private grants to expand its services in the Bronx, New York, according to a statement by the organization. The funds will increase services for youth, women of color, drug users moving to recovery, and people living with or at risk for HIV or hepatitis C. The grants come from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the MAC AIDS Fund, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Gilead Foundation and ViiV Healthcare. BOOM!Health is the result of a recent merger of Bronx AIDS Services and CitiWide Harm Reduction.

To read the statement, click here.