Alabama's likely voters overwhelmingly support using federal COVID-19 relief funds to increase funding for mental health and rural hospitals, according to a new Alabama Arise poll.

More than four in five respondents (81.1 percent) supported using a portion of Alabama's funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to invest in rural hospitals and increase rural Alabamians' access to health care. And nearly three in four likely voters (73.6 percent) said lawmakers should boost mental health funding to increase access to services across Alabama. Among Republican voters, 80.1 percent supported investments in rural hospitals and 67.7 percent supported more mental health care funding.