SAMHSA Slashes Up to $1.9B in Behavioral Health Grants
TL;DR
The federal SAMHSA announced broad cuts to behavioral health grants, potentially canceling up to 2,800 awards totaling as much as $1.9 billion—roughly a quarter of the agency’s budget—though some programs, such as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, were spared. The moves, reportedly not coordinated with staff, threaten services from opioid treatment and homelessness programs to prison reentry and HIV/Hepatitis C prevention, provoking concern from advocates.
- Trump administration cuts up to $1.9 billion from mental health and addiction treatment programs statnews.com
- Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants NPR
- Trump administration cuts nearly $2B in mental health services funding, impacting WA The Seattle Times
- National Council Statement on Cuts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Council for Mental Wellbeing
- HHS terminates thousands of grants for substance use, mental health worth billions Politico
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