Trump administration slashes grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- Thousands of federal grants supporting mental health and addiction treatment programs were abruptly terminated by political appointees at the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), affecting 2,706 discretionary grants worth around $1.9 billion.
- The cancellations were initiated by President Trump's political appointees, not career officials at SAMHSA, despite many grants addressing priorities like mental illness, substance abuse, overdose, and suicide prevention.
- Among the canceled grants were significant funding streams, including $15 million annually to the Opioid Response Network and $6 million to the Building Communities of Recovery program, both vital for local substance use intervention and long-term recovery support.
- SAMHSA, a branch of the
