Trump Cuts $2 Billion in Federal Funding for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The Trump administration is cutting nearly $2 billion in funding from over 2,000 nationwide programs focused on addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and mental health services, according to federal insiders.
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration sent notices stating the funding cuts are effective immediately, citing a shift toward supporting “innovative programs” addressing rising mental illness, substance abuse, overdose, and suicide rates.
- Key affected programs include drug courts offering treatment alternatives to incarceration, services for pregnant and postpartum women in recovery, screening and referral services, and overdose prevention education for youth.
- In Missouri, $5.2 million is being cut from programs that train emergency medical workers to administer overdose reversal medication and provide crisis counseling related to mental health and addiction
