Federal agency
Appears in 10 stories · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Administers the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which added adolescent anxiety questions in 2024
About one in six US adolescents reports moderate to severe anxiety, and only half of them receive any mental health care. The data come from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which for the first time asked Americans aged 12 to 20 about anxiety.
Updated Nov 2
Funder; administers the 988 program
Texts to Virginia's 988 crisis line grew 470% between July 2022 and June 2026; calls rose 205% and chats 82%. The $9.9 million federal grant meant to absorb that growth was scheduled to start September 30, paying for more counselors and for follow-up that connects a crisis contact to ongoing care.
Updated Oct 29
Funder
California's Department of Health Care Services received $20,195,467 from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for its 988 crisis line. The award covers September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2029 and pays for more counselors plus faster response on calls, chats and texts.
Updated Oct 21
As of October 2026: Grant awarding agency
A Corpus Christi community health center has $750,000 in new federal money to treat opioid addiction across five South Texas counties. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recorded the award on September 18, with work starting September 30.
Updated Oct 12
As of October 2026: Grant funder; slated for consolidation into a new HHS agency
The federal government recorded a $3.1 million award to Oklahoma's mental health agency on September 7, with work starting September 30. That day, the federal grant that partially funds the state's 988 crisis line expired, creating a $5.7 million funding gap.
Updated Oct 8
As of October 2026: Funder of the 988 Minnesota Lifeline System Improvement Project
Minnesota's 988 crisis line system is now working with $4.2 million in new federal money. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) obligated the award on September 7, and the project period began September 30.
Updated Oct 5
As of October 2026: Grant awarder
A Michigan nonprofit that serves more than 30,000 residents a year has secured $600,000 in federal money to train ordinary people—employers, teachers, neighbors—to spot the early signs of a mental health or substance use crisis and step in before it turns deadly.
Updated Oct 1
As of May 2026: Runs and funds 988
Suicide rates among Americans aged 15 to 34 had climbed for more than a decade. The federal government replaced the 10-digit crisis lifeline with 988 in July 2022. A JAMA study published April 22, 2026 found that suicide deaths in that age group ran 11% below projections over the next two and a half years, an estimated 4,400 fewer deaths.
Updated May 31
As of May 2026: Facing major budget cuts and potential replacement under Trump administration restructuring
U.S. overdose deaths fell for the third straight year in 2025. CDC provisional data released May 2026 projects 69,973 deaths for the full year—down 14% from 2024 and about 38% below the 2022 peak of 112,000.
Updated May 23
As of May 2026: Being absorbed into Administration for a Healthy America; no permanent administrator
SAMHSA distributed $7.5 billion annually to fight addiction and mental illness. In one year, the Trump administration cut its workforce by more than half, terminated roughly $2 billion in grants in March 2025, and folded the 33-year-old agency into a new structure.
Updated May 21
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