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The dismantling of federal mental health and addiction services

As of May 2026: Leading NAMI's response to federal funding cuts

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

Notable Quotes

"If these terminations stand, it's going to put people's recovery in question—the disruption is going to be immediate."

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"Mental health care is one of the few issues where there is strong and deep bipartisan support—largely because no family is untouched by our nation's mental health, overdose, and suicide crises."

from The dismantling of federal mental health and addiction services · Updated May 21

"The bipartisan pressure really speaks to the power of the collaboration on this issue." — On Congressional response to grant terminations

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