""We are extremely concerned by reports of the sudden termination of what appears to be the vast majority of the discretionary grants at Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration," Democrats wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. " Addressing mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery is a bipartisan priority.""
""Congress got organized, flooded the zone, and got these grants reinstated. But it's ridiculous that the White House terminated this funding in the first place and caused so much worry and confusion," Lofgren said in a statement. "What was the Trump administration possibly thinking?""
Late Tuesday night the Trump administration announced $1.9 billion in cuts to mental health and social service grants, sending termination notices to about 2,000 organizations. More than 100 Congressional Democrats demanded explanations from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., emphasizing that prevention, treatment and recovery for mental health and substance use disorders is a bipartisan priority. By Wednesday night the White House cancelled the cuts and reinstated the SAMHSA funding, though other terminated or frozen federal grants remain unresolved. SAMHSA discretionary funds support overdose prevention, addiction recovery and mental health services; California faced nearly $950 million in 2025 allocations, with local districts losing millions.
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