Policy · United States
SAMHSA has fought drug and mental health crises. Now it's in crisis itself.
The federal mental health and substance use agency is losing hundreds of staff and facing major proposed budget cuts.
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The Washington Post reports that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has shed hundreds of employees from its roughly 900-person staff and faces deep cuts under proposed federal restructuring.
The agency's portfolio, from 988 funding to opioid crisis grants, is central to the U.S. mental health safety net, making the institutional turbulence consequential for states and providers.
Read the full Washington Post report for the staffing data and policy implications.
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