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Tribal witnesses warn cuts to SAMHSA, youth programs risk lives amid high native suicide rates
Summary
Witnesses told the Senate committee that SAMHSA grants and programs such as Native Connections and tribal mental‑health grants support culturally tailored youth and family services; they said pauses and staff reductions threaten suicide‑prevention gains.
WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders and advocates told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that cuts at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and related disruptions at HHS endanger mental‑health and suicide‑prevention services that tribal communities rely on.
"Native youth suicide rates are multiple times higher than other groups," Lonnie Greninger and other witnesses said. They described programs such as Native Connections that fund culturally rooted community interventions, and said those grants allow tribes to hire…
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