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Behavioral‑health groups warn proposed state cuts would worsen youth crisis and strain community services
Summary
Representatives of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Children's Mental Health Campaign, Mass. Association for Behavioral Health and others warned cuts in the governor's FY26 proposal would reduce community supports, increase emergency department boarding, and undermine progress under the behavioral‑health roadmap.
Multiple behavioral‑health organizations told the Joint Committee on Public Health that Massachusetts is facing a youth and adult behavioral‑health crisis that would be exacerbated by proposed state budget reductions to community services.
Jessica LaRochelle and Kate Alicante of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH) described the group's focus on prevention, school‑based services and housing supports. They and other witnesses highlighted implementation of the behavioral‑health roadmap and the roll‑out of…
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