Health director warns $2 billion SAMHSA cuts could affect local services
Vernon County health director told the board a Jan. 14 federal announcement cut $2,000,000,000 from mental-health funding administered through SAMHSA and warned the change may affect regional human-services partners and training for providers.
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The Vernon County Health Department director alerted the board to a federal funding change affecting behavioral-health infrastructure, saying that on Jan. 14 the federal government "decided to cut $2,000,000,000 of mental health funding through the, substance abuse and mental health services." She said the department currently has no grants directly tied to that funding stream but expressed concern that local human-services organizations and partner agencies could be affected.
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