The SAMHSA statement conspicuously refers to "LGB+ youth services," omitting the T.
June 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The SAMHSA statement conspicuously refers to "LGB+ youth services," omitting the T.
No candidate interviewing for medical school who, upon expressing RFK jr's views, would ever be accepted. They'd be laughed right out of the room. And yet this man runs the HHS – including the CDC, NIH, ACF, CMS, HRSA, and SAMHSA? WTAF?!
Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
August 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
No candidate interviewing for medical school who, upon expressing RFK jr's views, would ever be accepted. They'd be laughed right out of the room. And yet this man runs the HHS – including the CDC, NIH, ACF, CMS, HRSA, and SAMHSA? WTAF?!
Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
Sober/recovering friends: I assure you, a drink or a drug will not make any of this better. If you're thinking of picking up, please call your sponsor, a loved one, reach out, or call SAMHSA
November 6, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Sober/recovering friends: I assure you, a drink or a drug will not make any of this better. If you're thinking of picking up, please call your sponsor, a loved one, reach out, or call SAMHSA
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
For context, the entire annual budget of of SAMHSA is equivalent to about one day of military spending
The Senate passes the HALT Act and slashes funding at SAMHSA. Tell me again how this administration is worried about drug use in America. It's another War on Drug Users and the people who love them. #Hypocrites www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/h...
Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts (Gift Article)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
For context, the entire annual budget of of SAMHSA is equivalent to about one day of military spending
Source:
The Trevor Project confirmed they received notice on June 18, 2025, that SAMHSA would close the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services effective July 17, and that since then, the 988 Lifeline no longer includes the “press 3”, “text PRIDE”, or chat options for LGBTQ youth callers.
The Trevor Project confirmed they received notice on June 18, 2025, that SAMHSA would close the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services effective July 17, and that since then, the 988 Lifeline no longer includes the “press 3”, “text PRIDE”, or chat options for LGBTQ youth callers.
July 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Source:
The Trevor Project confirmed they received notice on June 18, 2025, that SAMHSA would close the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services effective July 17, and that since then, the 988 Lifeline no longer includes the “press 3”, “text PRIDE”, or chat options for LGBTQ youth callers.
The Trevor Project confirmed they received notice on June 18, 2025, that SAMHSA would close the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services effective July 17, and that since then, the 988 Lifeline no longer includes the “press 3”, “text PRIDE”, or chat options for LGBTQ youth callers.
I’d like to know why the SAMHSA statement left out the T and Q. I don’t like that
June 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’d like to know why the SAMHSA statement left out the T and Q. I don’t like that
Giants in the world of suicide prevention: Brandon Johnson (SAMHSA), Tia Dole (988) and Richard McKeon (SAMHSA)
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024
November 20, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Giants in the world of suicide prevention: Brandon Johnson (SAMHSA), Tia Dole (988) and Richard McKeon (SAMHSA)
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024
Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that his administration has secured nearly $17 million in federal funding through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants to support 988 crisis services, youth mental health and addiction recovery.
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September 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that his administration has secured nearly $17 million in federal funding through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants to support 988 crisis services, youth mental health and addiction recovery.
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Rep. Dean challenges RFK on moving addiction services under AHA: "Can you show us the study that led you to the decision shutter SAMHSA? Shift it -- We call that shift and shaft, in my old days as an appropriator in Pennsylvania...What's the analysis that you did?"
May 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Rep. Dean challenges RFK on moving addiction services under AHA: "Can you show us the study that led you to the decision shutter SAMHSA? Shift it -- We call that shift and shaft, in my old days as an appropriator in Pennsylvania...What's the analysis that you did?"
I hear they’re looking for volunteers www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA leads efforts to advance behavioral health across the U.S., offering resources for mental health, substance use, and community well-being.
www.samhsa.gov
September 27, 2026 at 6:43 AM
I hear they’re looking for volunteers www.samhsa.gov
URGENT! Call your Senators and Representatives. #Trump and #RFKJr just slashed two billion dollars in funding for addiction and mental health services. Thanks to @5calls.org and @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for taking the lead on this. 5calls.org/issue/samhsa...
Demand Restoration of Essential Addiction and Mental Health Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
Around midnight on January 13, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sent grant terminations for as many as 2,800 …
5calls.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
URGENT! Call your Senators and Representatives. #Trump and #RFKJr just slashed two billion dollars in funding for addiction and mental health services. Thanks to @5calls.org and @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for taking the lead on this. 5calls.org/issue/samhsa...
988 Lifeline - the National suicide and crisis hotline, is supported by SAMHSA at HHS
Local treatment for drug addiction is supported by SAMHSA at HHS.
Yesterday Trump/Musk/Kennedy cut a BILLION dollars of SAMHSA funding.
They say they care mental health and drug addiction.
Is that a lie too?
Local treatment for drug addiction is supported by SAMHSA at HHS.
Yesterday Trump/Musk/Kennedy cut a BILLION dollars of SAMHSA funding.
They say they care mental health and drug addiction.
Is that a lie too?
March 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
988 Lifeline - the National suicide and crisis hotline, is supported by SAMHSA at HHS
Local treatment for drug addiction is supported by SAMHSA at HHS.
Yesterday Trump/Musk/Kennedy cut a BILLION dollars of SAMHSA funding.
They say they care mental health and drug addiction.
Is that a lie too?
Local treatment for drug addiction is supported by SAMHSA at HHS.
Yesterday Trump/Musk/Kennedy cut a BILLION dollars of SAMHSA funding.
They say they care mental health and drug addiction.
Is that a lie too?
Saw on LinkedIn this devastating news about SAMHSA, which provides a broad range of critical supports for substance use disorders and mental health treatment across the population.
People will die.
People will die.
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Saw on LinkedIn this devastating news about SAMHSA, which provides a broad range of critical supports for substance use disorders and mental health treatment across the population.
People will die.
People will die.
SAMHSA faces significant cuts, uncertain future.
April 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
SAMHSA faces significant cuts, uncertain future.
It's also relevant because he made major cuts to SAMHSA, the agency that funds drug treatment programs.
Elon Musk's drug usage is relevant not just because he's a bad person. It is relevant because someone doing government work should not be high while doing it, someone handling sensitive information should not be high while handling sensitive information. It /does/ impair your judgment.
June 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's also relevant because he made major cuts to SAMHSA, the agency that funds drug treatment programs.
Without warning or explanation, the Trump Administration terminated SAMHSA grants — effective immediately.
This decision will cost lives.
This decision will cost lives.
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Without warning or explanation, the Trump Administration terminated SAMHSA grants — effective immediately.
This decision will cost lives.
This decision will cost lives.
So…worried about fentanyl entering US but not about preventing overdoses…https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-narcan-naloxone-harm-reduction-samhsa-trump-cuts/
As overdose deaths fall, Trump administration proposes cuts to lifesaving Narcan program
A recent dip in overdose deaths has been credited in part to wider naloxone access.
www.cbsnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So…worried about fentanyl entering US but not about preventing overdoses…https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-narcan-naloxone-harm-reduction-samhsa-trump-cuts/
SAMHSA website is back-up. Now is a great time to download NSDUH data, for those interested in these data.
February 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
SAMHSA website is back-up. Now is a great time to download NSDUH data, for those interested in these data.
#Breaking: SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump. www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...
Trump administration cuts up to $1.9 billion from mental health and addiction treatment programs
SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump.
www.statnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
#Breaking: SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump. www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...
GROSSLY UNFAIR!
The 988 Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline specialized services for LGBTQ+ YOUTH will no longer be in operation starting JULY 17TH;
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(SAMHSA)🔥
The 988 Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline specialized services for LGBTQ+ YOUTH will no longer be in operation starting JULY 17TH;
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(SAMHSA)🔥
June 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
GROSSLY UNFAIR!
The 988 Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline specialized services for LGBTQ+ YOUTH will no longer be in operation starting JULY 17TH;
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(SAMHSA)🔥
The 988 Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline specialized services for LGBTQ+ YOUTH will no longer be in operation starting JULY 17TH;
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(SAMHSA)🔥
I'm a @motherjones.com reporter looking to speak with federal workers (past and present) at SAMHSA, particularly those whose portfolios included substance use disorder/fentanyl/opioids. My signal is abbyvesoulis.09. As always, you can remain anonymous. 🙏
July 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm a @motherjones.com reporter looking to speak with federal workers (past and present) at SAMHSA, particularly those whose portfolios included substance use disorder/fentanyl/opioids. My signal is abbyvesoulis.09. As always, you can remain anonymous. 🙏
SAMHSA, the agency that oversees the country's mental/behavioral health, is in chaos.
It just lost 10% of its workforce. Regional offices were gutted. The cuts could imperil efforts to curb drug overdoses and mental health crises. More cuts could be coming, too.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/s...
It just lost 10% of its workforce. Regional offices were gutted. The cuts could imperil efforts to curb drug overdoses and mental health crises. More cuts could be coming, too.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/s...
‘Deliberate trauma’: SAMHSA employees detail a federal agency in shambles
Staff cuts at SAMSHA will imperil federal efforts to curb suicides and drug overdose deaths, employees say.
www.statnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SAMHSA, the agency that oversees the country's mental/behavioral health, is in chaos.
It just lost 10% of its workforce. Regional offices were gutted. The cuts could imperil efforts to curb drug overdoses and mental health crises. More cuts could be coming, too.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/s...
It just lost 10% of its workforce. Regional offices were gutted. The cuts could imperil efforts to curb drug overdoses and mental health crises. More cuts could be coming, too.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/s...