Twelve leading national mental health and substance use organizations released a statement following the announcement of drastic staffing cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
As the nation’s leading mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use organizations, National Alliance for Mental Health and affiliates throughout the country are deeply alarmed by the widespread, immediate staffing cuts and dismantling of entire offices occurring at HHS. HHS’s critical work is vital to increasing access to mental health and substance use disorder care, improving suicide prevention efforts, stemming the opioid epidemic, and reimagining our nation’s mental health crisis response.