priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThe goal of our grants is entirely in line with the priorities listed in that letter,\u201d said Jamie Ross, CEO of the Las Vegas-based PACT Coalition, a community organization focused on substance use issues that lost funding from three grants totaling $560,000. <\/p>\n
HHS didn’t respond to a request for comment on the funding cancellations, which were first reported by NPR. Two sources within SAMHSA who were not authorized to speak to media said staff weren’t widely notified of the agency’s action.<\/p>\n
Organizations reeling from the news on Wednesday told the AP they had already been forced to cut staff and cancel trainings. In the long term, many were considering whether they could keep programs alive by shuffling them to different funding sources or whether they’d need to stop the services altogether.<\/p>\n
Robert Franks, CEO of the Boston-based mental health provider the Baker Center for Children and Families, which lost two federal grants totaling $1 million, said the loss of funding will force his organization to lay off staff and put care in jeopardy for some 600 families receiving it. One of the canceled grants had been awarded through the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, a more than 20-year-old program supporting specialized care for children who have been through traumatic events ranging from sexual abuse to school violence.<\/p>\n
Franks said his organization\u2019s work directly advances SAMHSA’s goals to address mental illness. He said trauma care provided to children through his organization helps people from all walks of life and reduces burdens on other parts of society.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is these programs are probably our most effective tool in addressing the issues that they identify as being critical to them,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, I don’t understand it.”<\/p>\n
The National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors, a group that represents local organizations that deliver safety net services, sent a letter to its members on Wednesday noting that many of its partners estimated the funding pullbacks were focused on grants classified as Programs of Regional and National Significance. They also said the grants totaled around 2,000 and likely amounted to some $2 billion.<\/p>\n
The group said it believed certain block grants, 988 suicide and crisis lifeline funding and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics were spared from the cuts.<\/p>\n
For Honesty Liller, CEO of the peer support organization the McShin Foundation in Richmond, Virginia, the loss of about $1.4 million in funding is personal. She said the foundation she leads saved her life 18 years ago when she was struggling with a heroin addiction.<\/p>\n
The terminated grant has already forced Liller to lay off five staff members. It will mean fewer peers are available to go into local jails and visit incarcerated people who are recovering from substance abuse disorder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need hope dealers like us, they need people that have lived experience in recovery and they need this funding,\u201d Liller said. \u201cI’ve just never felt so gut punched.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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