Politico January 14, 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services told grantees their projects were no longer aligned with agency priorities, then backtracked under pressure.
The Trump administration reversed course late Wednesday after notifying thousands of organizations across the country that their substance use recovery and mental health grants were being terminated, according to a top Democrat, a congressional aide and an administration official.
The cuts targeted discretionary grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and included youth overdose prevention and medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder, among other things.
Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement late Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had reinstated the grants.
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