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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ali Swenson

Trump administration slashes funding for substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide

Child-Care-Fraud-Minnesota - (AP)

The Trump administration has made abrupt and sweeping cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs across the country in a move that advocates said will jeopardize the lives of some of the country's most vulnerable.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on Tuesday night canceled some 2,000 grants representing nearly $2 billion in funding, according to an administration official with knowledge of the cuts who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.

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