1. United States
2. Ala.
3. Letter

Around midnight on January 13, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sent grant terminations for as many as 2,800 grants, representing nearly $2 billion in funding (https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677104/trump-administration-letter-terminating-addiction-mental-health-grants). The Trump administration’s only justification for the cuts was that they no longer aligned with administration priorities (https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5689167-trump-administration-cuts-samhsa-funding/). These devastating cuts, made without any input from agency staff and without any internal notice (https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/samhsa-grant-cancellations-alignment-trump-priorities/), represent a 25% reduction to the agency’s overall budget. Cuts went into effect immediately, and grantees are barred from submitting reimbursement requests for expenses incurred after January 13th. Consequently, critical public health and harm reduction programs were immediately shut down overnight, and their valuable services will cease. Cuts of this magnitude and across so many program areas will result in the immediate dismantling of our addiction recovery infrastructure across the US. I urge the immediate reversal of nearly $2 billion in cuts to essential mental health and addiction recovery grants. These programs save lives and make our country healthier. As your constituent, I expect you to defend our nation's health and demand the restoration of these funds.