One day after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the termination of $2 billion in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants late Tuesday night, it reversed the decision, restoring those funds.
While those programs are now able to continue, the whole ordeal is creating uncertainty and confusion, according to the organizations that rely on those dollars to help people heal here in Southeast Michigan.
Financially, things are back at equilibrium for Jewish Family Services’ five-year, $3 million SAMHSA grant, but emotionally, they say it’s hard to trust funding for critical programs to help traumatized kids grow up to be healthy adults, who aren’t at risk of vanishing overnight again…