A helpline Wisconsinites can call for support with their mental health or substance use will shut down Saturday, April 5. It’s one of many services affected by recent federal cuts to over $210 million in health funds across the state, officials said.
The funds are part of about $12 billion in grants allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic to state health departments that were all recently canceled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago,” the department said in a statement.
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In a statement Friday, Gov. Tony Evers said the federal cuts would amount to over $210 million in funds for the state. He said that will hurt the 988 crisis line, addiction services, immunization tracking and public health labs and programs…