Federal mental health and substance use grants restored
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Programs cut include a Lexington city program to purchase Narcan and substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant women.
Millions in state funding meant to reopen a youth substance abuse program in County was shifted, through budget deliberations last year, toward reopening a juvenile detention center in Montgomery County.
Federal funding cuts jeopardized vital St. Louis programs, leaving nonprofits scrambling to sustain life-saving services amid rising community needs.
The proposed cuts included programs that provide Narcan to residents, drug and mental health treatment for pregnant women and the homeless.
The Trump administration has reversed cuts to grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that were valued at nearly $2 billion. Thousands of federal grants supporting the programs were suddenly terminated late Tuesday before sources confirmed to CBS News that the decision was reversed.
Annie Malone said it received a notice Tuesday night that the federal grant funding for its SAFER Drug Prevention and Treatment program was terminated.