The Trump administration has cut nearly 2 billion dollars in funding for programs that serve people with mental illness and substance abuse issues. Providers say the cuts are devastating.

The Trump administration reversed cuts to grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that a CBS News source said were valued at around $1.9 billion.

Health care advocates and members of Congress expressed opposition to the cuts after being told of them earlier this week.

A top Democrat slammed the Trump administration late Wednesday for creating “uncertainty and confusion” in cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course.

The Department of Health and Human Services told grantees their projects were no longer aligned with agency priorities, then backtracked under pressure.

Nick Reiner was placed under a mental health conservatorship for a year beginning in 2020, according to a report published Thursday. Reiner, now 32, was released from the conservatorship in 2021, and it’s unclear why it wasn’t extended,

North Carolina hospitals and sheriffs are at odds over a new law regarding mental health evaluations for alleged criminals.