House Republicans Ask GAO to Investigate SAMHSA’s Mental Health Funding During the Pandemic

House Republicans Ask GAO to Investigate SAMHSA’s Mental Health Funding During the Pandemic

The Washington Post

House Republicans asked a government watchdog to investigate federal officials’ oversight of mental health funding. House Republicans obtained funding documents from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The panel found that only 54 percent of emergency coronavirus funds had been spent and about 17 percent of money intended to help states, territories and tribes implement the 988 hotline had been used. Senate Republicans have spent several years investigating how trillions of dollars in emergency pandemic funding has been spent.

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