RFK Jr. presents $700 million in mental health funding, but experts say grants aren’t new
Date: 2026-06-18 15:22:48 Source: XHS Network Report Author: Programming
The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was announcing $700 million in “new funding” for mental health and addiction programs, with an emphasis on combating homelessness resulting from severe, untreated mental illness.
But behavioral health experts instantly cast doubt on the claim, identifying the $700 million not as new funding but as the long-awaited release of existing grants that Congress had previously authorized and that the federal government already planned to spend.
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