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.

A top Democrat is slamming the Trump administration for cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course. Rep.

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that SAMHSA funding will be restored following backlash from grantees and lawmakers

The Trump Administration has cut an estimated $2 billion dollars in grants to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). These services are used to treat addiction and mental-health concerns and provide services for people experiencing homelessness.

A Trump administration decision to terminate hundreds of health services grants sent several Massachusetts mental health and addiction treatment providers scrambling for further details and plans to cover new funding gaps.

The reversal followed intense backlash to nearly $2 billion in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration cuts to hundreds of nonprofits that provided social services.

Following swift bipartisan backlash to news that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on Tuesday night canceled some 2,000 grants, the federal government said late Wednesday it would restore the funding.

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.