Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
February 9, 2006, Vol. 06-18

Fiscal Year 2007 SAMHSA Budget Request Available

The Fiscal Year 2007 budget requests .3 billion for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a net decrease of $67 million from FY 2006. The request will focus on achieving mental health systems transformation, expand resources available for suicide prevention, build on recent success in reducing youth drug use, and provide targeted resources to prevent and treat methamphetamine dependence and abuse.

Approximately 54 million Americans have a mental illness. The budget includes $849 million for mental health services, a net decrease of $35 million from FY 2006. Through a reform of the Community Mental Health Block Grant, the request prioritizes mental health transformation activities, consistent with the President's Commission on Mental Health.

To view the entire SAMHSA and CMHS budget, go to:

http://www.samhsa.gov/Budget/index.asp
*************************************************

To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list, please visit the Consumer Survivor page of the Center for Mental Health Services Web site at: http://samhsa.gov/consumersurvivor/

The Center for Mental Health Services is a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services.