While most of the 988 line in Washington is funded by a state tax on cell phone bills, federal infrastructure and funds help keep the program running.

Washington's Senate unanimously passes HB 1811 for mental health crisis management, awaiting Governor's signature.

Federal cuts to mental health and substance use grants will affect local programs ranging from a high school for teens in ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun laying off thousands of employees as part of a significant restructuring effort. Thousands of federal health employees, including doctors, ...

Awareness of the mental health hotline could be in jeopardy amid federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Washington risks losing more than $150 million for public health initiatives if the grant cancellations are considered legal.

SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental health care. It may fall victim to changes to public health infrastructure.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are concerned about cuts to mental health programs under the Department of Health and Human Services. “It’s devastating,” Rep.

The Washington State Department of Health is losing $130 million in grants as part of cuts to federal agencies ... That money comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

An approved bill from Rep. Tarra Simmons would make it harder for insurance companies to deny coverage of mental health ...

A federal judge says she will temporarily block the Trump administration’s attempt to cut billions in public health funding, siding with a lawsuit from 23 states and Washington, D.C.