SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio nonprofit that warned it could be forced to cut critical substance abuse and mental health services says millions of dollars in federal funding have now been restored following a reversal by federal officials.
The San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness (SACADA) announced Thursday that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has rescinded its decision to terminate four federal grants totaling more than $5 million.
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The reversal allows SACADA to continue providing prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services across Bexar County without interruption.
Just yesterday, SACADA said it had been notified that the grants were being terminated with SAMHSA citing “non-alignment with agency priorities.” The nonprofit disputed that justification, warning the sudden loss of funding could place vulnerable residents at risk and lead to service disruptions, relapses, overdoses, and possible deaths.
The grant terminations were part of a broader nationwide rollback by the Trump administration, which canceled roughly 2,000 SAMHSA grants worth nearly $2 billion, affecting mental health services, opioid treatment, drug prevention, and peer support programs across the country.