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HHS Awards More Than $380 Million to Strengthen America's Behavioral ...

September 14, 2026

# HHS Awards More Than $380 Million to Strengthen America’s Behavioral Health System on 988 Day Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced on [988 Day](https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/988/newsroom/988-day) that the agency has awarded $383.4 million in grants to strengthen behavioral health treatment, prevention, and crisis response nationwide. Of that funding, $252 million will support the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, suicide prevention, and mobile crisis services. “These investments wil

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