Mental Health Programs
This page will be updated continuously to reflect the most recent information. This page was last updated on February 22, 2021.
The CARES Act includes $425 million through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to increase access to mental health services through Community Behavioral Health Clinics, suicide prevention programs, and emergency response funding.
The FY2021 COVID relief bill provides $4.25 billion to SAMHSA programs to provide increased mental health and substance abuse services and support, including through the Substance Abuse and Prevention Treatment Block Grant, the Mental Health Services Block Grant, and suicide prevention programs.
If you or a loved one is feeling anxious, experiencing a crisis, thinking of suicide, or need access to mental health or substance use treatment, help is available 24/7:
- Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
- National Suicide Prevention Lifelineexternal icon: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for English, 1-888-628-9454 for Spanish, or Lifeline Crisis Chatexternal icon.
- National Domestic Violence Hotlinexternal icone: 1-800-799-7233 or text LOVEIS to 22522
- National Child Abuse Hotlineexternal icon: 1-800-4AChild (1-800-422-4453) or text 1-800-422-4453
- National Sexual Assault Hotlineexternal icon: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or Online Chat external icon
- Veteran’s Crisis Lineexternal icon: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or Crisis Chatexternal icon or text: 8388255
- Disaster Distress Helplineexternal icon: CALL or TEXT 1-800-985-5990 (press 2 for Spanish).
- The Eldercare Locatorexternal icon: 1-800-677-1116 – TTY Instructionsexternal icon
