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The new federal budget brings good news for mental health and substance use disorder treatment. When sequestration \u2013 the automatic spending cuts imposed last year \u2013 is taken into account, overall MH\/SUD funding has increased.<\/p>\n

For example, the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant, which pays for the lion\u2019s share of publicly funded treatment, receives a $19.5 million increase to $1.820 billion. But relative to the cuts forced by sequestration, that looks like a $110 million increase over fiscal year 2013.<\/p>\n

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