SAMHSA Staff Cut Additional 30% in Shutdown RIFs

Inside Health Policy 10/14/25 | The Trump administration has cut personnel by about 30%, or up to 140 staff, across various offices and centers within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) due to the government shutdown. Affected offices include SAMHSA’s Office of Technical Assistance & Coordination; Child, Adolescent & Family Branch; Mental Health Promotion Branch; State & Consumer Protection Branch; and communications. Two other offices, the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality and National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory, have largely been dismantled. Cont