In “To Your Health,” the Washington Post (12/8, Sun) writes that a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reveals that “only 23 states increased mental health spending in 2015, compared to 36 states in 2013 and 29 in 2014.” The remaining states “have been ‘treading water’ or going backwards by cutting funding for services, according to the report.”
The AP (12/8, Ronayne) points out that the NAMI report “shows New Hampshire is one of 11 states that has increased mental health funding every year since 2013.” That state’s increased mental health “spending is due in part to a legal settlement New Hampshire signed with the US Department of Justice in 2013 over inadequate community mental health services.” Currently, the New Hampshire “budget includes $23 million for the settlement over the next two years.
Related Links:
— “Three years after Sandy Hook, more states cut mental health funding,” Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, December 8, 2015.