Friday, March 28, 2025

As DOGE slashes funding source, Wisconsin behavioral treatment centers worry about programs

From JSOnline:

Natalie Eilbert
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

For several years, the clinical team at a critical Milwaukee treatment center has had monthly check-ins with program officers at the federal agency that oversees mental and behavioral health grants. They share information from other providers working in addiction recovery, problem-solve struggles with delivering services, and share crucial data on opioid overdoses.

But over the last few weeks, Valerie Vidal, CEO and president of Meta House, said her team has experienced a shift in the availability of contacts at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA. That's led to uncertainties over the future of grant awards.

It's a feeling that looms large over many grant-funded treatment programs in Wisconsin.

Read more lies here: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2025/03/28/federal-funding-cuts-leave-wisconsin-behavioral-treatment-centers-wary/82404667007/


Treatment centers for addiction are a huge scam.  They teach their clients that "relapse" is acceptable.  They know that they can't succeed, so they set up their clients for failure.  I know a man who was a counselor at a treatment center.  When asked about the center's success rate (measured by 5 or more years of continuous sobriety), he replied 3%.  That's "success?"  Your money goes to "treatment" centers that can't keep anyone "treated."  Utter bullshit.  

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