Mental Health America Analysis Details Devastating Impact Of Sequestration On People Living With Mental Health, Substance Use Conditions

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates Mental Health America released an analysis demonstrating the devastating impact "sequestration" would have on programs and services for people living with mental health and substance use conditions. Sequestration is the process of making automatic budget cuts to federal government programs. The sequester was included as a budget reduction enforcement mechanism in the Budget Control Act of 2011, which had directed a "Super Committee" to find $1.2 trillion in savings over 10 years in both defense and non-defense discretionary spending. Because the committee failed to reach a deal, automatic cuts of between 8 . . .