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States have cumulatively cut over $1.8 billion from their mental health services between 2009 and 2011. This is the largest reduction in state mental health services in half a century.
Marcy Kaptur · A floor speech in the U.S. House of Representatives · December 19, 2012
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- Rep. Marcy Kaptur says states have slashed funding for mental health services · PolitiFact · 2013-02-01 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Behavioral health data · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · accessed 2026-10-15
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