SAMHSA releases $3 Billion in ARPA funding for mental health and substance use programs Error message In order to filter by the "in queue" property, you need to add the Entityqueue: Queue relationship. Blog SAMHSA releases $3 Billion in ARPA funding for mental health and substance use programs On May 18, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) distributed $3 billion to states and territories to support key county mental health and substance use programs. The funding was authorized under the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and follows the approximately $2.5 billion in funding SAMHSA issued to the programs in March.