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Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings
The layoffs affected over 1,100 staff as part of a government-wide reduction effort amid a shutdown and Health Secretary Kennedy's plan to consolidate agencies and cut duplications.
- The Trump administration issued mass layoffs targeting hundreds of HHS employees working on mental health, disease outbreaks, and disaster preparedness during the weekend.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is remaking HHS by consolidating agencies under the Administration for a Healthy America, while the administration used layoffs to pressure Democratic lawmakers during the nearly two-week-long government shutdown.
- Of more than 1,300 CDC employees who received reduction-in-force notices Friday, about 700 later received emails revoking their terminations, including CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, the `disease detectives`.
- Experts warned that cuts at SAMHSA risk public health obligations, while AFGE President Yolanda Jacobs said Friday the actions are 'disrupting and destroying the lives of everyday working people,' and AFGE Local 2883 called it a `politically-motivated stunt`.
- The latest layoffs build on earlier cuts after HHS listed just under 80,000 staffers, with about 1,100 receiving dismissal notices, raising concerns about outbreak tracking and health programs.
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Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings
Federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend.
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Mental health, substance abuse staffers fired amid government shutdown: Sources
A view of the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were laid off in the wave of government shutdown firings last week, multiple sources told ABC News. Best known for overseeing the rollout of the 988 suicide prevention hotline, SAMHSA works with state and local governments on mental health and addicti…
SAMHSA Staff Among the Targets in Weekend Mass Firings
(MedPage Today) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks, and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/117934 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-14 15:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post SAMH…
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