Obama Budget Calls for $750 Million to Fight Over-Drugging of Foster Youths

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer 3/6/144:00 AM

The Obama Administration has proposed a massive federal program aimed at curbing the use of psychotropic medications to treat foster youths, an issue that appeared on the federal radar in 2011.

President Barack Obama included in his 2015 budget a plan for a 10-year plan that could allocate up to $750 million in federal dollars to “address over-prescription of psychotropic medications for children in foster care.”

The two-pronged plan focuses mostly on building the ability of state’s to treat foster youths without psychotropic drugs – or at least with less drugs – and then rewarding states for lowering reliance on the drugs.

https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/news/obama-budget-calls-for-750-million-to-fight-over-drugging-of-foster-youths/5557

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